Deuteronomy 31 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. ^[2] He said to them, “I am one hundred twenty years old today. I can no more go out and come in. Yahweh has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’ ^[3] Yahweh your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua will go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken. ^[4] Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them. ^[5] Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you. ^[6] Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them, for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.” ^[7] Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it. ^[8] Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.” ^[9] Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel. ^[10] Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of booths, ^[11] when all Israel has come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. ^[12] Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, learn, fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law, ^[13] and that their children, who have not known, may hear and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.” ^[14] Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.”Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting. ^[15] Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the Tent’s door. ^[16] Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land where 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 come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’ ^[18] I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods. ^[19] “Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to 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 have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant. ^[21] It will happen, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this song will testify before them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants; for I know their ways and what they are doing today, before I have brought them into the land which I promised them.” ^[22] So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel. ^[23] He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you.” ^[24] When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, ^[25] Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, saying, ^[26] “Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of Yahweh your God’s covenant, that it may be there for a witness against you. ^[27] For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. Behold, while I am yet alive with you today, you have been rebellious against Yahweh. How much more after my death? ^[28] Assemble to 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 witness against them. ^[29] For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.” ^[30] Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.

King James Version

^[1] And MosesH4872 wentH3212(QalImpf) and spakeH1696(PielImpf) these wordsH1697 unto all Israel.H3478 ^[2] And he saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, I [am] an hundredH3967 and twentyH6242 yearsH8141 oldH1121 this day;H3117 I canH3201(QalImpf) no more go outH3318(QalInf) and come in:H935(QalInf) also the LordH3068 hath saidH559(QalPerf) unto me, Thou shalt not go overH5674(QalImpf) this Jordan.H3383 ^[3] The LordH3068 thy God,H430 he will go overH5674(QalActPtc) beforeH6440 thee, [and] he will destroyH8045(HiphImpf) these nationsH1471 from beforeH6440 thee, and thou shalt possessH3423(QalPerf) them: [and] Joshua,H3091 he shall go overH5674(QalActPtc) beforeH6440 thee, as the LordH3068 hath said.H1696(PielPerf) ^[4] And the LordH3068 shall doH6213(QalPerf) unto them as he didH6213(QalPerf) to SihonH5511 and to Og,H5747 kingsH4428 of the Amorites,H567 and unto the landH776 of them, whom he destroyed.H8045(HiphPerf) ^[5] And the LordH3068 shall give them upH5414(QalPerf) before your face,H6440 that ye may doH6213(QalPerf) unto them according unto all the commandmentsH4687 which I have commandedH6680(PielPerf) you. ^[6] Be strongH2388(QalImpv) and of a good courage,H553(QalImpv) fearH3372(QalImpf) not, nor be afraidH6206(QalImpf) of them:H6440 for the LordH3068 thy God,H430 he [it is] that doth goH1980(QalActPtc) with thee; he will not failH7503(HiphImpf) thee, nor forsakeH5800(QalImpf) thee. ^[7] And MosesH4872 calledH7121(QalImpf) unto Joshua,H3091 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him in the sightH5869 of all Israel,H3478 Be strongH2388(QalImpv) and of a good courage:H553(QalImpv) for thou must goH935(QalImpf) with this peopleH5971 unto the landH776 which the LordH3068 hath swornH7650(NiphPerf) unto their fathersH1 to giveH5414(QalInf) them; and thou shalt cause them to inheritH5157(HiphImpf) it. ^[8] And the Lord,H3068 he [it is] that doth goH1980(QalActPtc) beforeH6440 thee; he will be with thee, he will not failH7503(HiphImpf) thee, neither forsakeH5800(QalImpf) thee: fearH3372(QalImpf) not, neither be dismayed.H2865(NiphImpf) ^[9] And MosesH4872 wroteH3789(QalImpf) this law,H8451 and deliveredH5414(QalImpf) it unto the priestsH3548 the sonsH1121 of Levi,H3878 which bareH5375(QalActPtc) the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the Lord,H3068 and unto all the eldersH2205 of Israel.H3478 ^[10] And MosesH4872 commandedH6680(PielImpf) them, saying,H559(QalInf) At the endH7093 of [every] sevenH7651 years,H8141 in the solemnityH4150 of the yearH8141 of release,H8059 in the feastH2282 of tabernacles,H5521 ^[11] When all IsraelH3478 is comeH935(QalInf) to appearH7200(NiphInf) beforeH6440 the LordH3068 thy GodH430 in the placeH4725 which he shall choose,H977(QalImpf) thou shalt readH7121(QalImpf) this lawH8451 before all IsraelH3478 in their hearing.H241 ^[12] GatherH6950 the peopleH5971 together,H6950(HiphImpv) men,H582 and women,H802 and children,H2945 and thy