Deuteronomy 31
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Moses gives heart to the people, and Joshua
Verse 1
WEB Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
KJV And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 2
WEB He said to them, “I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Yahweh has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’
KJV 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.
TSK I am an: de 34:7, ex 7:7, jos 14:10,11, ps 90:10, ac 7:23; I can no more: de 34:7, nu 27:17, 2sa 21:17, 1ki 3:7; Thou shalt not: de 3:26,27, de 4:21,22, de 32:48-52, nu 20:12, nu 27:13,14, ac 20:25, 2pe 1:13,14
Verse 3
WEB Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
KJV 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.
TSK thy God: de 9:3, ge 48:21, ps 44:2,3, ps 146:3-6; and Joshua: de 31:7,8,14,23, de 3:28, de 34:9, nu 27:18-21, jos 1:2, jos 3:7, jos 4:14, ac 7:45, heb 4:8
Verse 4
WEB Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.
KJV 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.
TSK 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.: de 2:33, de 3:3-11,21, de 7:2,16, ex 23:28-31, nu 21:24-35
Verse 5
WEB Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
KJV 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.
TSK And the Lord: de 7:2,18; according: de 7:23-25, de 20:16,17, ex 23:32,33, ex 34:12-16, nu 33:52-56
Verse 6
WEB Be strong and courageous, don’t be afraid, nor be scared of them: for Yahweh your God, he it is who does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.”
KJV 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.
TSK Be strong: de 31:7,23, de 20:4, jos 1:6,7,9, jos 10:25, 1ch 22:13, 1ch 28:10,20, 2ch 32:7, ps 27:14, isa 43:1-5, hag 2:4, zec 8:13, 1co 16:13, eph 6:10, 2ti 2:1; fear not: de 1:29, de 7:18, de 20:1,3,4, nu 14:9, ps 27:1, isa 41:10, isa 51:12, lu 12:32, re 21:8; he will not fail: de 4:31, jos 1:5, 1ch 28:20, isa 41:13-17, heb 13:5
Verse 7
WEB Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous: for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
KJV 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.
TSK Be strong: de 31:6,23, de 1:38, de 3:28, jos 1:6, da 10:19, eph 6:10; for thou must: de 31:3, de 1:38, de 3:28, joh 1:17
Verse 8
WEB Yahweh, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed.”
KJV 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.
TSK he it is that: de 31:3, de 9:3, ex 13:21,22, ex 33:14; he will be: de 31:6, jos 1:5,9, 1ch 28:20, isa 8:9,10, isa 43:1,2, ro 8:31
The law to be read every seventh year
Verse 9
WEB Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel.
KJV 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.
TSK Moses: de 31:22-24,28, nu 33:2, da 9:13, mal 4:4, mr 10:4,5, mr 12:19, lu 20:28, joh 1:17,45, joh 5:46; delivered: de 31:24-26, de 17:18; the priests: ho 4:6, mal 2:7; which bare: nu 4:15, jos 3:3,14-17, jos 6:12, 1ki 8:3, 1ch 15:2,12-15
Verse 10
WEB Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,
KJV 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,
TSK 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,: de 15:1,2, le 23:34-43
Verse 11
WEB when all Israel has come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
KJV 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.
TSK to appear: de 16:16,17, ex 23:16,17, ex 34:24, ps 84:7; in the place: de 12:5; thou: jos 8:34,35, 2ki 23:2, ne 8:1-8,13,18, ne 9:3, lu 4:16,17, ac 13:15, ac 15:21
Verse 12
WEB Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
KJV 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:
TSK Gather: de 4:10; men: de 6:6,7, ezr 10:1, ps 19:7-11, joh 5:39, 2ti 3:15-17; that they may: de 29:29, ps 34:11-14
Verse 13
WEB and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”
KJV 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.
TSK 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.: de 6:7, de 11:2, ps 78:4-8, pr 22:6, eph 6:4
The Israelites' apostacy told beforehand, A song given to be witness against them
Verse 14
WEB Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
KJV 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.
TSK that thou must die: de 31:2, de 34:5, nu 27:13, jos 23:14, 2ki 1:4, ec 9:5, isa 38:1; I may give: de 31:23, nu 27:19,20, ac 20:28-31, 2ti 4:1-4; presented: ex 34:2, jos 24:1, 1sa 10:19, job 1:6, job 2:1, ro 12:1, jude 1:24
Verse 15
WEB Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
KJV 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.
