Deuteronomy 31
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So Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel.
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And he said to them, "I am d 120 years old today. I am no longer able to e go out and come in. The Lord has said to me, f 'You shall not go over this Jordan.'
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The Lord your God g himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, so that you shall dispossess them, and Joshua will go over at your head, h as the Lord has spoken.
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And the Lord will do to them i as he did to Sihon j and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them.
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And the Lord will give them over to you, and you shall do to them k according to the whole commandment that I have commanded you.
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l Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, m for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. n He will not leave you or forsake you."
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Then o Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, l "Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it.
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It is the Lord p who goes before you. He will be with you; n he will not leave you or forsake you. q Do not fear or be dismayed."
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Then Moses r wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, s who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
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And Moses commanded them, t "At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at u the Feast of Booths,
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when all Israel comes v to appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, w you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
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x 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,
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and that their children, y who have not known it, z may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, a as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."
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And the Lord said to Moses, b "Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that c I may commission him." And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
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And d the Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud. And the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent.
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And the Lord said to Moses, b "Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and e whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will f forsake me and g break my covenant that I have made with them.
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Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and h I will forsake them and i hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, j 'Have not these evils come upon us because k our God is not among us?'
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And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evil that they have done, because l they have turned to other gods.
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"Now therefore write m this song and n teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be o a witness for me against the people of Israel.
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For when I have brought them into the land p flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their fathers, and they have eaten and are full and q grown fat, r they will turn to other gods and serve them, and s despise me and g break my covenant.
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And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as t a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For u I know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give."
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So Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the people of Israel.
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v And the Lord commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, w "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. x I will be with you."
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When Moses had finished y writing the words of this law in a book to the very end,
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Moses commanded z the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
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"Take this Book of the Law a and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for b a witness against you.
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For I know how rebellious and c stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, d you have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death!
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Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak e these words in their ears and f call heaven and earth to witness against them.
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For I know that after my death g you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And h in the days to come i evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, j provoking him to anger through the work of your hands."
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Then Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished, in the ears of all the assembly of Israel:
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Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.
Exodus 7:7
Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
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Numbers 27:17
Who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.
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Deuteronomy 3:27
Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan.
Deuteronomy 1:37
Even with me the Lord was angry on your account and said, 'You also shall not go in there.
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Deuteronomy 9:3
Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you.
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Deuteronomy 1:38
Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 3:28
But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see.
Numbers 27:18
So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.
Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.
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Deuteronomy 2:31 - 35
And the Lord said to me, 'Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.
Numbers 21:21 - 25
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying.
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Deuteronomy 3:1 - 7
Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
Numbers 21:33 - 35
Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
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Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.
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Deuteronomy 31:23
And the Lord commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. I will be with you.
Joshua 1:6 - 7
Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
Joshua 10:25
And Joshua said to them, "Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.
1 Chronicles 22:13
Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.
1 Chronicles 28:20
Then David said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.
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Deuteronomy 20:4
For the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.
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Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
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Deuteronomy 3:28
But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see.
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Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
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Exodus 13:21
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
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Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
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Deuteronomy 1:21
See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Deuteronomy 7:18
You shall not be afraid of them but you shall remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 8:1
And the Lord said to Joshua, "Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land.
Joshua 10:25
And Joshua said to them, "Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.
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Deuteronomy 17:18
And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests.
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Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
Joshua 3:3
And commanded the people, "As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.
Joshua 8:33
And all Israel, sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel.
1 Chronicles 15:15
And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release.
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Leviticus 23:34
Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
Exodus 23:14
Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.
Exodus 23:17
Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God.
Exodus 34:23
Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
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Joshua 8:34 - 35
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the prophets, all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the Lord.
Nehemiah 8:1 - 3
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.
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Deuteronomy 4:10
How on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, 'Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.
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Deuteronomy 11:2
And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm.
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Psalms 78:5 - 6
He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children.
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Deuteronomy 4:10
How on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, 'Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.
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Deuteronomy 34:5
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
Numbers 27:13
When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was.
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Deuteronomy 31:23
And the Lord commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. I will be with you.
Numbers 27:19
Make him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall commission him in their sight.
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Exodus 33:9
When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses.
Numbers 12:5
And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.
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Deuteronomy 31:14
And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him." And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
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Exodus 34:15 - 16
Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice.
Leviticus 20:5
Then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in whoring after Molech.
Numbers 15:39
And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after.
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Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
Judges 2:12
And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the Lord to anger.
Judges 10:6
The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they forsook the Lord and did not serve him.
Judges 10:13
Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.
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Judges 2:20
So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said, "Because this people has transgressed my covenant that I commanded their fathers and have not obeyed my voice.
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2 Chronicles 12:5
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the Lord, 'You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.'
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 24:20
Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.'
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Deuteronomy 32:20
And he said, 'I will hide my face from them; I ...
Psalms 30:7
By your favor, O Lord, you made my mountain sta...
Psalms 104:29
When you hide your face, they are dismayed; whe...
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his fac...
Isaiah 64:7
There is no one who calls upon your name, who r...
Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have made a separation betw...
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Judges 6:13
And Gideon said to him, "Please, sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.
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Numbers 14:42
Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.
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Deuteronomy 31:20
For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their fathers, and they have eaten and are full and grown fat, they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise me and break my covenant.
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Deuteronomy 32:1 - 43
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
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2 Samuel 1:18
And he said it should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar. He said:
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Deuteronomy 31:21
And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For I know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.
Deuteronomy 31:26
Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
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Exodus 3:8
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
Nehemiah 9:25 - 26
And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Hosea 13:6
But when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.
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Deuteronomy 31:18
And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evil that they have done, because they have turned to other gods.
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Numbers 14:11
And the Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
Numbers 14:23
Shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall see it.
Numbers 16:30
But if the Lord creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 31:16
And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
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Deuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:26
Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
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Hosea 5:3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled.
Hosea 13:5
It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
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Deuteronomy 31:14
And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him." And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
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Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
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Deuteronomy 31:8
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
Joshua 3:7
The Lord said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
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Deuteronomy 31:9
Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 31:9
Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
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2 Kings 22:8
And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, "I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
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Deuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:21
And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For I know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.
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Deuteronomy 9:6
Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
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Deuteronomy 9:7
Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 32:1 - 43
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
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Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
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Judges 2:19
But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.
Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
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Genesis 49:1
Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
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Jeremiah 44:23
It is because you made offerings and because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies that this disaster has happened to you, as at this day.
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Deuteronomy 4:25
When you father children and children's childre...
Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before,...
Deuteronomy 32:16
They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;...
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have made me jealous with what is no god; ...
1 Kings 16:7
Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prop...
2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken me and have made off...
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