Deuteronomy 31:7–13

7 Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, n“Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it. 8 And the Lord, oHe is the One who goes before you. pHe will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”

The Law to Be Read Every Seven Years

9 So Moses wrote this law qand delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, rwho bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying: “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the syear of release, tat the Feast of Tabernacles, 11 when all Israel comes to uappear before the Lord your God in the vplace which He chooses, wyou shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 xGather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, 13 and that their children, ywho have not known it, zmay hear and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess.”