Deuteronomy 31:13

Then their children who are ignorant of the law will listen and learn to respect the Lord your God for as long as you live in the country you are going to occupy once you cross the Jordan.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12Have the people gather together—the men, women, children, and the foreigners living with you—so that they can listen and learn to respect the Lord your God and to carefully observe all the instructions of this law.

14Then the Lord told Moses, “Listen, you are soon going to die. Tell Joshua to meet you, and then both of you are to come and stand before me at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may appoint him as leader.” Moses and Joshua went to stand before the Lord at the Tent of Meeting.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:2You should realize that it's not your children who have experienced the Lord your God's discipline. It was you who saw his greatness, his power and strength;

Psalms 78:4We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about God's marvelous actions—about his power and the amazing things he has done.

Proverbs 22:6Teach children the right way to live, and when they grow up they'll go on doing so.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:10-14

The Reading of the Law. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord , and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 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. 12 Gather the… Read the whole commentary →

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