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Deuteronomy 31:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made "
Deuteronomy 31:16
Verse in Context
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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.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made
Then my anger shall be kindled 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, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
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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"
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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