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Moses'
Last Counsel |
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| Deuteronomy 31:1 |
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So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:2 |
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And he said to them, "I am a hundred and twenty
years old today; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to
me, 'You shall not cross this Jordan.' |
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| Deuteronomy 31:3 |
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It is the LORD your God who will cross ahead
of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them.
Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, just as the LORD has spoken. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:4 |
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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. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:5 |
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The LORD will deliver them up before you, and
you shall do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded
you. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:6 |
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Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or
tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not
fail you or forsake you." |
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| Deuteronomy 31:7 |
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Then 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 the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and
you shall give it to them as an inheritance. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:8 |
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The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He
will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." |
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| Deuteronomy 31:9 |
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So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests,
the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the
elders of Israel. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:10 |
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Then Moses commanded them, saying, "At the
end of every seven years, at the time of the year of remission of debts, at the
Feast of Booths, |
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| Deuteronomy 31:11 |
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when all Israel comes to appear before the
LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front
of all Israel in their hearing. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:12 |
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Assemble the people, the men and the women and
children and the alien who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and
fear the LORD your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this law. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:13 |
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Their children, who have not known, will hear
and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live on the land which you
are about to cross the Jordan to possess." |
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Israel
Will Fall Away |
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| Deuteronomy 31:14 |
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, the time
for you to die is near; call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting,
that I may commission him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves
at the tent of meeting. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:15 |
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The LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of
cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the doorway of the tent. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:16 |
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The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, you are about
to lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot
with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and
will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:17 |
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Then My anger will be kindled against them in
that day, and I will forsake them and hide My face from them, and they will be
consumed, and many evils and troubles will come upon them; so that they will say
in that day, 'Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have
come upon us?' |
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| Deuteronomy 31:18 |
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But I will surely hide My face in that day because
of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:19 |
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"Now therefore, write this song for yourselves,
and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it on their lips, so that this song may
be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:20 |
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For when I bring them into the land flowing
with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are
satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them,
and spurn Me and break My covenant. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:21 |
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Then it shall come about, when many evils and
troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness
(for it shall not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants); for I know
their intent which they are developing today, before I have brought them into
the land which I swore." |
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| Deuteronomy 31:22 |
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So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught
it to the sons of Israel. |
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Joshua
Is Commissioned |
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| Deuteronomy 31:23 |
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Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun,
and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into
the land which I swore to them, and I will be with you." |
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| Deuteronomy 31:24 |
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It came about, when Moses finished writing the
words of this law in a book until they were complete, |
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| Deuteronomy 31:25 |
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that Moses commanded the Levites who carried
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, |
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| Deuteronomy 31:26 |
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"Take this book of the law and place it beside
the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may remain there as a witness
against you. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:27 |
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For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness;
behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against
the LORD; how much more, then, after my death? |
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| Deuteronomy 31:28 |
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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 to witness against them. |
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| Deuteronomy 31:29 |
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For I know that after my death you will act
corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall
you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the
LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands." |
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| Deuteronomy 31:30 |
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Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly
of Israel the words of this song, until they were complete: |
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