Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 31 ©

1 Moses encourageth the people, 7 and Joshua. 9 He delivereth the law to the priests to be read by them every seventh year to the people. 14 Moses and Joshua appear before God. 16 God telleth Moses of the people's future apostasy, and the consequent evils, and giveth him a song to testify against them. 23 Joshua receiveth a charge. 24 Moses delivereth the book of the law to the Levites to keep, and calleth together the elders and officers to hear the song.

1

AND Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

2

And he said unto them, aI am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, bThou shalt not go over this Jordan.

a ch. 34.7. Ac. 7.23,30,36. Nu. 27.17. v.11. Ex. 7.7.
b Nu. 20.12; 27.13. ch. 3.27; 1.37; 4.21,22. Ps. 106.32,33.
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The LORD thy God, he cwill go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.

c ch. 9.3; 3.28. Ex. 23.20. Nu. 27.21.
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And the LORD dshall do unto them eas he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.

d Ex. 3.8; 23.28-31; 34.11,24. ch. 7.2,16,23,24; 9.3; 11.23,24. Ge. 15.18-21. Nu. 21.24,34.
e Nu. 21.23,24,33,35.
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And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye fmay do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

f ch. 7.2,16,23; 20.16,17. Ex. 23.32,33; 34.12-16. Nu. 33.52-56.
6

Be gstrong and of a good courage, hfear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, ihe it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

g v.7,23. Jos. 1.6-9; 10.25. 1Ch. 22.13; 28.20. 2Ch. 32.7. Ps. 27.14. Ep. 6.10. 2Ti. 2.1.
h ch. 1.29; 7.18,21.
i v.3,8. Ex. 13.21,22; 33.14. Jos. 1.5. He. 13.5,6. Is. 41.10,15,16. Ro. 8.31. Pr. 21.30. ch. 20.4.
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¶And Moses jcalled unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

j Nu. 27.18. ch. 3.28; 34.9. Jos. 1.1-9. 1Co. 16.13.
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And the LORD, khe it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: lfear not, neither be dismayed.

k Ex. 13.21. ch. 9.3.
l Jos. 1.9. Is. 41.10,14,15; 43.1,2. Ps. 27.13,14. Ro. 8.31.
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¶And Moses wrote mthis law, and delivered it nunto the priests the sons of Levi, which obare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

m Mal. 4.4. Mat. 5.17. Jn. 1.17,45.
n ch. 17.18. Mal. 2.7.
o Jos. 3.3,14-17; 6.12; 8.33. 1Ki. 8.3. Nu. 10.33; 4.15. 1Ch. 15.15.
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And Moses commanded them, saying, At pthe end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

p ch. 15.1,2,9. Le. 23.34.
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When all Israel is come to qappear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, rthou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

q ch. 16.16.
r Ne. 8.1-3,8. Ac. 15.21. Jos. 8.34,35. 2Ki. 23.2.
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sGather the people together, tmen, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

s ch. 4.10.
t 1Sa. 1.21-24. Lu. 2.41,42. Zec. 14.16-19. Ps. 78.5-8; 19.7-11. ch. 6.6,7. Pr. 22.6. 2Ti. 3.15-17. Ex. 12.49. Is. 38.19. Nu. 15.29.
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And that their children, uwhich have not known any thing, vmay hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land *whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

u ch. 11.2.
v Ps. 78.5,6.
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¶And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that wI may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

w Nu. 27.19. Jn. 1.17. v.6-8,23.
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And the xLORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

x Ex. 33.9; 16.10; 34.5; 40.34,38. Nu. 11.25; 12.5. Ps. 99.7.
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¶And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt 1sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and ygo a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will zforsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

y Ex. 34.15,16. Le. 20.3,6. Ju. 2.11-19. Nu. 15.39. 2Ch. 21.13. Eze. 6.9; 16; 23.
z Ju. 2.12; 10.6,13.
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Then amy anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and bI will forsake them, and I will chide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall 2befall them; so that they will say in that day, dAre not these evils come upon us, because eour God is not among us?

a Le. 26.14-39. ch. 28.15-68; 29.18-28; 32.21,22. Ju. 2.14,15.
b 2Ch. 15.2; 24.20.
c ch. 32.20. Ps. 30.7; 104.29. Ho. 9.12; 5.15. Is. 57.17; 59.1,2. v.18,29. Eze. 39.23.
d Ju. 6.13. ch. 29.24,27. Ho. 9.12.
e Nu. 14.42.
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And fI will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

f v.17.
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Now therefore write ye gthis song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: hput it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

g ch. 32. v.22.
h Ex. 4.15. 2Sa. 14.3. Eze. 2.7; 3.17. Ac. 20.27. Col. 1.28,29. He. 5.11. 1Co. 4.1,2.
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For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall ihave eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

i ch. 32.15-21; 6.10,11; 8.10,11,19,20; 4.25-27. Ho. 13.6. Ju. 2.11-19. Eze. 16; 20; 23. Ne. 9.25,26.
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And it shall come to pass, when jmany evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify 3against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for kI know their imagination which they 4go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

j Le. 26.3-13. ch. 28.15-68; 29.18-28. Is. 1; 5; 9; 24; 59. Je. 1-44. v.29. Ju. 3; 4; 6; 9; 10. 1Sa. 4; 11; 31. 1Ki. 12-22. 2Ki. 8-18; 21; 24; 25.
k Ge. 6.5. Je. 10.23. Jn. 2.25. Ps. 139.2. Is. 46.10. Ho. 5.3; 13.5,6.
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¶Moses therefore lwrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

l v.19. ch. 32.
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And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, mBe strong and of a good courage: for nthou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

m Jos. 1.5-7,9. v.6-8.
n Nu. 13.16; 27.15-23. ch. 3.28. Ac. 7.45. Jos. 1.1-9. Ep. 1.3-14.
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¶And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

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That Moses commanded the Levites, owhich bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

o v.9. Nu. 4.14,15; 10.21. Jos. 3.6,7; 6.12. 1Ch. 15.2.
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Take this book of the law, and put it pin the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there qfor a witness against thee.

p 2Ki. 22.8.
q v.19,21.
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For I know thy rebellion, and thy rstiff neck: behold, while I am syet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

r Ex. 32.9. Is. 48.4. Ac. 7.51. ch. 9.7,24; 32.20.
s ch. 9.7. Ju. 2.10-18.
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¶Gather unto me tall the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and ucall heaven and earth to record against them.

t ch. 29.10; 1.15. Nu. 11.16,17. Ex. 18.25.
u ch. 4.26; 8.19; 30.19; 32.1. Is. 1.2. Je. 22.29. Mi. 6.1,2.
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For I know that vafter my death ye will utterly wcorrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil xwill befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, yto provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

v v.27. Jos. 24.31. Ju. 2.10-18. Ac. 20.30.
w Ju. 2.19.
x v.17. Le. 26.14-39. ch. 28.15-68; 29.18-28; 32.15-34. Ju. 2-4; 6; 9; 10. 1Sa. 4; 11; 31. 1Ki. 11-22. 2Ki. 8-18; 21; 24; 25. Mal. 3.7-9. Pr. 1.25-33. Lu. 19.43,44; 21.22-26.
y ch. 4.25.
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And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.