Deuteronomy 31:19–27

19 “Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be na witness for Me against the children of Israel. 20 When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves oand grown fat, pthen they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant. 21 Then it shall be, qwhen many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants, for rI know the inclination sof their behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them.”

22 Therefore Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel. 23 tThen He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, u“Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

24 So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, 25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: 26 “Take this Book of the Law, vand put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there was a witness against you; 27 xfor I know your rebellion and your ystiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord, then how much more after my death?