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Deuteronomy 31

3,7 Moſes preparing him ſelfe to dye, appointeth Ioſhúa to rule the people 9 He giueth the Law to the Leuites, that they ſhulde read it to the people 19 God giueth thé a ſong as a witnes betwene him & them 23 God confirmeth Ioſhúa 29 Moſes ſheweth them that they wil rebel after his death
1.THen Moſes went & ſpake theſe wordes vnto all Iſraél,
2.And ſaid vnto them, I am an hundreth & twentie yere olde this day: I can no more go out & in: alſo yͧ Lord hathe ſaid vnto me, Thou ſhalt not go ouer this Iordén.
3.The Lord thy God he wil go ouer before thee: he wil deſtroy theſe nacions before thee, & thou ſhalt poſſeſſe them Ioſhúa, he ſhal go before thee, as the Lord hathe ſaid.
4.And the Lord ſhal do vnto thé, as he dyd to Sihón & to Og Kings of the Amorites, & vnto their lãd whome he deſtroyed.
5.And the Lord ſhal giue thé before you that ye may do vnto them according to euerie commandement, which I haue commanded you.
6.Plucke vp your hearts therefore, and be ſtrong: dread not, nor be afrayd of them: for the Lord thy God him ſelfe doeth go with thee: he wil not fayle thee, nor forſake thee.
7.And Moſes called Ioſhúa, and ſaid vnto him in the ſight of all Iſraél, Be of a good courage and ſtrong: for thou ſhalt go with this people vnto the land which the Lord hathe ſworne vnto their fathers, to giue them, and thou ſhalt giue it them to inherit.
8.And the Lord him ſelfe doeth go before thee: he wil be wͭ thee: he wil not fayle thee, neither forſake thee: feare not therefore, no be diſcomfited.
9.¶ And Moſes wrote this Lawe, and deliuered it vnto the Prieſtes yͧ ſonnes of Leui, (which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord) and vnto all the Elders of Iſraél,
10.And Moſes commanded them, ſaying, Euerie ſeuenth yere *whé yͧ yere of fredome ſhalbe in the feaſt of the Tabernacles:
11.When all Iſraél ſhal come to appeare before the Lord thy God, in the place which he ſhal choſe, thou ſhalt read this Lawe before all Iſraél that they may heare it.
12.Gather the people together: men, & women, and children, and thy ſtranger that is within thy gates, that they may heare, and that they may learne, and feare the Lord your God, and kepe, and obſerue all yͧ wordes of this Lawe,
13.And that their children which haue not knowen it, may heare it, and learne to feare the Lord your God, as long as ye liue in the land, whether ye go ouer Iordén to poſſeſſe it.
14.¶ Then the Lord ſaid vnto Moſes, Beholde, thy dayes are come, that thou muſt dye: Call Ioſhúa, & ſtá̃d ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion that I may giue him a charge. ſo Moſes & Ioſhúa wét, and ſtode in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion.
15.And the Lord appeared in yͧ Tabernacle, in the piller of a cloude: & the piller of the cloude ſtode ouer the dore of the Tabernacle.
16.¶ And yͧ Lord ſaid vnto Moſes, Beholde, thou ſhalt ſlepe with thy fathers, and this people wil riſe vp, and go a whoring after the gods of a ſtrange land (whether they go) to dwel therein, & wil forſake me, and breake my couenant which I haue made with them.
17.Wherefore my wrath wil waxe hote againſt them at yͧ day, & I wil forſake them, & wil hide my face fró them: then they ſhalbe conſumed, and many aduerſities & tribulacions ſhal come vpon them: ſo then they wil ſay, Are not theſe troubles come vpon me, becauſe God is not with me?
18.But I wil ſurely hide my face in yͧ day, becauſe of all the euil, which they ſhal cómit, in yͧ they are turned vnto other gods.
19.Now therefore write ye this ſong for you and your children of Iſraél: put it in their mouthes, that this ſong may be my witnes againſt the children of Iſraél.
20.For I wil bring them into the lãd (which I ſware vnto their fathers) that floweth with milke and honie, and they ſhal eat, and fil them ſelues, and waxe fat: then ſhal they turne vnto other gods, and ſerue them, and contemne me, & breake my couenant.
21.And then when manie aduerſities and tribulacions ſhal come vpon them, this ſong ſhal anſwer them to their face as a witnes: for it ſhal not be forgotten out of the mouthes of their poſteritie: for I knowe their imaginacion, which they go about euen now, before I haue broght thẽ into the land which I ſware.
22.¶ Moſes therefore wrote this ſong the ſame day and taught it the children of Iſraél.
23.And God gaue Ioſhúa the ſonne of Nun a charge, and ſaid, Be ſtrong, and of a good courage: for thou ſhalt bring the children of Iſraél into the land, which I ſware vnto them, and I wil be with thee.
24.¶ And when Moſes had made an end of writing the wordes of this Lawe in a boke vntil he had finiſhed them,
25.Then Moſes commanded the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord, ſaying,
26.Take the boke of this Law, and put ye it in the ſide of the Arke of the couenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witnes againſt thee.
27.For I knowe thy rebellion and thy ſtiffe necke: beholde, I being yet aliue with you this day, ye are rebellious againſt the Lord: how muche more then after my death?
28.Gather vnto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may ſpeake theſe wordes in their audience, and call heauen and earth to recorde againſt them.
29.For I am ſure that after my death ye wil vtterly be corrupt and turne from the way, which I haue commanded you: therefore euil wil come vpon you at the length, becauſe ye wil commit euil in the ſight of the Lord, by prouoking him to angre through the worke of your hãds.
30.Thus Moſes ſpake in the audiẽce of all the Congregacion of Iſraél the wordes of this ſong, vntil he had ended them.

Notes

2:a.
I can no longer execute mine office
2:*.
Nomb 20.12. chap. 3.26.
3:*.
Nom. 27.18.
4:*.
Nom. 21.24.
5:b.
Into your handes.
5:*.
Chap. 7.2.
6:".
Or, be of good courage
7:e.
For he that muſt gouerne people, hathe nede to be valiant to repreſſe vice, & conſtant to mainteine vertue
8:f.
Signifying that man can neuer be of good courage, except he be perſuaded of Gods fauour & aſſiſtance.
10:*.
Nehem 8. 3. Chap 15.1.
11:g.
Before yͧ Arke of the couená̃t, which was the ſigne of Gods preſence, & the figure of Chriſt.
13:h.
Which were not borne whẽ the Lawe was giuẽ
14:*.
Or, commandement.
15:i.
In a cloude that was facioned like a piller.
17:k.
That is, I wil take my fauour fró thé: as to turne his face toward vs, is to ſhewe vs his fauour.
19:l.
To preſerue you and your childrẽ frõ idolatrie, by remẽbring Gods benefites
20:m.
For this is the nature of fleſh, no lõger to obey God, then it is vnder the rod
21:n.
That theſe euils are come vpon them, becauſe they forſoke me.
23:*.
Ioſh 1,6.
26:o.
Of thine infidelitie, whẽ thou ſhalt turne away frõ the doctrine conteined therein
28:p.
As gouerners, iudges, & magiſtrates
29:q.
By idolatrie, worſhiping images, ŵ are the worke of your hãds.