1When Moses had finished speakinga these words to all Israel, 2he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and YHVH has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
3YHVH 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 YHVH has said. 4And YHVH will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.
5YHVH will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.6Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is YHVH your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”b
7Then 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 YHVH swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. 8YHVH Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
9So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of YHVH, and to all the elders of Israel.
10Then 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,c 11when all Israel comes before YHVH your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
12Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear YHVH your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.13Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear YHVH your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
God Commissions Joshua
14Then YHVH 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. 15Then YHVH appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.
16And YHVH 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.
17On 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?’
18And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
19Now 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. 20When 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. 21And 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.”
22So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
23Then YHVH 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.”
24When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, 25he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of YHVH: 26“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of YHVH your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you. 27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against YHVH while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
28Assemble 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. 29For 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 YHVH to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
Deuteronomy 31:1-29
48On that same day YHVH said to Moses, 49“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
50And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
51For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence. 52Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”
Deuteronomy 32:48-52
5So Moses the servant of YHVH died there in the land of Moab, as YHVH had said. 6And He buried himb in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished. 8The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
9Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as YHVH had commanded Moses. 10Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom YHVH knew face to face— 11no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that YHVH sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land, 12and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deedsc that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.