Deuteronomy 31:9-13
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The Law to Be Read Every Seventh Year
9 Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.(A) 10 Moses commanded them, “Every seventh year, in the scheduled year of remission, during the Festival of Booths,[a](B) 11 when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.(C) 12 Assemble the people—men, women, and children, as well as the aliens residing in your towns—so that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God and to observe diligently all the words of this law(D) 13 and so that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”(E)
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Deuteronomy 31:9-13
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9 Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation,(A) during the Festival of Booths,(B) 11 when all Israel assembles[a] in the presence of the Lord your God at the place He chooses, you are to read this law aloud before all Israel.(C) 12 Gather the people—men, women, children, and foreigners living within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear(D) the Lord your God and be careful to follow all the words of this law. 13 Then their children(E) who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
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- Deuteronomy 31:11 Lit comes to appear
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