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Themes in Deuteronomy 31

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Themes in Deuteronomy 31

Deuteronomy 31:1 (show verse)

And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

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Deuteronomy 31:2 (show verse)

And he said to them, "I am hundred and twenty years old {today}; I am not able to go out and to come [in] [any] longer, and Yahweh said to me, 'You may not cross this Jordan.'

Jordan, the river » Moses not allowed to cross
Longevity » Instances of » Moses, one-hundred and twenty years
moses » His virility
moses » death » 120 years

Deuteronomy 31:3 (show verse)

Yahweh your God [is about to] cross {before you}; he will destroy these nations {before you}, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua [will be] crossing {before you}, [just] as Yahweh {promised}.

Canaanites » To be destroyed
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Commissioned, ordained, and charged with the responsibilites of moses' office

Deuteronomy 31:4 (show verse)

And Yahweh will do to them [just] as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to their land, which he destroyed with them.

Canaanites » To be destroyed
Og » Defeated and killed by moses

Deuteronomy 31:5 (show verse)

And Yahweh {will deliver them to you before you}, and you shall do to them according to every commandment that I have commanded you.

Canaanites » To be destroyed

Be strong and be courageous; you should not be afraid, and you {should not be in dread from their presence}, for Yahweh your God [is] the [one] going with you; he will not leave you alone and he will not forsake you."

Courage » Being courageous
failure » The lord not failing
Protection » Of God, is » Unfailing
Strength » Being strong

Deuteronomy 31:7 (show verse)

Then Moses summoned Joshua, and he said to him {in the presence of all Israel}, "Be strong and be courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that Yahweh swore to their ancestors to give to them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance.

the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to fear
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Christian ministers » Duties of the church to
Courage » Being courageous
Courage » Encouraged upon joshua
failure » The lord not failing
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Commissioned, ordained, and charged with the responsibilites of moses' office
moses » Appoints joshua as his successor
Strength » Being strong

Deuteronomy 31:8 (show verse)

Yahweh [is] the [one] going {before you}; he will be with you, and he will not leave you alone, and he will not forsake you; you shall not be afraid, and you shall not be discouraged."

Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Courage » Being courageous
Courage » Encouraged upon joshua
failure » The lord not failing
moses » Appoints joshua as his successor

Deuteronomy 31:9 (show verse)

So Moses wrote this law, and he gave it to the priests, the descendants of Levi, the [ones] carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel.

journey of israel through the Desert » Return to the plains of moab » The law written by moses
Law » Preserved in the ark of the covenant
the Law of moses » Entire of, written in a book
Priest » Duties of » Teach the law

Deuteronomy 31:10 (show verse)

Then Moses commanded them, {saying}, "At the end of seven years, in the time of the year for canceling debts during the Feast of Booths,

Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles
Feast of Tabernacles » The law publicly read every seventh year at
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » To rest
Law » Expounded to the assembled nation at the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatic year
the Law of moses » Publicly read » At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year
Priest » Duties of » Teach the law
Sabbatic year » Ordinances concerning instruction in the law during
Sabbatic year » Called year of release
School » Like a bible school
Feast of Tabernacles » The law read in connection with, every seventh year
Year » Sabbatic

Deuteronomy 31:11 (show verse)

{when all Israel comes to appear before} Yahweh their God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel {in their hearing}.

Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles
Feast of Tabernacles » The law publicly read every seventh year at
Law » Bondage of » The public reading of
Law » Expounded to the assembled nation at the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatic year
the Law of moses » Publicly read » At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year
Priest » Duties of » Teach the law
Sabbatic year » Ordinances concerning instruction in the law during
School » Like a bible school
The scriptures » Should be » Read publicly to all
Feast of Tabernacles » The law read in connection with, every seventh year
The bible » The law part of » The public reading of
The word of God » To be read publicly
Worship » The word of God read in public assemblies
Worship » Nature of worship » Reading God's word

Deuteronomy 31:12 (show verse)

Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little children and your aliens that are in your {towns}, so that they may hear and so that they may learn and they may revere Yahweh your God, and {they shall diligently observe} all the words of this law.

Children » Instruction of
Children » Should be » Instructed in the ways of God
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles
Feast of Tabernacles » The law publicly read every seventh year at
Gathering » Gathering people together to learn of the lord
Law » Expounded to the assembled nation at the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatic year
the Law of moses » Publicly read » At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year
Learning » What to learn
Priest » Duties of » Teach the law
Sabbatic year » Ordinances concerning instruction in the law during
School » Like a bible school
The scriptures » Should be » Read publicly to all
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have the law read to them
Feast of Tabernacles » The law read in connection with, every seventh year
The word of God » To be read publicly
Women » Required to attend to the reading of the law of moses
Worship » The word of God read in public assemblies

Deuteronomy 31:13 (show verse)

And [then] their children, who have not known, they [too] may hear, and they may learn to revere Yahweh their God all the days {that you live} on the land that you [are] crossing the Jordan {to get there} to take possession of it."

Children » Instruction of
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Children » Should be » Instructed in the ways of God
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles
Gathering » Gathering people together to learn of the lord
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
Law » Expounded to the assembled nation at the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatic year
the Law of moses » Publicly read » At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year
Learning » What to learn
Priest » Duties of » Teach the law
Sabbatic year » Ordinances concerning instruction in the law during
School » Like a bible school
The scriptures » Should be » Read publicly to all
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
The word of God » To be read publicly
Worship » The word of God read in public assemblies

Deuteronomy 31:14 (show verse)

Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, {you are about to die}; call Joshua and present yourselves in [the] tent of assembly, so that I may instruct him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in [the] tent of assembly.

