Tag Archives: Deuteronomy 31
congressional warning
congressional warning Deuteronomy 31:28-30 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:28 Collect all your tribal elders and officers before me so that I may speak these words directly to them and call sky and land as witnesses against them. Deuteronomy 31:29 You see, I … Continue reading
double-edged witness
double-edged witness Deuteronomy 31:23-27 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:23 Yahveh commanded Joshua son of Nun, and this is what he said, “Be strong and tough, because you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be … Continue reading
the other verses
the other verses Deuteronomy 31:19-22 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:19 Therefore write down this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; place it on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites. Deuteronomy … Continue reading
noseburn and a hidden face
noseburn and a hidden face Deuteronomy 31:17-18 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:17 My nose will burn at them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions … Continue reading
not the best news
not the best news Deuteronomy 31:14-16 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:14 Yahveh said to Moses, ” Notice the time of your death is now approaching. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the conference tent so that I may command him.” When Moses … Continue reading
read this instruction aloud
read this instruction aloud Deuteronomy 31:9-13 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:9 Moses wrote down this instruction and he gave it to the priests, sons of Levi, who carried the ark of Yahveh’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel. Deuteronomy 31:10 … Continue reading
accompany and enable
accompany and enable Deuteronomy 31:7-8 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:7 Moses then summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and tough, because you will go with this people into the land Yahveh swore to give … Continue reading
with us through it all
with us through it all Deuteronomy 31:4-6 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:4 Yahveh will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when he exterminated them. Deuteronomy 31:5 Yahveh will give … Continue reading
the future without us
the future without us Deuteronomy 31:1-3 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:1 Then Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel, Deuteronomy 31:2 saying, “I am now 120 years old; I am no longer able to continue to go out and come … Continue reading
in retrospect: no empty word
Deuteronomy 31:30-32:47 Moses’ retirement speech was not a series of platitudes and celebration of the past. He shared a warning for the generations that followed. God is not like the gods of the nations that the Israelites are about to … Continue reading