Joshua Commissioned to Lead Israel

Deuteronomy 31

14 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. 15 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.

16 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. 17 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?' 18 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.

19 "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. 20 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. 21 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." 22 So Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the people of Israel.

23 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."

24 When Moses had finished y writing the words of this law in a book to the very end, 25 Moses commanded z the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, 26 "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. 27 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! 28 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. 29 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."

  1. Cross References
    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.
  2. Cross References
    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.
  3. Cross References
    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.
  4. Cross References
    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.
  5. Cross References
    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.
  6. Cross References
    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.
  7. Cross References
    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.
  8. Cross References
    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.'
  9. Cross References
    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...
  10. Cross References
    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.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 14:42
    Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.
  12. Cross References
    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.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:1 - 43
    Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
  14. Cross References
    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:
  15. Cross References
    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.
  16. Cross References
    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.
  17. Cross References
    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.
  18. Cross References
    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.
  19. Cross References
    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.
  20. Cross References
    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.
  21. Cross References
    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.
  22. Cross References
    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.
  23. Cross References
    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.
  24. Cross References
    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.
  25. Cross References
    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.
  26. Cross References
    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.
  27. Cross References
    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.
  28. Cross References
    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.
  29. Cross References
    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.
  30. Cross References
    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.
  31. Cross References
    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.
  32. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:1 - 43
    Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
  33. Cross References
    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.
  34. Cross References
    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.
  35. Cross References
    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.
  36. Cross References
    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.
  37. Cross References
    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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