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Deuteronomy 31:22

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20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

24 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,

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BSB
So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
KJV
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
WEB
So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
ASV
So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
DARBY
And Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
BLB
And Moses wrote this song in that day, and he taught it to the sons of Israel.
ÅB
Samme dag skrev Moses opp denne sang og lærte Israels barn den.
OTB
Så skrev Moses ned denne sangen den dagen og lærte den til israelittene.
B1930
Samme dag skrev Moses op denne sang og lærte Israels barn den.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 31:19

    Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:9

    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.

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