Deuteronomy 31 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Moses’ Last Counsel

(Num 27:12–23 )

So Moses^H4872 went^H1980 and spoke^H1696 these^H428 words^H1697 to all^H3605 Israel^H3478.

Deu 31:2And he said to them, “I am 120 years old today; I am no longer able to [fn]go out and come in, and the LORD has told me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’

Deu 31:3

Deu 31:3“It is the LORD your God who is going to cross ahead of you; He Himself will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who is going to cross ahead of you, just as the LORD has spoken.

Deu 31:4

Deu 31:4“And the LORD will do to them just as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them.

Deu 31:5

Deu 31:5“The LORD will turn them over to you, and you will do to them in accordance with all the commandments which I have commanded you.

Deu 31:6

Deu 31:6“Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or in dread of them, for the LORD your God is the One who is going with you. He will not desert you or abandon you.”

Deu 31:7

Then Moses^H4872 called^H7121 to Joshua^H3091 and said^H559 to him in the sight^H5869 of all^H3605 Israel^H3478, “Be strong^H2388 and courageous^H553, for you will go^H935 with this^H2088 people^H5971 into the land^H776 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 has sworn^H7650 to their fathers^H1 to give^H5414 them, and you will give^H5157 it to them as^H5157 an^H5157 inheritance^H5157.

Deu 31:8

Deu 31:8“And the LORD is the One who is going ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not desert you or abandon you. Do not fear and do not be dismayed.”

Deu 31:9

So Moses^H4872 wrote^H3789 this^H2088 Law^H8451 and gave^H5414 it to the priests^H3548, the sons^H1121 of Levi^H3878 who carried^H5375 the ark^H727 of the covenant^H1285 of the LORD^H3068, and to all^H3605 the elders^H2205 of Israel^H3478.

Deu 31:10

Deu 31:10Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of the release of debts, at the Feast of Booths,

Deu 31:11

Deu 31:11when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this Law before all Israel [fn]so that they hear it.

Deu 31:12

Deu 31:12“Assemble the people, the men, the women, the children, and the stranger who is in your [fn]town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to [fn]follow all the words of this Law.

Deu 31:13

Deu 31:13“And their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live on the land [fn]which you are about to cross the Jordan to [fn]possess.”

Israel Will Fall Away

Deu 31:14

Then the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to Moses^H4872, “Behold^H2005, [fn]the time^H3117 for you to die^H4191 is near^H7126; call^H7121 Joshua^H3091 and present^H3320 yourselves at the tent^H168 of meeting^H4150, and I will commission^H6680 him.” So Moses^H4872 and Joshua^H3091 went^H1980 and presented^H3320 themselves at the tent^H168 of meeting^H4150.

Deu 31:15

Deu 31:15And the LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the entrance of the tent.

Deu 31:16

Deu 31:16The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to [fn]lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the prostitute with the foreign gods of the land into the midst of which they are going, and they will abandon Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.

Deu 31:17

Deu 31:17“Then My anger will be kindled against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them; so they will say on that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’

Deu 31:18

Deu 31:18“But I will assuredly hide My face on that day because of all the evil that they will have done, for they will have turned away to other gods.

Deu 31:19

“Now^H6258 then, write^H3789 this^H2088 song^H7892 for yourselves, and teach^H3925 it to the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478; put^H7760 it [fn]on their lips^H6310, so^H4616 that^H4616 this^H2088 song^H7892 may be a witness^H5707 for Me against the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478.

Deu 31:20

Deu 31:20“For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they eat and are satisfied and become [fn]prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant.

Deu 31:21

Deu 31:21“Then it will come about, when many evils and troubles find them, that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouth of their [fn]descendants); for I know their inclination which they are [fn]developing today, before I bring them into the land which I swore.”

Deu 31:22

Deu 31:22So Moses wrote down this song on the same day, and taught it to the sons of Israel.

Joshua Is Commissioned

Deu 31:23

Then He commissioned^H6680 Joshua^H3091 the son^H1121 of Nun^H5126, and said^H559, “Be strong^H2388 and courageous^H553, for you will bring^H935 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 into the land^H776 which^H834 I swore^H7650 to them, and I will be with you.”

Deu 31:24

It came^H1961 about^H1961, when Moses^H4872 finished^H3615 writing^H3789 the words^H1697 of this^H2088 Law^H8451 in a book^H5612 until^H5704 they were^H8552 complete^H8552,

Deu 31:25

Deu 31:25that Moses commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

Deu 31:26

Deu 31:26“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may [fn]remain there as a witness against you.

Deu 31:27

Deu 31:27“For I know your rebellion and your [fn]stubbornness; behold, as long as I have been alive with you until today, you have been rebellious against the LORD; how much more, then, after my death?

Deu 31:28

Deu 31:28“Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against them.

Deu 31:29

Deu 31:29“For I know that after my death you will behave very corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will confront you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.”

Deu 31:30

Then Moses^H4872 spoke^H1696 in the hearing^H241 of all^H3605 the assembly^H6951 of Israel^H3478 the words^H1697 of this^H2088 song^H7892, until^H5704 they were^H8552 complete^H8552:

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NASB20 Footnotes

(31:2)

I.e., as Israel’s leader

Lit in their ears

Lit gates

Lit perform

Lit where

Lit possess it

Lit your days to die are

(31:16)

I.e., die

(31:19)

Lit in their mouths

Lit fat

Lit seed

Lit making

Lit be

Lit stiff neck

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