Deuteronomy 31:24-29

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²⁴ When Moses had finished writing down all the laws that are recorded in this book, ²⁵ he instructed the Levites who carried the Ark containing the Ten Commandments ²⁶ to put this book of the law beside the Ark, as a solemn warning to the people of Israel.

²⁷ “For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are,” Moses told them. “If even today, while I am still here with you, you are defiant rebels against the Lord, how much more rebellious will you be after my death! ²⁸ Now summon all the elders and officers of your tribes so that I can speak to them, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. ²⁹ I know that after my death you will utterly defile yourselves and turn away from God and his commands; and in the days to come evil will crush you for you will do what the Lord says is evil, making him very angry.”