31 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. 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. 8 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, 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. 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: 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. 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. 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. 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.