Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 31

Deut 31:1 And Mosheh went and spoke these words to all Yisra’ĕl,
Deut 31:2 and he said to them, “I am one hundred and twenty years old
today. I am no longer able to go out and come in. And יהוה has said to me,
‘You do not pass over this Yardĕn.’
Deut 31:3 “ יהוה your Elohim Himself is passing over before you. He shall
destroy these nations from before you and you possess them. Yehoshua
himself is passing over before you, as יהוה has spoken.
Deut 31:4 “And יהוה shall do to them as He did to Siḥon and to Oḡ, the
sovereigns of the Amorites and their land, when He destroyed them.
Deut 31:5 “And יהוה shall give them over to you, and you shall do to them
according to all the command which I have commanded you.
Deut 31:6 “Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be afraid of them. For
it is יהוה your Elohim who is going with you. He does not fail you nor forsake
you.”
Deut 31:7 And Mosheh called Yehoshua and said to him before the eyes of
all Yisra’ĕl, “Be strong and courageous, for you are going with this people to
the land which יהוה has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you are to let
them inherit it.
Deut 31:8 “And it is יהוה who is going before you, He Himself is with you.
He does not fail you nor forsake you. Do not fear nor be discouraged.”
Deut 31:9 And Mosheh wrote this Torah and gave it to the priests, the sons
of Lĕwi, who bore the ark of the covenant of יהוה, and to all the elders of
Yisra’ĕl.
Deut 31:10 And Mosheh commanded them, saying, “At the end of seven
years, at the appointed time, the year of release, at the Festival of Booths,
Deut 31:11 when all Yisra’ĕl comes to appear before יהוה your Elohim in the
place which He chooses, read this Torah before all Yisra’ĕl in their hearing.
Deut 31:12 “Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little
ones, and your sojourner who is within your gates, so that they hear, and so
that they learn to fear יהוה your Elohim and guard to do all the Words of this
Torah.
Deut 31:13 “And their children, who have not known it, should hear and
learn to fear יהוה your Elohim as long as you live in the land you are passing
over the Yardĕn to possess.”
Deut 31:14 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “See, the days have drawn near for you
to die. Call Yehoshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, so that I
command him.” And Mosheh and Yehoshua went and presented themselves in
the Tent of Meeting.
Deut 31:15 And יהוה appeared at the Tent in a column of a cloud, and the
column of a cloud stood above the door of the Tent.
Deut 31:16 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “See, you are about to sleep with your
fathers. And this people shall rise and whore after the mighty ones of the
strangers of the land into the midst of which they shall enter, and forsake Me
and break My covenant which I have made with them.
Deut 31:17 “Then My displeasure shall burn against them in that day, and I
shall forsake them and hide My face from them, and they shall be consumed.
And many evils and distresses shall come upon them, and it shall be said in
that day, ‘Is it not because our Elohim is not in our midst that these evils have
come upon us?’
Deut 31:18 “And I shall certainly hide My face in that day, because of all the
evil which they have done, for they shall turn to other mighty ones.
Deut 31:19 “And now write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to
the children of Yisra’ĕl. Put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a
witness against the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Deut 31:20 “And I shall bring them to the land flowing with milk and honey,
of which I swore to their fathers, and they shall eat and be satisfied and be
fat, then they shall turn to other mighty ones, and they shall serve them, and
scorn Me and break My covenant.
Deut 31:21 “And it shall be, when many evils and distresses come upon
them, that this song shall answer before them as a witness. For it is not to be
forgotten in the mouths of their seed, for I know their thoughts which they are
forming today, even before I bring them to the land of which I swore to give
them.”
Deut 31:22 And Mosheh wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the
children of Yisra’ĕl.
Deut 31:23 And He commanded Yehoshua son of Nun, and said, “Be strong
and courageous, for you are to bring the children of Yisra’ĕl into the land of
which I swore to them, and I Myself am with you.”
Deut 31:24 And it came to be, when Mosheh had completed writing the
Words of this Torah in a book, until their completion,
Deut 31:25 that Mosheh commanded the Lĕwites, who bore the ark of the
covenant of יהוה, saying,
Deut 31:26 “Take this Book of the Torah, and you shall place it beside the
ark of the covenant of יהוה your Elohim, and it shall be there as a witness
against you,
Deut 31:27 for I myself know your rebellion and your stiff neck. See, while I
am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against יהוה, then how
much more after my death?
Deut 31:28 “Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your
officers, so that I speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and
the earth to witness against them.
Deut 31:29 “For I know that after my death you shall do very corruptly and
turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil shall come
to you in the latter days, because you do what is evil in the eyes of יהוה, to
provoke Him through the work of your hands.”
Deut 31:30 So Mosheh spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Yisra’ĕl
the words of this song till their completion: