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Chapter 31 |
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And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. |
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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. |
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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.
Heb 13:5
Deut 31:8
Joshua 1:5
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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. |
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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.
Heb 13:5
Deut 31:6
Joshua 1:5
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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, |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |