Deuteronomy:31

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* Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel . * And he said to them : "I am one hundred and twenty years old today . I can no longer go out and come in . Also the LORD has said to me , "You shall not cross over this Jordan .' * The LORD your God Himself crosses over before you ; He will destroy these nations from before you , and you shall dispossess them . Joshua himself crosses over before you , just as the LORD has said . * And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og , the kings of the Amorites and their land , when He destroyed them . * The LORD will give them over to you , that you may do to them according to every commandment which I have commanded you . * Be strong and of good courage , do not fear nor be afraid of them ; for the LORD your God , He is the One who goes with you . He will not leave you nor forsake you ." * Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel , "Be strong and of good courage , for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them , and you shall cause them to inherit it . * And the LORD , He is the One who goes before you . He will be with you , He will not leave you nor forsake you ; do not fear nor be dismayed ." * So Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests , the sons of Levi , who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD , and to all the elders of Israel . * And Moses commanded them , saying : "At the end of every seven years , at the appointed time in the year of release , at the Feast of Tabernacles , * when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses , you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing . * Gather the people together , men and women and little ones , and the stranger who is within your gates , that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law , * and that their children , who have not known it , may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess ." * Then the LORD said to Moses , "Behold , the days approach when you must die ; call Joshua , and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting , that I may inaugurate him ." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting . * Now the LORD appeared at the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud , and the pillar of cloud stood above the door of the tabernacle . * And the LORD said to Moses : "Behold , you will rest with your fathers ; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land , where they go to be among them , and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them . * Then My anger shall be aroused 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 upon us because our God is not among us ?' * And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done , in that they have turned to other gods . * "Now therefore , write down 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 . * When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey , of which I swore to their fathers , and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat , then they will turn to other gods and serve them ; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant . * Then it shall be , when many evils and troubles have come upon them , that this song will testify against them as a witness ; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants , for I know the inclination of their behavior today , even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them ." * Therefore Moses wrote this song the same day , and taught it to the children of Israel . * Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun , and said , "Be strong and of good courage ; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them , and I will be with you ." * So it was , when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book , when they were finished , * that Moses commanded the Levites , who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD , saying : * "Take this Book of the Law , and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God , that it may be there as a witness against you ; * for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck . If today , while I am yet alive with you , you have been rebellious against the LORD , then how much more after my death ? * Gather to me all the elders of your tribes , and your officers , that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness 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 befall you in the latter days , because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD , to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands ." * Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended :

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