TSK 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.: ex 33:9,10, ex 40:38, ps 99:7
Verse 16
WEB Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
KJV 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.
TSK thou shalt: ge 25:8, 2sa 7:12, isa 57:2, ac 13:36; sleep: job 20:11; and go a: ex 32:6, ex 34:15, le 20:3-6, jud 2:17-20, ps 73:27, ps 106:39, isa 57:3-8, jer 3:1-3, eze 16:15,25-36, eze 23:5-8,9-21, ho 2:2-5, re 17:2-5, re 19:2; forsake me: de 32:15, jud 2:12, jud 10:6,13, jer 2:11-13; break my: le 26:15, jud 2:20, jer 31:32
Verse 17
WEB 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 come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’
KJV 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?
TSK my anger: de 29:20, de 32:21,22, jud 2:14,15, ps 2:12, ps 90:11; I will forsake: 1ch 28:9, 2ch 15:2, jer 23:33,39, ho 9:12; hide my face: de 32:20, job 13:24, ps 27:9, ps 30:7, ps 89:46, ps 104:29, isa 8:17, isa 64:7, eze 39:23,24,29; befal them: ne 9:32, job 34:11; Are not these: de 29:24-27, nu 14:42, jud 6:13, isa 63:17
Verse 18
WEB I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.
KJV 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.
TSK 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.: de 31:16,17
Verse 19
WEB “Now therefore write this song for yourselves, 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.
KJV 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.
TSK this song: de 31:22,30, de 32:1-43,44,45; and teach it: de 4:9,10, de 6:7, de 11:19; put it in their: ex 4:15, 2sa 14:3, isa 51:16, isa 59:21, jer 1:9; a witness: de 31:21,26, eze 2:5, mt 10:18, joh 12:48
Verse 20
WEB For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
KJV 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.
TSK when: de 6:10-12, de 7:1, de 8:7; floweth: ex 3:8,17; eaten: de 8:10-14, ne 9:25,26; waxen fat: de 32:15, ne 9:25,26,35, ps 17:10, ps 73:7, ps 119:70, jer 5:28, jer 50:11, eze 34:16,20, ho 13:6; then: de 31:16,17
Verse 21
WEB It shall happen, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.”
KJV 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.
TSK I know: ge 6:5, ge 8:21, ps 139:2, isa 46:10, eze 38:10,11, ho 5:3, ho 13:5,6, am 5:25,26, joh 2:24,25, ac 2:23, ac 4:28
The law delivered to the Levites
Verse 22
WEB So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
KJV Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
TSK Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.: de 31:9,19
Verse 23
WEB He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.”
KJV 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.
TSK he gave Joshua: de 31:7,8,14, jos 1:5-9; shalt bring: de 31:3, de 3:28, ac 7:45
Verse 25
WEB that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying,
KJV That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
TSK No cross references.
Verse 26
WEB “Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
KJV 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.
TSK in the side: 1ki 8:9, 2ki 22:8-11, 2ch 34:14,15; a witness: de 31:19, 2ki 22:8,13-19, ro 3:19,20, ga 2:19
Verse 27
WEB For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against Yahweh; and how much more after my death?
KJV 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?
TSK I know: de 32:20; stiff neck: de 9:6, de 32:20, ex 32:8, 2ch 30:8, ps 78:8, isa 48:4, ac 7:51; ye have been: de 9:24
Verse 28
WEB Assemble to 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 witness against them.
KJV 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.
TSK Gather unto me: de 31:12, de 29:10, ge 49:1,2, ex 18:25, nu 11:16,17; call heaven: de 4:26, de 30:19, de 32:1, isa 1:2, lu 19:40
Verse 29
WEB For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”
KJV 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.
TSK corrupt yourselves: de 32:5, jud 2:19, isa 1:4, ho 9:9, ac 20:30, 2ti 3:1-6, 2pe 1:14,15, 2pe 2:1,2; and evil: de 28:15-68, de 29:18-28, le 26:14-46, 2ch 34:24, lu 19:42-44, lu 21:24; the latter days: de 4:30, ge 49:1, job 19:25, eze 38:8, 1ti 4:1, 2ti 3:1, heb 1:2, 2pe 3:3
Verse 30
WEB Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
KJV And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
TSK And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.: de 4:5, joh 12:49, ac 20:27, heb 3:2,5