KJV + Strong's Moses Encourages the People 1And Moseswentand spakethese wordsunto all Israel.2And he saidunto them, I [am] an hundredand twentyyearsoldthis day;I canno more go outand come in:also the LORDhath saidunto me, Thou shalt not go overthis Jordan.3The LORDthy God,he will go overbeforethee, [and] he will destroythese nationsfrom beforethee, and thou shalt possessthem: [and] Joshua,he shall go overbeforethee, as the LORDhath said.4And the LORDshall dounto them as he didto Sihonand to Og,kingsof the Amorites,and unto the landof them, whom he destroyed.5And the LORDshall give them upbefore your face,that ye may dounto them according unto all the commandmentswhich I have commandedyou.6Be strongand of a good courage,fearnot, nor be afraidof them:for the LORDthy God,he [it is] that doth gowith thee; he will not failthee, nor forsakethee. Joshua to Succeed Moses
(Numbers 27:18-23) 7And Mosescalledunto Joshua,and saidunto him in the sightof all Israel,Be strongand of a good courage:for thou must gowith this peopleunto the landwhich the LORDhath swornunto their fathersto givethem; and thou shalt cause them to inheritit.8And the LORD,he [it is] that doth gobeforethee; he will be with thee, he will not failthee, neither forsakethee: fearnot, neither be dismayed. The Reading of the Law
(Nehemiah 8:1-8) 9And Moseswrotethis law,and deliveredit unto the prieststhe sonsof Levi,which barethe arkof the covenantof the LORD,and unto all the eldersof Israel.10And Mosescommandedthem, saying,At the endof [every] sevenyears,in the solemnityof the yearof release,in the feastof tabernacles,11When all Israelis cometo appearbeforethe LORDthy Godin the placewhich he shall choose,thou shalt readthis lawbefore all Israelin their hearing.12Gatherthe peopletogether,men,and women,and children,and thy strangerthat [is] within thy gates,that they may hear,and that they may learn,and fearthe LORDyour God,and observeto doall the wordsof this law:13And [that] their children,which have not known[any thing], may hear,and learnto fearthe LORDyour God,as long asye livein the landwhither ye go overJordanto possessit. God's Charge to Joshua 14And the LORDsaidunto Moses,Behold, thy daysapproachthat thou must die:callJoshua,and presentyourselves in the tabernacleof the congregation,that I may give him a charge.And Mosesand Joshuawent,and presentedthemselves in the tabernacleof the congregation.15And the LORDappearedin the tabernaclein a pillarof a cloud:and the pillarof the cloudstoodover the doorof the tabernacle.16And the LORDsaidunto Moses,Behold, thou shalt sleepwith thy fathers;and this peoplewill rise up,and go a whoringafterthe godsof the strangersof the land,whither they go[to be] amongthem, and will forsakeme, and breakmy covenantwhich I have madewith them.17Then my angershall be kindledagainst them in that day,and I will forsakethem, and I will hidemy facefrom them, and they shall be devoured,and manyevilsand troublesshall befallthem; so that they will sayin that day,Are not these evilscomeupon us, because our God[is] not amongus?18And I will surelyhidemy facein that dayfor all the evilswhich they shall have wrought,in thatthey are turnedunto othergods. 19Now therefore writeye this songfor you, and teachit the childrenof Israel:putit in their mouths,that this songmay be a witnessfor me against the childrenof Israel.20For when I shall have broughtthem into the landwhich I swareunto their fathers,that flowethwith milkand honey;and they shall have eatenand filledthemselves, and waxen fat;then will they turnunto othergods,and servethem, and provokeme, and breakmy covenant.21And it shall come to pass, when manyevilsand troublesare befallenthem, that this songshall testifyagainstthem as a witness;for it shall not be forgottenout of the mouthsof their seed:for I knowtheir imaginationwhich they go about,even now,before I have broughtthem into the landwhich I sware.22Mosestherefore wrotethis songthe same day,and taughtit the childrenof Israel. 23And he gave Joshuathe sonof Nuna charge,and said,Be strongand of a good courage:for thou shalt bringthe childrenof Israelinto the landwhich I swareunto them: and I will be with thee. The Law Placed in the Ark 24And it came to pass, when Moseshad made an endof writingthe wordsof this lawin a book,until they were finished,25That Mosescommandedthe Levites,which barethe arkof the covenantof the LORD,saying,26Takethis bookof the law,and putit in the sideof the arkof the covenantof the LORDyour God,that it may be there for a witnessagainst thee.27For I knowthy rebellion,and thy stiffneck:behold, while I am yet alivewith you this day,ye have been rebelliousagainst the LORD;and how much more aftermy death?28Gatherunto me all the eldersof your tribes,and your officers,that I may speakthese wordsin their ears,and callheavenand earthto recordagainst them.29For I knowthat aftermy deathye will utterlycorrupt[yourselves], and turn asidefrom the waywhich I have commandedyou; and evilwill befallyou in the latterdays;because ye will doevilin the sightof the LORD,to provoke him to angerthrough the workof your hands. Moses Begins his Song 30And Mosesspakein the earsof all the congregationof Israelthe wordsof this song,until they were ended. |
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