1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. 2 And
he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can
no more go out and come in:also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt
not go over this Jordan.
3 The Lord
thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations
from before thee, and thou shalt possess them:and Joshua, he shall go
over before thee, as the Lord hath said.
4
And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of
the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. 5 And the
Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them
according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
6 Be
strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them:for the
Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage:for
thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn
unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit
it.
8 And the Lord, he it is that
doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee,
neither forsake thee:fear not, neither be dismayed.
9
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of
Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the
elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of
every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast
of tabernacles, 11 When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord
thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law
before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather the people together, men,
and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that
they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
14
And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must
die:call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the
congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went,
and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And
the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud:and the
pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and
this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the
strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will
forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will
forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be
devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
19
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of
Israel:put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me
against the children of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought them
into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk
and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen
fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed:for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
22
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel. 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and
said, Be strong and of a good courage:for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them:and I will be with thee.
24
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of
this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Moses commanded
the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 26
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness
against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck:behold,
while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against
the Lord; and how much more after my death?
(Paul
said: Acts 20 ... 22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto
Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:23 Save
that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and
afflictions abide me. 24 But none of these things move me, neither count
I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy,
and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify
the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all,
among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face
no more. 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from
the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all
the counsel of God.
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to
all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to
feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For
I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in
among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men
arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31
Therefore watch,)
Moses said ...
28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;
and
evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the
sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your
hands.
30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.