Deuteronomy 31:26 — Meaning and Application

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“Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.”

Deuteronomy 31:26

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And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

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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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