Deuteronomy 31:14-16

New International Reader's Version

The Israelites Will Refuse to Obey the Lord

¹⁴ The Lord said to Moses, “The day when you will die is near. Have Joshua go to the tent of meeting. Join him there. That is where I will appoint him as the new leader.” So Joshua and Moses went to the tent of meeting.

¹⁵ Then the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud. It stood over the entrance to the tent. ¹⁶ The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “You are going to join the members of your family who have already died. The Israelites will not be faithful to me. They will soon join themselves to the false gods that are worshiped in the land they are entering. The people will desert me. They will break the covenant I made with them.