31Moses went and explained these things to everyone in Israel.H4872H3212H1696H1697H3478 2Then he concluded, "I'm now 120 years old. I'm not able to get around anymore,H559H3967H6242H8141H1121H3117H3201H3318H935H3068H559H5674H3383 3and the Lord said to me, 'You won't be crossing the Jordan River.' But the Lord your God is crossing over before you. He will destroy these nations in front of you and you will dispossess them. "As for Joshua, he will cross over before you, just as the Lord promised.H3068H430H5674H6440H8045H1471H6440H3423H3091H5674H6440H3068H1696 4The 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.H3068H6213H6213H5511H5747H4428H567H776H8045 5The Lord will hand them over to you, so you can do to them what I've instructed you to do.H3068H5414H6440H6213H4687H6680 6Be strong and courageous. Don't fear or tremble before them, because the Lord your God will be the One who keeps on walking with you - he won't leave you or abandon you."5H2388H553H3372H6206H6440H3068H430H1980H7503H5800 7Then Moses called on Joshua and said to him in the presence of everyone in Israel, "Be strong and courageous, because you'll bring this people to the land that the Lord your God had promised to give your ancestors. You will be the one who causes them to possess it.H4872H7121H3091H559H5869H3478H2388H553H935H5971H776H3068H7650H1H5414H5157 8Indeed, the LORD is the One who will keep on walking in front of you. He'll be with you and won't leave you or abandon you, so never be afraid and never be dismayed."H3068H1980H6440H7503H5800H3372H2865 9Then 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.H4872H3789H8451H5414H3548H1121H3878H5375H727H1285H3068H2205H3478 10Then he gave these orders: "At the end of seven years, the year designated for release, during the Feast of Tabernacles,H4872H6680H559H7093H7651H8141H4150H8141H8059H2282H5521 11when 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.H3478H935H7200H6440H3068H430H4725H977H7121H8451H3478H241 12Gather 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.H6950H5971H6950H582H802H2945H1616H8179H8085H3925H3372H3068H430H8104H6213H1697H8451 13Their 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."H1121H3045H8085H3925H3372H3068H430H3117H2416H127H5674H3383H3423 14Then the Lord said to Moses: "Look! Because your time to die is approaching, call Joshua, present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, and then I will commission him." Moses and Joshua complied and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.H3068H559H4872H3117H7126H4191H7121H3091H3320H168H4150H6680H4872H3091H3212H3320H168H4150 15So the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the entrance.14H3068H7200H168H5982H6051H5982H6051H5975H6607H168 16Then the Lord said to Moses: "Look! You are about to join your ancestors. Afterwards, this people will rebel and commit prostitution with the foreign gods of the land that they are about to enter to possess. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I made with them.H3068H559H4872H7901H1H5971H6965H2181H310H430H5236H776H935H7130H5800H6565H1285H3772 17When that happens, my anger will burn against them, because they will have abandoned me. I'll hide my face from them, they will be consumed, and many evils and distresses will find them. When this happens, they will say, 'These troubles have happened to us because God isn't among us.'H639H2734H3117H5800H5641H6440H398H7227H7451H6869H4672H559H3117H7451H4672H430H7130 18I'll surely hide my face in that day on account of the evil that they will have done for they turned to other gods."16H5641H5641H6440H3117H7451H6213H3588H6437H312H430 19"Now write this song and teach it to the Israelites. Put this song in their very mouths, so that it will be a witness for me against the Israelites,H3789H7892H3925H1121H3478H7760H6310H7892H5707H1121H3478 20because after I've brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised to their ancestors by an oath, they'll eat, grow fat, and then they'll turn to other gods and serve them, while despising me and breaking my covenant.H935H127H7650H1H2100H2461H1706H398H7646H1878H6437H312H430H5647H5006H6565H1285 21Then, when many evils and troubles will have come upon them, this song will serve as a witness against them, since their descendants won't fail to sing it. I know the plan that they are devising even before I bring them into the land that I promised them by an oath."H7227H7451H6869H4672H7892H6030H6440H5707H7911H6310H2233H3045H3336H6213H3117H935H776H7650 22So Moses wrote the song that very day and taught it to the Israelites.H4872H3789H7892H3117H3925H1121H3478 23Then the Lord charged Nun's son Joshua, "Be strong and courageous, because you'll bring the Israelites to the land that I promised to them by an oath. I'll be with you."H3091H1121H5126H6680H559H2388H553H935H1121H3478H776H7650 24When Moses had finished writing the words of this Law in a book,H4872H3615H3789H1697H8451H5612H8552 25he gave this charge to the Levites who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord:H4872H6680H3881H5375H727H1285H3068H559 26"Take the book of this Law and set it beside the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord your God. Let it remain there with you as witness against you,H3947H5612H8451H7760H6654H727H1285H3068H430H5707 27because indeed I know your rebellion and stubbornness. Note that even while I'm still alive, you've been rebelling against the Lord - how much more so after my death!H3045H4805H7186H6203H2416H3117H4784H3068H310H4194 28Gather together the leaders of your tribes and your foremen so I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and the earth as witnesses against them,H6950H2205H7626H7860H1696H1697H241H5749H8064H776H5749 29because I know that after my death, you'll surely act wickedly and turn from the road that I've instructed you. As a result, evil will fall on you in days to come, because you'll act wickedly in the sight of the Lord, causing him to become angry due to your behavior."H3045H310H4194H7843H7843H5493H1870H6680H7451H7122H319H3117H6213H7451H5869H3068H3707H4639H3027 30So Moses spoke the words of this song - to the very end - in front of the entire assembly of Israel.3129H4872H1696H241H6951H3478H1697H7892H8552
