Deuteronomy 31:28

²⁶ “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

²⁷ For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

²⁹ For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

³⁰ Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Assemble to 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 witness against them.
ASV: Assemble 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 witness against them.
DARBY: Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and take heaven and earth to witness against them.
BLB: Gather to me all the elders of your⁺ tribes, and your⁺ officers, that I may speak in their ears these words and call to witness against them the heavens and the earth.

ÅB: Kall nå sammen til meg alle de eldste i deres stammer og deres tilsynsmenn, så vil jeg tale disse ord for dem og ta himmelen og jorden til vitne mot dem.
OTB: Samle alle stammeeldste og deres embetsmenn foran meg, så jeg kan tale disse ordene i deres hørsel og kalle himmelen og jorden til vitne mot dem.
B1930: Kall nu sammen til mig alle de eldste i eders stammer og eders tilsynsmenn, så vil jeg tale disse ord for dem og ta himmelen og jorden til vidne mot dem.

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Original text and word study

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Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
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Luke 19:40
“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
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Deuteronomy 31:12
Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.
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Numbers 11:16–17
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
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Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
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Genesis 49:1–2
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
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