Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law. New Living Translation Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions. English Standard Version Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, Berean Standard Bible Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law. King James Bible 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: New King James Version Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, New American Standard Bible Assemble the people, the men, the women, the children, and the stranger who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to follow all the words of this Law. NASB 1995 “Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the alien who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this law. NASB 1977 “Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the alien who is in your town, in order that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this law. Legacy Standard Bible Assemble the people, the men and the women and little ones and the sojourner who is within your gates, so that they may hear and so that they may learn and fear Yahweh your God and be careful to do all the words of this law. Amplified Bible Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) within your cities, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], and be careful to obey all the words of this law. Christian Standard Bible Gather the people—men, women, dependents, and the resident aliens within your city gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and be careful to follow all the words of this law. Holman Christian Standard Bible Gather the people—men, women, children, and foreigners living within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and be careful to follow all the words of this law. American Standard Version Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; English Revised Version Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, 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; GOD'S WORD® Translation Assemble the men, women, and children, as well as the foreigners who live in your cities. Have them listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and faithfully obey every word of these teachings. Good News Translation Call together all the men, women, and children, and the foreigners who live in your towns, so that everyone may hear it and learn to honor the LORD your God and to obey his teachings faithfully. International Standard Version Gather the people—the men, women, children, and the foreigners that live in your cities—so they may hear and fear the LORD your God, and so they may be careful to obey the words contained in this Law. Majority Standard Bible Assemble the people?men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates?so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law. NET Bible Gather the people--men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages--so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the LORD your God and carefully obey all the words of this law. New Heart English Bible Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your 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; Webster's Bible Translation Convene the people, 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: World English Bible Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, learn, fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAssemble the people, the men, and the women, and the infants, and your sojourner who [is] within your gates, so that they hear, and so that they learn, and have feared your God YHWH, and observed to do all the words of this law; Young's Literal Translation Assemble the people, the men, and the women, and the infants, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, so that they hear, and so that they learn, and have feared Jehovah your God, and observed to do all the words of this law; Smith's Literal Translation Gather the people, the men and the women and the little ones and thy stranger which is in thy gates, so that they shall hear, and so that they shall learn and fear Jehovah your God, and watch to do all the words of this law: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the people being all assembled together, both men and women, children and strangers, that are within thy gates: that hearing they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and keep, and fulfil all the words of this law: Catholic Public Domain Version And when the people have gathered together, men as well as women and little children, and the new arrivals who are within your gates, they shall listen so that they may learn, and may fear the Lord your God, and may keep and fulfill all the words of this law, New American Bible Assemble the people—men, women and children, as well as the resident aliens who live in your communities—that they may hear and so learn to fear the LORD, your God, and to observe carefully all the words of this law. New Revised Standard Version Assemble the people—men, women, and children, as well as the aliens residing in your towns—so that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God and to observe diligently all the words of this law, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleGather the people together, men and women and children and the stranger who is within your cities, that they may hear, and that they may learn and revere the LORD your God and observe and do all the words of this law; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Gather the people, men and women and little ones and settlers who are in your towns, so that they will hear and they will learn and will be in awe of LORD JEHOVAH their God, and they will keep and will do all of the words of this Written Law: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, 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; Brenton Septuagint Translation having assembled the people, the men, and the women, and the children, and the stranger that is in your cities, that they may hear, and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God; and they shall hearken to do all the words of this law. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Reading of the Law…11when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. 12Assemble the people— men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates— so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law. 13Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”… Cross References Joshua 8:34-35 Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. / There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them. Nehemiah 8:2-3 On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law. 2 Chronicles 17:7-9 In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah, / accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram. / They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people. Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. Psalm 78:5-7 For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, / that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children / that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments. Isaiah 34:16 Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit. Jeremiah 31:33-34 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. / No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! Malachi 2:7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts. Acts 15:21 For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.” Romans 10:17 Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 1 Timothy 4:13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. 2 Timothy 3:15-17 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. / All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. James 1:22-25 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ... Treasury of Scripture Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and your stranger that is within your 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: Gather Deuteronomy 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. men Deuteronomy 6:6,7 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: … Ezra 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. Psalm 19:7-11 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple… that they may Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Psalm 34:11-14 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD… Jump to Previous Alien Aliens Assemble Carefully Children Convene Country Hear Hearing Heed Infants Learn Little Observe Ones Stranger Together Towns Within Women WordsJump to Next Alien Aliens Assemble Carefully Children Convene Country Hear Hearing Heed Infants Learn Little Observe Ones Stranger Together Towns Within Women WordsDeuteronomy 31 1. Moses encourages the people7. He encourages Joshua 9. He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year 14. God gives a charge to Joshua 19. and a song to testify against the people 24. Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep 28. He makes a protestation Assemble the people The Hebrew root for "assemble" is "קהל" (qahal), which signifies a gathering or congregation. This term is foundational in understanding the communal aspect of Israelite worship and instruction. Historically, the assembly of the people was a significant event, emphasizing unity and collective responsibility in the covenant community. It underscores the importance of coming together as a body to hear God's Word, reflecting the New Testament church's practice of gathering for teaching and fellowship. men, women, children and the foreigners within your gates so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law Hebrew Assembleהַקְהֵ֣ל (haq·hêl) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6950: To gather as an assembly or congregation the people— הָעָ֗ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock men, הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֤ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person women, וְהַנָּשִׁים֙ (wə·han·nā·šîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female children, וְהַטַּ֔ף (wə·haṭ·ṭap̄) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2945: A family and the foreigners וְגֵרְךָ֖ (wə·ḡê·rə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner within your gates— בִּשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ (biš·‘ā·re·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate so that לְמַ֨עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent they may listen יִשְׁמְע֜וּ (yiš·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently and learn יִלְמְד֗וּ (yil·mə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3925: To exercise in, learn to fear וְיָֽרְאוּ֙ (wə·yā·rə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and follow לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make carefully וְשָֽׁמְר֣וּ (wə·šā·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the words דִּבְרֵ֖י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of this הַזֹּֽאת׃ (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, law. הַתּוֹרָ֥ה (hat·tō·w·rāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law Links Deuteronomy 31:12 NIVDeuteronomy 31:12 NLT Deuteronomy 31:12 ESV Deuteronomy 31:12 NASB Deuteronomy 31:12 KJV Deuteronomy 31:12 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 31:12 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 31:12 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 31:12 French Bible Deuteronomy 31:12 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 31:12 Assemble the people the men and (Deut. 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