Deuteronomy 31
1. And Moses went * and spake * these words unto all Israel.
2. And he said * unto them, I 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, Thou shalt not go over * this Jordan.
3. The LORD thy God, he will 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 * .
4. And the LORD shall do * unto them as he did * to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed * .
5. And the LORD shall give them up * before your face, that ye may do * unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded * you.
6. Be strong * and of a good courage * , fear * not, nor be afraid * of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go * with thee; he will not fail * thee, nor forsake * thee.
7. And Moses called * 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.
8. And the LORD, he it is that doth go * before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail * thee, neither forsake * thee: fear * not, neither be dismayed * .
9. And Moses wrote * this law, and delivered * it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare * the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
10. And Moses commanded * them, saying * , At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
11. When all Israel is come * to appear * before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose * , thou shalt read * this law before all Israel in their hearing.
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 observe * to do * all the words of this law:
13. And that their children, which have not known * any thing, may 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.
14. 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 I may give him a charge * . And Moses and Joshua went * , and presented * themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
15. And the LORD appeared * in the tabernacle in a 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 the strangers of the land, whither they go * to be among them, and will forsake * me, and break * my covenant which I have made * with them.
17. Then my anger shall be kindled * against them in that day, and I will forsake * them, and I will hide * my face from them, and they shall be devoured * , and many evils and troubles shall befall * them; so that they will say * in that day, Are not these evils come * upon us, because our God is not among us?
18. And I 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.
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 a witness for me against the children of Israel.
20. 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 have eaten * and filled * themselves, and waxen fat * ; then will they turn * unto other gods, and serve * them, and provoke * me, and break * my covenant.
21. And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen * them, that this song shall testify * against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten * out of the mouths of their seed: for I know * their imagination which they go about * , even now, before I have brought * them into the land which I sware * .
22. Moses therefore wrote * this song the same day, and taught * it the children of Israel.
23. And he 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 sware * unto them: and I will be with thee.
24. 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 * ,
25. That Moses commanded * the Levites, which bare * the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying * ,
26. Take * this book of the law,and put * 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, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious * against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
28. Gather * unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers * , that I may speak * these words in their ears,and call * heaven and earth to record * against them.
29. For I know * that after my death ye will utterly * corrupt * yourselves, and turn aside * from the way which I have commanded * you; and evil will befall * you in the latter days;because ye will do * evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger * through the work of your hands.
30. And Moses spake * in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended * .
