Moses Entrusts the Law to the Levitical Priests

⁹ Then Moses wrote down this Law and gave it to the Levitical priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord and to all of Israel’s leaders.^{[a] 10} Then he^[b] gave these^[c] orders: “At the end of seven years, the year designated for release,^[d] during the Festival of Tents,^{[e] 11} when all of Israel comes to appear in the presence of the Lord your God at the place that he’ll choose, read this Law aloud to them.^{[f] 12} Gather the people—the men, women, children, and the foreigners that live in your cities—so they may hear and fear the Lord your God, and so they may be careful to obey the words contained in this Law. ¹³ Their children who don’t know will hear and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan River to possess.”