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28 Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them. 29 For I know that after I die you will totally[a] corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in future days because you will act wickedly[b] before the Lord, inciting him to anger because of your actions.”[c] 30 Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel:

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 31:29 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “totally.”
  2. Deuteronomy 31:29 tn Heb “do the evil.”
  3. Deuteronomy 31:29 tn Heb “the work of your hands.”