Deuteronomy 31:14-23
International Standard Version
Moses and Joshua Present Themselves to the Lord
14 Then the Lord told Moses: “Look! Because your time to die is approaching, call Joshua, present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, and then I will commission him.” Moses and Joshua complied[a] and presented[b] themselves at the Tent of Meeting. 15 So the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the entrance.[c]
16 Then the Lord told Moses, “Look! You are about to join your ancestors.[d] Afterwards, this people will rebel[e] and commit prostitution with the foreign gods of the land that they are about to enter to possess. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I made with them.[f] 17 When that happens,[g] my anger will burn against them,[h] because they will have abandoned me. I’ll hide my face from them, they will be consumed, and many evils and distresses will find them. When this happens,[i] they[j] will say, ‘These troubles have happened to us because God isn’t among us.’ 18 I’ll surely hide my face in that day on account of the evil that they[k] will have done, because they[l] will have turned to other gods.”
Moses Instructed to Teach a Song
19 “Now write this song and teach it to the Israelis. Put this song in their very mouths, so that it will be a witness for me against the Israelis, 20 because after I’ve brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised to their ancestors by an oath, they’ll eat, grow fat, and then they’ll turn to other gods and serve them, while despising me and breaking my covenant. 21 Then, when many evils and troubles will have come upon them, this song will serve as a witness against them, since their descendants won’t fail to sing it. I know the plan that they are devising even before I bring them into the land that I promised them[m] by an oath.”
22 So Moses wrote the song that very day and taught it to the Israelis. 23 Then the Lord charged Nun’s son Joshua, “Be strong and courageous, because you’ll bring the Israelis to the land that I promised to them by an oath. I’ll be with you.”
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- Deuteronomy 31:14 Lit. walked
- Deuteronomy 31:14 Or stood
- Deuteronomy 31:15 Lit. above the Tent of Meeting
- Deuteronomy 31:16 Lit. to lie down with
- Deuteronomy 31:16 Heb. rise up
- Deuteronomy 31:16 Lit. him
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Lit. On that day
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Lit. him
- Deuteronomy 31:17 On that day
- Deuteronomy 31:17 Lit. he
- Deuteronomy 31:18 Lit. he
- Deuteronomy 31:18 Lit. he
- Deuteronomy 31:21 The Heb. lacks them
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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