52. Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. (Deuteronomy 32:1–52) In vv. 1–43, we have the Song of Moses; in vv. 44–52, after a word from Moses, God commands Moses to go to Mount Nebo; from there, he can see the Promised land before he dies. The Song of Moses is a vindication of the ways of God. It begins rather strangely for us. In vv. 1–3, the reference to doctrine is to a received teaching. The doctrine is not a
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