Call » To special religious duty » Joshua
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
moses » Appoints joshua as his successor
Tabernacle » The lord reveals himself at

Deuteronomy 31:15 (show verse)

And Yahweh appeared in the tent in a column of cloud, and the column of the cloud stood at the entrance of the tent.

Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Tabernacle » The lord reveals himself at

Deuteronomy 31:16 (show verse)

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you [are] about to lie [down] with your ancestors, and this people will arise and they will play the prostitute after {the foreign gods} of the land {to which they are going}.

Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Provoke the anger of God
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Covenant » The reward for transgressing the covenant of the lord
death » Compared to as sleep
death » Called sleep
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
natural Death » Described as » A sleep
Dying » Compared to as sleep
Forsaking » Who the lord will forsake
Hiding » Who the lord hides himself from
Man » Mortality of » Compared to as sleep
Whoredom » Licentious rites of, in idolatrous worship

Deuteronomy 31:17 (show verse)

And {my anger shall flare up against them} on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall become as prey, and disasters and troubles shall find them, and they shall say on that day, '[Is it] not because our God is not in our midst [that] these disasters have found us?'

Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are multiplied
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Provoke the anger of God
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Covenant » The reward for transgressing the covenant of the lord
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Forsaking » Who the lord will forsake
Hiding » Who the lord hides himself from
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Threatened with reprobation
Israel » Kings of judah » Reprobation of
Reprobation » Israel-the jews, threatened with reprobation

Deuteronomy 31:18 (show verse)

But I will certainly hide my face on that day, because [of] all of the evil that they did because they turned to other gods.

Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Face » God's hidden » God's face hidden on account of sin
God » Of israel » Face of, hidden
Hiding » Who the lord hides himself from
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites

Deuteronomy 31:19 (show verse)

"And so then write this song for yourselves and teach it to the {Israelites}; put it in their mouth, so that this song may be for me as a witness against the {Israelites}.

Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
death » Scenes of » Death of moses

Deuteronomy 31:20 (show verse)

For when I bring them into the land that I swore to their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey, {they will eat their fill}, and they will become fat, and [then] they will turn to other gods, and they will serve them, and they will spurn me, and they will break my covenant.

Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Forsaking God » Prosperity tempts to
Idolatry » They who practice » Provoke God
Ingratitude to God » Prosperity likely to produce
Prosperity » Dangers of

Deuteronomy 31:21 (show verse)

{And then} many disasters and troubles will come upon them, and this song will give evidence before them as a witness, because it will not be forgotten from [out of] the mouth of their descendants, for I know their inclination that they [are] having {today} before I have brought them into the land that I swore."

Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Evil » The whole » Imagination

Deuteronomy 31:22 (show verse)

And Moses wrote this song on that day and taught it [to] the {Israelites}.

Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Courage » Encouraged upon joshua
death » Scenes of » Death of moses

Deuteronomy 31:23 (show verse)

Then he told Joshua the son of Nun, and said [to him], "Be strong and be courageous, for you shall bring the {Israelites} into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you."

Call » To special religious duty » Joshua
solemn Charges » Moses to joshua
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Courage » Encouraged upon joshua
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Israel » appointed » Leader » Joshua
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Commissioned, ordained, and charged with the responsibilites of moses' office
Leaders » Solemn charges given » Moses to joshua
moses » Appoints joshua as his successor
Religious » Solemn charges given » Moses to joshua

Deuteronomy 31:24 (show verse)

{And then when Moses finished writing} the words of this law on the scroll {until they were complete},

death » Scenes of » Death of moses

Deuteronomy 31:25 (show verse)

then Moses commanded the Levites carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, {saying},

death » Scenes of » Death of moses

Deuteronomy 31:26 (show verse)

"Take the scroll of this law and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and it will be there as a witness against you.

Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Of the covenant
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Contents of » The law
Ark of the covenant » A copy of the law laid in the side of
Book » Of the law
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Holy of holies » Contained » A written copy of the divine law
Law » Bondage of » Book of the
Law » Preserved in the ark of the covenant
the Law of moses » Book of, laid up in the sanctuary
Names » Of the word of God » Book of the law
Names » Of the word of God » Oracles

Deuteronomy 31:27 (show verse)

For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck [even now] while I [am] still alive with you {today}, rebelling against Yahweh, and {how much more} after my death.

death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Rebellion against God » Ministers » Remind » Past
Rebellion against God » Man is prone to
Rebellion against God » Connected with » Stubbornness
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Self-will » Exhibited in » Rebelling against God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Rebelling against God

Deuteronomy 31:28 (show verse)

Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, so that I may speak in their ears these words, and [that] I may call as witness against them heaven and earth.

death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 31:29 (show verse)

For I know that after my death you will certainly act corruptly, and you will turn aside from the way that I have commanded you, and the disaster in the future days will befall you, because you will do evil in the eyes of Yahweh, {provoking him with the work of your hands}."

death » Scenes of » Death of moses
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Evil » Who shall have evil upon them
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Turning » The reward for turning from the lord

Deuteronomy 31:30 (show verse)

So Moses spoke into the ears of the assembly of Israel the words of this song {until they were complete}.

death » Scenes of » Death of moses