Deuteronomy:31

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* And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel . * And he said to them , I [am ] a hundred twenty years old today . I can no more go out and come in . Also the LORD has said to me , You shall not go over this Jordan . * The LORD your God will go over before you . He will destroy these nations from before you , and you shall possess them . Joshua [is ] the one crossing over before you , as the LORD has said . * And the LORD shall do to them as He did to Sihon and to Og , kings of the Amorites , and to the land of those whom He destroyed . * And the LORD shall give them up before your face , so that you may do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you . * Be strong and of a good courage . Do not fear nor be afraid of them . For the LORD your God [is ] He who goes with you . He will not fail you nor forsake you . * And Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel , Be strong and of a good courage . For you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give it to ] them , and you shall cause them to inherit it . * And Jehovah [is ] He who goes before you . He will be with you ; He will not fail you nor forsake you . Do not fear ; nor be dismayed . * And Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests , the sons of Levi , who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD , and to all the elders of Israel . * And Moses commanded them , saying : At the end of seven years , at the set time of the year of release , in the Feast of Tabernacles , * when all Israel has come to appear before the LORD your God in the place which He shall choose , you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing . * Gather the people , men and women and the little ones , and your stranger who [is ] within your gates , so that they may hear and that they may learn and fear the LORD your God , and be careful to do all the words of this law , * and [that ] their sons who have not known may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God , as long as you live in the land where you go over Jordan to possess it . * And the LORD said to Moses , Behold , your days are coming near to die . Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation , and that I shall charge him . And Moses and Joshua went . And they presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation . * 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 . * And the LORD said to Moses , Behold , you shall sleep with your fathers . And this people shall rise up and go lusting after the gods of the strangers of the land into which they are going , into their midst . And they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I 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 befall them , so that they will say in that day , Have not these evils come on us because our God [is ] not among us ? * And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evils which they have done , for they shall turn to other gods . * Now , therefore , write this song for you , and teach it to the sons of Israel . Put it in their mouths , so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel . * For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers , the land that flows [with ] milk and honey , and they shall have eaten and have become satisfied , and become fat , then turn to other gods and serve them , and provoke Me and break My covenant . * And it shall be when many evils and troubles have found them , 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 do , even now , before I have brought them into the land which I swore . * And Moses wrote this song the same day , and taught it to the sons of Israel . * And he commanded Joshua the son of Nun , and said : Be strong and of a good courage . For you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them , and I will be with you . * And it happened when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book , until they were finished , * Moses commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD , saying , * Take this book of the law , and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God , so that it may be there for a witness against you . * For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck . Behold , while I am still alive with you today , you have been rebellious against the LORD . And how much more after my death ? * Gather to me all the elders of your tribes , and your officers , so that I may speak these words in their ears , and call Heaven and earth to record against them . * For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt , and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you . And evil will happen to you in the latter end of the days , because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD , to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands . * And Moses spoke in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song , until their conclusion .

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