strangerH1616 that [is] within thy gates,H8179 that they may hear,H8085(QalImpf) and that they may learn,H3925(QalImpf) and fearH3372(QalPerf) the LordH3068 your God,H430 and observeH8104(QalPerf) to doH6213(QalInf) all the wordsH1697 of this law:H8451 ^[13] And [that] their children,H1121 which have not knownH3045(QalPerf) [any thing], may hear,H8085(QalImpf) and learnH3925(QalPerf) to fearH3372(QalInf) the LordH3068 your God,H430 as long asH3117 ye liveH2416 in the landH127 whither ye go overH5674(QalActPtc) JordanH3383 to possessH3423(QalInf) it. ^[14] And the LordH3068 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Moses,H4872 Behold, thy daysH3117 approachH7126(QalPerf) that thou must die:H4191(QalInf) callH7121(QalImpv) Joshua,H3091 and presentH3320(HithImpv) yourselves in the tabernacleH168 of the congregation,H4150 that I may give him a charge.H6680(PielImpf) And MosesH4872 and JoshuaH3091 went,H3212(QalImpf) and presentedH3320(HithImpf) themselves in the tabernacleH168 of the congregation.H4150 ^[15] And the LordH3068 appearedH7200(NiphImpf) in the tabernacleH168 in a pillarH5982 of a cloud:H6051 and the pillarH5982 of the cloudH6051 stoodH5975(QalImpf) over the doorH6607 of the tabernacle.H168 ^[16] And the LordH3068 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Moses,H4872 Behold, thou shalt sleepH7901(QalActPtc) with thy fathers;H1 and this peopleH5971 will rise up,H6965(QalPerf) and go a whoringH2181(QalPerf) afterH310 the godsH430 of the strangersH5236 of the land,H776 whither they goH935(QalActPtc) [to be] amongH7130 them, and will forsakeH5800(QalPerf) me, and breakH6565(HiphPerf) my covenantH1285 which I have madeH3772(QalPerf) with them. ^[17] Then my angerH639 shall be kindledH2734(QalPerf) against them in that day,H3117 and I will forsakeH5800(QalPerf) them, and I will hideH5641(HiphPerf) my faceH6440 from them, and they shall be devoured,H398(QalInf) and manyH7227 evilsH7451 and troublesH6869 shall befallH4672(QalPerf) them; so that they will sayH559(QalPerf) in that day,H3117 Are not these evilsH7451 comeH4672(QalPerf) upon us, because our GodH430 [is] not amongH7130 us? ^[18] And I will surelyH5641(HiphInf) hideH5641(HiphImpf) my faceH6440 in that dayH3117 for all the evilsH7451 which they shall have wrought,H6213(QalPerf) in thatH3588 they are turnedH6437(QalPerf) unto otherH312 gods.H430 ^[19] Now therefore writeH3789(QalImpv) ye this songH7892 for you, and teachH3925(PielImpv) it the childrenH1121 of Israel:H3478 putH7760(QalImpv) it in their mouths,H6310 that this songH7892 may be a witnessH5707 for me against the childrenH1121 of Israel.H3478 ^[20] For when I shall have broughtH935(HiphImpf) them into the landH127 which I swareH7650(NiphPerf) unto their fathers,H1 that flowethH2100(QalActPtc) with milkH2461 and honey;H1706 and they shall have eatenH398(QalPerf) and filledH7646(QalPerf) themselves, and waxen fat;H1878(QalPerf) then will they turnH6437(QalPerf) unto otherH312 gods,H430 and serveH5647(QalPerf) them, and provokeH5006(PielPerf) me, and breakH6565(HiphPerf) my covenant.H1285 ^[21] And it shall come to pass, when manyH7227 evilsH7451 and troublesH6869 are befallenH4672(QalImpf) them, that this songH7892 shall testifyH6030(QalPerf) againstH6440 them as a witness;H5707 for it shall not be forgottenH7911(NiphImpf) out of the mouthsH6310 of their seed:H2233 for I knowH3045(QalPerf) their imaginationH3336 which they go about,H6213(QalActPtc) even now,H3117 before I have broughtH935(HiphImpf) them into the landH776 which I sware.H7650(NiphPerf) ^[22] MosesH4872 therefore wroteH3789(QalImpf) this songH7892 the same day,H3117 and taughtH3925(PielImpf) it the childrenH1121 of Israel.H3478 ^[23] And he gave JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126 a charge,H6680(PielImpf) and said,H559(QalImpf) Be strongH2388(QalImpv) and of a good courage:H553(QalImpv) for thou shalt bringH935(HiphImpf) the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 into the landH776 which I swareH7650(NiphPerf) unto them: and I will be with thee. ^[24] And it came to pass, when MosesH4872 had made an endH3615(PielInf) of writingH3789(QalInf) the wordsH1697 of this lawH8451 in a book,H5612 until they were finished,H8552(QalInf) ^[25] That MosesH4872 commandedH6680(PielImpf) the Levites,H3881 which bareH5375(QalActPtc) the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the Lord,H3068 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[26] TakeH3947(QalInf) this bookH5612 of the law,H8451 and putH7760(QalPerf) it in the sideH6654 of the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the LordH3068 your God,H430 that it may be there for a witnessH5707 against thee. ^[27] For I knowH3045(QalPerf) thy rebellion,H4805 and thy stiffH7186 neck:H6203 behold, while I am yet aliveH2416 with you this day,H3117 ye have been rebelliousH4784(HiphPtc) against the Lord;H3068 and how much more afterH310 my death?H4194 ^[28] GatherH6950(HiphImpv) unto me all the eldersH2205 of your tribes,H7626 and your officers,H7860(QalActPtc) that I may speakH1696(PielImpf) these wordsH1697 in their ears,H241 and callH5749 heavenH8064 and earthH776 to recordH5749(HiphImpf) against them. ^[29] For I knowH3045(QalPerf) that afterH310 my deathH4194 ye will utterlyH7843(HiphInf) corruptH7843(HiphImpf) [yourselves], and turn asideH5493(QalPerf) from the wayH1870 which I have commandedH6680(PielPerf) you; and evilH7451 will befallH7122(QalPerf) you in the latterH319 days;H3117 because ye will doH6213(QalImpf) evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the Lord,H3068 to provoke him to angerH3707(HiphInf) through the workH4639 of your hands.H3027 ^[30] And MosesH4872 spakeH1696(PielImpf) in the earsH241 of all the congregationH6951 of IsraelH3478 the wordsH1697 of this song,H7892 until they were ended.H8552(QalInf)

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