7And Moses summoned Joshua, and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous; for you must go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn unto their fathers to give them; and you shall divide the land among as their inheritance. 8And the LORD, Himself, shall go before you. He will be with you; He will not fail you, nor forsake you. Fear not, nor be dismayed.”

9And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 10And Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, during the feast of tabernacles, 11When all Israel has come to appear before the LORD your God in the place that He shall choose, you shall read this law in their hearing of all Israel. 12Gather the people together - men, women, children, and your sojourner that is among your, that they may hear, and learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; 13So that their children, who have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

14And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, so that I may give him a charge.” And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15And 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.

16And the LORD said to Moses, “You shall soon sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and prostitute themselves with the strange gods of the land they are entering, and will forsake Me, and break the covenant I have made with them. 17Then 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 disasters and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, “Have these calamities not come upon us, because our God is not among us?” 18And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil deeds they shall have done, when they have turned to other gods. 19Now, therefore, write this song, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. 20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat, then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke Me, and break My covenant. 21And, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten by their descendants. For I know their inclination, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I promised them”. 22Moses, therefore, wrote this song that day, and taught it to the children of Israel.

23And God gave Joshua, son of Nun, a charge: “Be strong and of a good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.

24And when Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, 26“Take this book of the law, and put it in beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you. 27For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death! 28Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words to them, and call heaven and earth as a witness against them. 29For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and disaster will befall you in the latter days; because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

30And Moses spoke in the hearing of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended:

Beginning of Moses’ Song