Deuteronomy 31:14-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Transition to Joshua
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The time is approaching for you to die. Summon Joshua and stand at the Tent of Meeting, and I will commission him.”
So Moses and Joshua went and stood at the Tent of Meeting. 15 Then the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance to the tent. 16 The Lord said to Moses:
“You are about to lie down with your fathers, but this people will rise up and prostitute themselves to the foreign gods among them in the land they are about to enter. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them. 17 My anger will burn against them on that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them. They will be on the verge of being devoured, and many evils and distresses will find them. They will say on that day, ‘Haven’t these evil things found us because our God is not among us?’ 18 Yet I will hide my face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
19 “So now, write down this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths so this song will be my witness against the people of Israel. 20 When I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised by oath to their fathers, and they eat and are satisfied and grow fat, and they then turn to other gods and serve them, when they despise me and break my covenant, 21 and many evils and distresses find them, then this song will testify against them as a witness, because it will not be forgotten or gone from the mouths of their descendants. I certainly know the inclination that they are developing today before I bring them to the land that I have promised on oath.”
22 So Moses wrote down this song on that day and taught it to the people of Israel.
23 Then the Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said to him:
“Be strong and courageous, because you will bring the people of Israel into the land that I have promised to them with an oath, and I will be with you.”
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Deuteronomy 31:14-23
Lexham English Bible
14 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Look, you are about to die;[a] call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of assembly,[b] so that I may instruct him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in[c] the tent of assembly.[d] 15 And Yahweh appeared in the tent in a column of cloud, and the column of the cloud stood at the entrance of the tent. 16 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Look, you are about to lie down with your ancestors,[e] and this people will arise and they[f] will play the prostitute after the foreign gods[g] of the land to which they are going.[h] 17 And my anger shall flare up against them[i] on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they[j] shall become as prey, and disasters and troubles shall find[k] them,[l] and they[m] shall say on that day, ‘Is it not because our[n] God is not in our[o] midst that these disasters have found[p] us?’[q] 18 But I will certainly hide my face on that day, because of all of the evil that they[r] did because they[s] turned to other gods.
19 “And so then write this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites;[t] put it in their mouth, so that this song may be for me as a witness against the Israelites.[u] 20 For when I bring them[v] into the land that I swore to their[w] ancestors,[x] a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill,[y] and they[z] will become fat, and then they[aa] will turn to other gods, and they will serve them, and they will spurn me, and they[ab] will break my covenant. 21 And then[ac] many disasters and troubles will come upon them,[ad] and this song will give evidence before them[ae] as a witness, because it will not be forgotten from out of the mouth of their descendants,[af] for I know their[ag] inclination that they[ah] are having today[ai] before I have brought them[aj] into the land that I swore.” 22 And Moses wrote this song on that day and taught it to the Israelites.[ak]
23 Then he[al] told Joshua the son of Nun, and said to him, “Be strong and be courageous, for you shall bring the Israelites[am] into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you.”
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- Deuteronomy 31:14 Literally “are near your days to die”
- Deuteronomy 31:14 Or “meeting”
- Deuteronomy 31:14 Or “at”
- Deuteronomy 31:14 Or “meeting”
- Deuteronomy 31:16 Or “fathers”
- Deuteronomy 31:16 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:16 Literally “the gods of the foreigner/foreign person of the land”
- Deuteronomy 31:16 Literally “which he is going to”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Literally “shall become my nose against it/him”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Or “encounter”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Hebrew “him”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Hebrew “my” but represents all the people
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Hebrew “my”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Or “encountered”
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Hebrew “me”
- Deuteronomy 31:18 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:18 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Deuteronomy 31:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “him,” referring to the people
- Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “his”
- Deuteronomy 31:20 Or “fathers”
- Deuteronomy 31:20 Literally “he will eat and he will be satisfied”
- Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Literally “And it shall happen”
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “him”
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “him”
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “his offspring/descendant”
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “his”
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “he”
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Literally “the day”
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “him”
- Deuteronomy 31:22 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Deuteronomy 31:23 That is, Yahweh
- Deuteronomy 31:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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