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, ^wand the cloud stood at the entrance to the tent. ^x

¹⁶The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your fathers, ^yand these people will soon commit adultery with the foreign gods ^zof the land they are entering. They will abandon Me ^aand break the covenant ^bI have made with them. ¹⁷My anger will burn against them on that day; ^cI will abandon them and hide My face from them so that they will become easy prey. ^deMany 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 song ^ffor yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, ^gso that this song may be a witness for Me against the Israelites. ²⁰When I bring them into the land I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, ^hthey will eat their fill ⁱand prosper. ^jThey will turn to other gods and worship them, despising Me ^kand breaking My covenant. ^l21And when many troubles and afflictions come to them, this song will testify against them, because ^mtheir descendants will not have forgotten it. For I know what they are prone to do, ⁿeven 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.” ^o