1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
2 And
he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this
day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou
shalt not go over this Jordan.
3 The
LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from
before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee,
as the LORD hath said.
4 And
the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the
Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
5 And
the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them
according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
6 Be
strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy
God, he it is that
doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
7 And
Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be
strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land
which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause
them to inherit it.
8 And
the LORD, he it is that
doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither
forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
9 And
Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which
bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
10 And
Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the
year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
11 When
all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he
shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
12 Gather
the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within
thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your
God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
13 And that their
children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to
fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over
Jordan to possess it.
14 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call
Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I
may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in
the tabernacle of the congregation.
15 And
the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of
the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
16 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this
people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the
land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and
break my covenant which I have made with them.
17 Then
my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them,
and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils
and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not
these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
18 And
I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have
wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
19 Now
therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put
it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children
of Israel.
20 For
when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers,
that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled
themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them,
and provoke me, and break my covenant.
21 And
it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that
this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be
forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which
they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I
sware.
22 Moses
therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
23 And
he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good
courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I
sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
24 And
it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in
a book, until they were finished,
25 That
Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
saying,
26 Take
this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the
LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
27 For
I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you
this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my
death?
28 Gather
unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak
these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
29 For
I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have
commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do
evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your
hands.
30 And
Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this
song, until they were ended.
