Deuteronomy 31:14-30

Deuteronomy 31:14-30

[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  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  [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  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?  [28] Gather  unto me all the elders  of your tribes,  and your officers,  that I may speak  these words  in their ears,  heaven  and earth  to record  against them. [29] For I know  that after  my death  ye will utterly  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.