Deuteronomy 30–31

And ^ait shall come to pass, when ^ball these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and ^cthou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, ²and shalt ^dreturn unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; ³that then the Lord thy God ^ewill turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and ^fgather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. ^4gIf any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: ⁵and the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will ^hdo thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. ⁶And ⁱthe Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. ⁷And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. ⁸And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. ^9jAnd the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again ^krejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: ¹⁰If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. ¹¹For this commandment which I command thee this day, ^lit is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. ^12mIt is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? ¹³Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? ¹⁴But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

¹⁵See, ⁿI have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; ¹⁶in that I command thee this day ^oto love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. ¹⁷But if ^pthine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but ^qshalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; ^18rI denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ^sye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. ^19sI call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that ^tI have set before you life and death, ^ublessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: ²⁰that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and ^xthat thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy ^ylife, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land ^zwhich the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

XXXI.And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. ²And he said unto them, I am ^aan hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more ^bgo out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, ^cThou shalt not go over this Jordan. ³The Lord thy God, ^dhe 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, ^eas the Lord hath said. ^4fAnd the Lord shall do unto them ^gas he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. ⁵And the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them ^haccording unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. ⁶ⁱBe strong and of a good courage, ^kfear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, ^lhe it is that doth go with thee; ^mhe will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

⁷And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, ⁿBe 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. ⁸And the Lord, ^ohe it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, ^mhe will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither ^pbe dismayed.

⁹And Moses wrote this law, ^qand delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, ^rwhich bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel. ¹⁰And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the ^syear of release, ^tin the feast of tabernacles, ¹¹when all Israel is come to ^uappear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, ^xthou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. ^12yGather 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: ¹³And that their children, ^zwhich have not known any thing, ^amay 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.

¹⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, ^bBehold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that ^cI may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. ¹⁵And ^dthe Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. ¹⁶And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will ^erise up, and ^fgo a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be amongst them, and will ^gforsake me, and ^hbreak my covenant which I have made with them. ¹⁷Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and ⁱI will forsake them, and I will ^khide 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 ^lour God is not amongst us? ¹⁸And ^mI 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. ¹⁹Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be ⁿa witness for me against the children of Israel. ²⁰For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, ^othat floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and ^pwaxen fat; ^qthen will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and ^rprovoke me, and ^hbreak my covenant. ²¹And it shall come to pass, ^swhen 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 ^tI know their ^uimagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. ²²Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. ^23wAnd he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, ^xBe strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and ^yI will be with thee.

²⁴And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of ^zwriting the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, ²⁵that Moses commanded the Levites, ^zwhich bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, ²⁶Take this book of the law, ^aand put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there ^bfor a witness against thee. ²⁷For I know thy rebellion, and thy ^cstiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ^dye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death? ²⁸Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your ^eofficers, that I may speak these words in their ears, ^fand call heaven and earth to record against them. ²⁹For I know that after my death ye will utterly ^gcorrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you ^hin the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, ⁱto provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. ³⁰And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.

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