Deuteronomy 31:19–23

¹⁹“And so then write this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites;ⁿ put it in their mouth, so that this song may be for me as a witness against the Israelites.^{o 20}For when I bring them^p into the land that I swore to their^q ancestors,^r a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill,^s and they^t will become fat, and then they^u will turn to other gods, and they will serve them, and they will spurn me, and they^v will break my covenant. ²¹And then^w many disasters and troubles will come upon them,^x and this song will give evidence before them^y as a witness, because it will not be forgotten from out of the mouth of their descendants,^z for I know their^a inclination that they^b are having today^c before I have brought them^d into the land that I swore.” ²²And Moses wrote this song on that day and taught it to the Israelites.^e

²³Then he^f told Joshua the son of Nun, and said to him, “Be strong and be courageous, for you shall bring the Israelites^g into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you.”