Deuteronomy 31:7-13

English Standard Version

⁷Then ^(A)Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, ^(B)“Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. ⁸It is the Lord ^(C)who goes before you. He will be with you; ^(D)he will not leave you or forsake you. ^(E)Do not fear or be dismayed.”

The Reading of the Law

⁹Then Moses ^(F)wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, ^(G)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. ¹⁰And Moses commanded them, ^(H)“At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at ^(I)the Feast of Booths, ¹¹when all Israel comes ^(J)to appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, ^(K)you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. ¹²^(L)Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, ¹³and that their children, ^(M)who have not known it, ^(N)may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, ^(O)as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

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Deuteronomy 31:24-32:4

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²⁴When Moses had finished ^(A)writing the words of this law in a book to the very end, ²⁵Moses commanded ^(B)the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, ²⁶“Take this Book of the Law ^(C)and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for ^(D)a witness against you. ²⁷For I know how rebellious and ^(E)stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, ^(F)you have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death! ²⁸Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak ^(G)these words in their ears and ^(H)call heaven and earth to witness against them. ²⁹For I know that after my death ^(I)you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And ^(J)in the days to come ^(K)evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(L)provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”

The Song of Moses

³⁰Then Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished, in the ears of all the assembly of Israel:

32 “Give ear, ^(M)O heavens, and I will speak,
    and let ^(N)the earth hear the words of my mouth.
²May ^(O)my teaching drop as the rain,
    my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
    and ^(P)like showers upon the herb.
³For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;
    ascribe ^(Q)greatness to our God!