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Deuteronomy 31

30 aligned verses; 30 with wording or punctuation differences .

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And Moses goeth and speaketh these words unto all Israel,
When Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel,
and he saith unto them, `A son of a hundred and twenty years `am' I to-day ; I am not able any more to go out and to come in , and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou dost not pass over this Jordan ,
he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old ; I am no longer able to come and go , and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan .’
`Jehovah thy God He is passing over before thee, He doth destroy these nations from before thee , and thou hast possessed them ; Joshua -- he is passing over before thee as Jehovah hath spoken ,
The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you , and you will dispossess them . Joshua will cross ahead of you , as the LORD has said.
and Jehovah hath done to them as he hath done to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorite, and to their land , whom He destroyed.
And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites , when He destroyed them along with their land .
And Jehovah hath given them before your face , and ye have done to them according to all the command which I have commanded you ;
The LORD will deliver them over to you , and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you .
be strong and courageous , fear not , nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God ` is ' He who is going with thee ; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee . '
Be strong and courageous ; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you ; He will never leave you nor forsake you .
And Moses calleth for Joshua , and saith unto him before the eyes of all Israel, ` Be strong and courageous, for thou -- thou dost go in with this people unto the land which Jehovah hath sworn to their fathers to give to them, and thou -- thou dost cause them to inherit it ;
Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
and Jehovah `is' He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not , nor be affrighted . '
The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged .
And Moses writeth this law , and giveth it unto the priests ( sons of Levi, those bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah) , and unto all the elders of Israel ,
So Moses wrote down 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 .
and Moses commandeth them, saying, ` At the end of seven years, in the appointed time , the year of release , in the feast of booths ,
Then Moses commanded them, At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt , during the Feast of Tabernacles ,
in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of Jehovah in the place which He chooseth , thou dost proclaim this law before all Israel , in their ears .
when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose , you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
` Assemble the people , the men, and the women, and the infants , and thy sojourner who `is' within thy gates , so that they hear, and so that they learn , and have feared Jehovah your God , and observed to do all the words of this law ;
Assemble the people men, women, children , and the foreigners within your gates so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law .
and their sons, who have not known, do hear, and have learned to fear Jehovah your God all the days which ye are living on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it . '
Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God , as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo , thy days have drawn near to die; call Joshua , and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, and I charge him ;' and Moses goeth -- Joshua also -- and they station themselves in the tent of meeting ,
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold , the time of your death is near . Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him .” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting .
and Jehovah is seen in the tent , in a pillar of a cloud ; and the pillar of the cloud standeth at the opening of the tent.
Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud , and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me , and broken My covenant which I made with it;
And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
and Mine anger hath burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them , and hidden My face from them, and it hath been for consumption , and many evils and distresses have found it, and it hath said in that day, Is it not because that my God is not in my midst -- these evils have found me ?
On that day My anger will burn against them , and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed , and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say , ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us ?
and I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it hath done , for it hath turned unto other gods.
And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
`And now, write for you this song , and teach it the sons of Israel ; put it in their mouths , so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel,
Now therefore , write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites ; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
and I bring them in unto the ground which I have sworn to their fathers -- flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, and been fat, and have turned unto other gods , and they have served them, and despised Me , and broken My covenant.
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers , a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
` And it hath been, when many evils and distresses do meet it , that this song hath testified to its face for a witness; for it is not forgotten out of the mouth of its seed, for I have known its imagining which it is doing to-day , before I bring them in unto the land of which I have sworn . '
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them , this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination , even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them .
And Moses writeth this song on that day, and doth teach it the sons of Israel,
So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
and He commandeth Joshua son of Nun , and saith , ` Be strong and courageous, for thou dost bring in the sons of Israel unto the land which I have sworn to them, and I -- I am with thee . '
Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said , Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you .
And it cometh to pass, when Moses finisheth to write the words of this law on a book till their completion ,
When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end ,
that Moses commandeth the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,
he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:
` Take this Book of the Law , and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness ;
Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
for I -- I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to - day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah , and also surely after my death .
For I know how rebellious and stiff- necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive , how much more will you rebel after my death !
` Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes , and your authorities, and I speak in their ears these words , and cause to testify against them the heavens and the earth,
Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them .
for I have known that after my death ye do very corruptly, and have turned aside out of the way which I commanded you , and evil hath met you in the latter end of the days, because ye do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry with the work of your hands. '
For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you . And in the days to come , disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.
And Moses speaketh in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song , till their completion : --
Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end :

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