Chapter 31, And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests, the sons of Levi,
which bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.
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, 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.
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, and that their children,
which have not known anything, 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.
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.
And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud
stood over the door of the tabernacle.
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.
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?
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.
Now therefore, write ye this song for you, and teach it to the children of Israel.
Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children
of Israel.
For when I shall have brought them into the land, which I swear unto their
fathers, that floweth with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled
themselves in wax and fat, then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them,
and provoke me, and break my covenant.
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 swear.
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
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 swear
unto them, and I will be with thee.
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, that Moses commanded the Levites,
which bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 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.
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.
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.
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.
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this
song, until they were ended.