Deuteronomy 31:14–23

¹⁴The Lord said to Moses, “The time of your death is now approaching. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting so that I may commission him.” When Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting, ¹⁵the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud,^a and the cloud stood at the entrance to the tent.^b

¹⁶The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your ancestors,^c and these people will soon prostitute themselves with the foreign gods^d of the land they are entering. They will abandon me^e and break the covenant^f I have made with them. ¹⁷My anger will burn against them on that day;^g I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey.^h Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’ ¹⁸I will certainly hide my face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods. ¹⁹Therefore write down this songⁱ for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; have them sing it,^A so that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites. ²⁰When I bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey,^j they will eat their fill^k and prosper.^B They will turn to other gods and worship them, despising me^l and breaking my covenant.^{m 21}And when many troubles and afflictions come to them, this song will testify against them, because^C their descendants will not have forgotten it. For I know what they are prone to do,^D even before I bring them into the land I swore to give them.” ²²So Moses wrote down this song on that day and taught it to the Israelites.

²³The Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you.”ⁿ