Deuteronomy 31:14–23

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.