Deuteronomy:31:14-29

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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 tent of meeting , that I may give him a charge .' And Moses and Joshua went , and presented themselves in the tent of meeting . * And the LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud ; and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent . * And the LORD said unto Moses : 'Behold , thou art about to sleep with thy fathers ; and this people will rise up , and go astray after the foreign gods of the land , whither they go to be among them , and will forsake Me , and break My covenant which I have made with them . * 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 upon them ; so that they will say in that day : Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us ? * And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought , in that they are turned unto other gods . * Now therefore write ye this song for you , and teach thou it the children of Israel ; put it in their mouths , that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel . * For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers , flowing with milk and honey ; and they shall have eaten their fill , and waxen fat ; and turned unto other gods , and served them , and despised Me , and broken My covenant ; * then it shall come to pass , when many evils and troubles are come upon them , that this song shall testify before them as a witness ; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed ; for I know their imagination how they do even now , before I have brought them into the land which I swore .' * So Moses wrote this song the same day , and taught it the children of Israel . * And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge , and said : 'Be strong and of good courage ; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore unto them ; and I will be with thee .' * 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 , * that Moses commanded the Levites , that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD , saying : * 'Take this book of the law , and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God , that it may be there for a witness against thee . * 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 ? * Assemble 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 witness against them . * For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly , and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you ; and evil will befall you in the end of days ; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD , to provoke Him through the work of your hands .'

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