Deuteronomy 30-31New King James Version (NKJV)
The Blessing of Returning to God
30 “Now it shall come to pass, when all these
things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you,
and you call them to mind among all the nations where
the Lord your God drives you, 2 and you
return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that
I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all
your soul, 3 that the Lord your God will
bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again
from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 If anyof
you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from
there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring
you. 5 Then the Lord your God will bring
you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will
prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. 6 And
the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your
descendants, to love the Lordyour God with all your heart and with all
your soul, that you may live.
7 “Also the Lord your God
will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who
persecuted you. 8 And you will again obey the voice
of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you
today. 9 The Lord your God will make you
abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase
of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For
the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over
your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of
the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which
are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
The Choice of Life or Death
11 “For this commandment which I
command you today is not too mysterious for
you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not
in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring
it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Nor is it
beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring
it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But
the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart,
that you may do it.
15 “See, I have set before you today
life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command
you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep
His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and
multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you
go to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away so
that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve
them, 18 I announce to you today that you shall
surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land
which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 I
call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I
have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose
life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that
you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that
you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of
your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to
your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
Joshua the New Leader of Israel
31 Then Moses went and spoke these words to all
Israel. 2 And he said to them: “I am one
hundred and twenty years old today. I can no longer go out and come in. Also
the Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross over this
Jordan.’ 3 The Lordyour God Himself crosses
over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall
dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as
the Lord has said. 4 And
the Lord will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the
Amorites and their land, when He destroyed them. 5 The Lord will
give them over to you, that you may do to them according to every commandment
which I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and of good
courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God,
He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor
forsake you.”
7 Then Moses called Joshua and said
to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and of good courage, for you must
go with this people to the land which the Lordhas sworn to their fathers
to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.8 And
the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be
with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”
The Law to Be Read Every Seven Years
9 So Moses wrote this law and
delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant
of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 And
Moses commanded them, saying: “At the end of every seven
years, at the appointed time in the year of release, at the Feast of
Tabernacles, 11 when all Israel comes to appear
before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, you shall
read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather
the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within
your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear
the Lord your God and carefully observe all the words of this
law, 13 and that their children,
who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God
as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess.”
Prediction of Israel’s Rebellion
14 Then the Lord said to
Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you must die; call Joshua, and present
yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may inaugurate him.”
So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the
tabernacle of meeting. 15 Now
the Lord appeared at the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, and the
pillar of cloud stood above the door of the tabernacle.
16 And the Lord said to
Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and
play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they
go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My
covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then My
anger shall be aroused against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I
will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured. And many evils and
troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these
evils come upon us because our God is not among us?’ 18 And
I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have
done, in that they have turned to other gods.
19 “Now therefore, write down this
song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their
mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of
Israel. 20 When I have brought them to the land
flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have
eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods
and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant. 21 Then
it shall be, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song
will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the
mouths of their descendants, for I know the inclination of their behavior today,
even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give
them.”
22 Therefore Moses wrote this song
the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel. 23 Then
He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and of good courage;
for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to
them, and I will be with you.”
24 So it was, when Moses had
completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were
finished, 25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who
bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: 26 “Take
this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of
the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against
you; 27 for I know your rebellion and your stiff
neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been
rebellious against the Lord, then how much more after my death? 28 Gather
to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these
words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. 29 For
I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from
the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter
days, because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to
anger through the work of your hands.”
The Song of Moses
30 Then Moses spoke in the hearing of
all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended:
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