Deuteronomy 31:13 — Meaning and Application

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“And {that} their children, which have not known {any thing}, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.”

Deuteronomy 31:13

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When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that {is} within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

And {that} their children, which have not known {any thing}, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

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Deuteronomy 31:1

"And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel."

Deuteronomy 31:2

"And he said unto them, I {am} an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan."

Deuteronomy 31:3

"The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, {and} he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: {and} Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said."

Deuteronomy 31:4

"And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed."

Deuteronomy 31:5

"And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you."

Deuteronomy 31:6

"Be strong and take heart, and have no fear of them: for it is the Lord your God who is going with you; he will not take away his help from you."

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