²⁴ After Moses finished writing all the words of the ·teachings [laws; instructions] in a ·book [scroll], ²⁵ he gave a command to the Levites, who carried the Ark of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; Ex. 25:10] with the Lord. ²⁶ He said, “Take this ·Book [Scroll] of the ·Teachings [Laws; Instructions] and put it beside the Ark of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; Ex. 25:10] with the Lord your God. It must stay there as a witness against you. ²⁷ I know how ·stubborn [^Lstiff-necked] and ·disobedient [rebellious] you are. You have ·disobeyed [rebelled against] the Lord while I am alive and with you, and you will ·disobey [rebel against me] even more after I die! ²⁸ ·Gather [Assemble] all the elders of your tribes and all your ·officers [scribes] to me so that I may say these things ·for them to hear [^Lin their ears], and so that I may ask heaven and earth to ·testify [witness] against them [30:19]. ²⁹ I know that after I die you will become completely ·evil [corrupt]. You will turn away from the ·commands I have given [^Lway I commanded] you. Terrible things will happen to you in the future when you do what the Lord says is evil, and you will make him angry with the ·idols you have made [^Lwork of your hands].”