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And Moses
went and spake these words unto all Israel.
02 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.
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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