Deuteronomy 31:16-22

Joshua Commissioned to Lead Israel

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.'
  6. 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...
  7. 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.
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 14:42
    Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.
  9. 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.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:1 - 43
    Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
  11. 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:
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
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