1: And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
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2: 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. |
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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. |
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4: 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. |
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5: 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. |
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6: 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. |
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7: 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. |
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8: 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.
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9: 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. |
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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, |
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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. |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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22: Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel. |
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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. |
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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, |
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25: That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant
of the LORD, saying, |
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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.
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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30: And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the
words of this song, until they were ended. |