Deuteronomy 31:14-23
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Has Moses Write a Song
14 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, [a](A)the time for you to die is near; call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him.” (B)So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting. 15 (C)And Yahweh appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the doorway of the tent. 16 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, (D)you are about to lie down with your fathers; and (E)this people will arise and play the harlot with the foreign gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and they (F)will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have cut with them. 17 (G)Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and (H)I will forsake them and (I)hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them, so that they will say in that day, ‘(J)Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’ 18 But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.
19 “So now, (K)write this song for yourselves and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. 20 (L)For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and (M)become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them and spurn Me and break My covenant. 21 Then it will be, (N)when many evils and troubles have found them, that this song will answer them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouths of their seed); for (O)I know their intent which they are [b]developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.” 22 (P)So Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the sons of Israel.
Joshua Is Commissioned
23 (Q)Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, “(R)Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and (S)I will be with you.”
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- Deuteronomy 31:14 Lit your days to die are
- Deuteronomy 31:21 Lit making
Deuteronomy 31:14-23
New Living Translation
Israel’s Disobedience Predicted
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The time has come for you to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tabernacle,[a] so that I may commission him there.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle. 15 And the Lord appeared to them in a pillar of cloud that stood at the entrance to the sacred tent.
16 The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die and join your ancestors. After you are gone, these people will begin to worship foreign gods, the gods of the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them. 17 Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’ 18 At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.
19 “So write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Help them learn it, so it may serve as a witness for me against them. 20 For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant. 21 And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them.”
22 So that very day Moses wrote down the words of the song and taught it to the Israelites.
23 Then the Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun with these words: “Be strong and courageous, for you must bring the people of Israel into the land I swore to give them. I will be with you.”
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