Deuteronomy Chapter 31

Deuteronomy Chapter 31
1 Then Moses went and spake these
words unto all Israel,
2 And said unto them, I am an hundred
and twenty year old this day: I can no
more go out and in: also the Lord hath
said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this
Jordan.
3 The Lord thy God he will go over
before thee: he will destroy these
nations before thee, and thou shalt
possess them. Joshua, he shall go before
thee, as the Lord hath said.
4 And the Lord shall do unto them, as he
did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the
Amorites: and unto their land whom he
destroyed.
5 And the Lord shall give them before
you that ye may do unto them according
unto every commandment, which I have
commanded you.
6 Pluck up your hearts therefore, and be
strong: dread not, nor be afraid of them:
for the Lord thy God himself doth go
with thee: he will not fail thee, nor
forsake thee.
7 And Moses called Joshua, and said
unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be of a
good courage and strong: for thou shalt
go with this people unto the land which
the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers, to
give them, and thou shalt give it them to
inherit.
8 And the Lord himself doth go before
thee: he will be with thee: he will not
fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not
therefore, nor be discomforted. 9 And
Moses wrote this law, and delivered it
unto the priests the sons of Levi (which
bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord)
and unto all the elders of Israel,
10 And Moses commanded them, saying,
Every seventh year when the year of
freedom shall be in the feast of the
tabernacles:
11 When all Israel shall come to appear
before the Lord thy God, in the place
which he shall choose, thou shalt read
this law before all Israel that they may
hear it.
12 Gather the people together: men, 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 keep, and
observe all the words of this law, 13
And that their children which have not
known it, may hear it, and learn to fear
the Lord your God, as long as ye live in
the land, whither ye go over Jordan to
possess it.
14 Then the Lord said unto Moses,
Behold, thy days are come, that thou
must die: Call Joshua, and stand ye in
the tabernacle of the congregation that I
may give him a charge. So Moses and
Joshua went, and stood in the tabernacle
of the congregation.
15 And the Lord appeared in the
tabernacle, in the pillar of a cloud: and
the pillar of the cloud stood over the
door of the tabernacle.
16 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers,
and this people will rise up, and go a
whoring after the gods of a strange land
(whither they go) to dwell therein and
will forsake me, and break my covenant
which I have made with them.
17 Wherefore my wrath will wax hot
against them at that day, and I will
forsake them, and will hide my face from
them: then they shall be consumed, and
many adversities and tribulations shall
come upon them: so then they will say,
Are not these troubles come upon me,
because God is not with me?
18 But I will surely hide my face in that
day, because of all the evil, which they
shall commit, in that they are turned unto
other gods.
19 Now therefore write ye this song for
you, and teach it the children of Israel:
put it in their mouths, that this song may
be my witness against the children of
Israel.
20 For I will bring them into the land
(which I swear unto their fathers) that
floweth with milk and honey, and they
shall eat, and fill themselves, and wax
fat: then shall they turn unto other gods,
and serve them, and contemn me, and
break my covenant.
21 And then when many adversities and
tribulations shall come upon them, this
song shall answer them to their face as a
witness: for it shall not be forgotten out
of the mouths of their posterity: for I
know their imagination, which they go
about even now, before I have brought
them into the land which I swear.
22 Moses therefore wrote this song the
same day and taught it the children of
Israel.
23 And God gave Joshua the son of Nun
a charge, and said, Be strong, and of a
good courage: for thou shalt bring the
children of Israel into the land, which I
swear unto them, and I will be with thee.
24 And when Moses had made an end of
writing the words of this law in a book
until he had finished them,
25 Then Moses commanded the Levites,
which bear the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, saying,
26 Take the book of this law, and put ye
it in the side of the ark of the covenant of
the Lord your God, that it may be there
for a witness against thee. 27 For I know
thy rebellion and thy stiff neck: behold, I
being yet alive with you this day, ye are
rebellious against the Lord: how much
more than after my death?
28 Gather unto me all the elders of your
tribes, and your officers, that I may
speak these words in their audience, and
call heaven and earth to record against
them.
29 For I am sure that after my death ye
will utterly be corrupt and turn from the
way, which I have commanded you:
therefore evil will come upon you at the
length, because ye will commit evil in
the sight of the Lord, by provoking him
to anger through the work of your hands.
30 Thus Moses spake in the audience of
all the congregation of Israel the words
of this song, until he had ended them.