⁸ The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you;^(A) he will never leave you nor forsake you.^(B) Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

Public Reading of the Law

⁹ So Moses wrote^(C) down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried^(D) the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. ¹⁰ Then Moses commanded them: “At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts,^(E) during the Festival of Tabernacles,^(F)