Deuteronomy 31:1–11

Joshua to Succeed Moses

31So Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel. ²And he said to them, “I am ^d120 years old today. I am no longer able to ^ego out and come in. The Lord has said to me, ^f‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’ ³The Lord your God ^ghimself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, so that you shall dispossess them, and Joshua will go over at your head, ^has the Lord has spoken. ⁴And the Lord will do to them ⁱas he did to Sihon ^jand Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them. ⁵And the Lord will give them over to you, and you shall do to them ^kaccording to the whole commandment that I have commanded you. ^6lBe strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, ^mfor it is the Lord your God who goes with you. ⁿHe will not leave you or forsake you.”

⁷Then ^oMoses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, ^l“Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. ⁸It is the Lord ^pwho goes before you. He will be with you; ⁿhe will not leave you or forsake you. ^qDo not fear or be dismayed.”

The Reading of the Law

⁹Then Moses ^rwrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, ^swho carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. ¹⁰And Moses commanded them, ^t“At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at ^uthe Feast of Booths, ¹¹when all Israel comes ^vto appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, ^wyou shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.