Deuteronomy 31:19
So write down this song and teach it to the Israelites. Help them learn to sing it, so it will provide evidence for me against them.
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18Then I will definitely ignore them because of all the evil they have done by worshiping other gods.
Cross References
Exodus 4:15Speak to him and tell him what to say. I will be your mouth and his mouth, and I will tell you what you are to do.
Deuteronomy 6:7You are to explain them carefully to your children and talk about them when you're at home and when you're traveling, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 31:21Once they've experienced plenty of trouble and suffering, this song will testify against them, because their descendants won't forget the words. I know what they're like, even before I lead them into the country that I promised to give them.”
Deuteronomy 31:30Then Moses recited all the words of this song as the Israelites listened.
Joshua 24:27Joshua said to the people, “Look at this stone. It stands here as a witness against us for it has heard everything the Lord has told us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny what you have promised your God.”
Isaiah 51:16I have told you what to say, and I have protected you with my hand. I created the heavens and founded the earth, and told Zion, “You are my people.”
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:15-22
Apostasy Foretold. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 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. 15 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. 16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers;… Read the whole commentary →