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Chapter 31 |
| 1 | And Moses went
and spake these words unto all Israel. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | 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. |
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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. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 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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11 | 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. |
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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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13 | 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. |
| 16 | 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.
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| 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?
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
| 21 | 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. |
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| Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught
it the children of Israel. |
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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, |
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| 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. |
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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? |
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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. |
