Chapter 31

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I am an The life of Moses, the great prophet of Jehovah and lawgiver of the Jews, was exactly the same in length as the time Noah employed in preaching righteousness to the antediluvian world. These one hundred and twenty years were divided into three remarkable periods. Forty years he lived in Egypt, in the court of Pharaoh, acquiring all the learning and wisdom of the Egyptians (Acts 7:20, Acts 7:23); forty years he sojourned in Midian, in a state of preparation for his great and important mission (Acts 7:29-30); and forty years he guided, led, and governed the Israelites under the express direction and authority of God. In all 120 years. Deut 34:7; Exod 7:7; Josh 14:10-11; Ps 90:10; Acts 7:23

I can no more Deut 34:7; Num 27:17; 2Sam 21:17; 1Kgs 3:7

Thou shalt not Deut 3:26-27, Deut 4:21-22, Deut 32:48-52; Num 20:12, Num 27:13-14; Acts 20:25; 2Pet 1:13-14


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thy God Deut 9:3; Gen 48:21; Ps 44:2-3, Ps 146:3-6

and Joshua Deut 31:7-8, Deut 31:14, Deut 31:23, Deut 3:28, Deut 34:9; Num 27:18-21; Josh 1:2, Josh 3:7, Josh 4:14; Acts 7:45; Heb 4:8, Jesus


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Deut 2:33, Deut 3:3-11, Deut 3:21, Deut 7:2, Deut 7:16; Exod 23:28-31; Num 21:24-35


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And the Lord Deut 7:2, Deut 7:18

according Deut 7:23-25, Deut 20:16-17; Exod 23:32-33, Exod 34:12-16; Num 33:52-56


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Be strong Deut 31:7, Deut 31:23, Deut 20:4; Josh 1:6-7, Josh 1:9, Josh 10:25; 1Chr 22:13, 1Chr 28:10, 1Chr 28:20; 2Chr 32:7; Ps 27:14; Isa 43:1-5; Hag 2:4; Zech 8:13; 1Cor 16:13; Eph 6:10; 2Tim 2:1

fear not Deut 1:29, Deut 7:18, Deut 20:1, Deut 20:3-4; Num 14:9; Ps 27:1; Isa 41:10, Isa 51:12; Luke 12:32; Rev 21:8

he will not fail Deut 4:31; Josh 1:5; 1Chr 28:20; Isa 41:13-17; Heb 13:5


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Be strong Deut 31:6, Deut 31:23, Deut 1:38, Deut 3:28; Josh 1:6; Dan 10:19; Eph 6:10

for thou must Deut 31:3, Deut 1:38, Deut 3:28; John 1:17


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he it is that Deut 31:3, Deut 9:3; Exod 13:21-22, Exod 33:14

he will be Deut 31:6; Josh 1:5, Josh 1:9; 1Chr 28:20; Isa 8:9-10, Isa 43:1-2; Rom 8:31


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Moses Deut 31:22-24, Deut 31:28; Num 33:2; Dan 9:13; Mal 4:4; Mark 10:4-5, Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28; John 1:17, John 1:45, John 5:46

delivered Deut 31:24-26, Deut 17:18

the priests Hos 4:6; Mal 2:7

which bare Num 4:15; Josh 3:3, Josh 3:14-17, Josh 6:12; 1Kgs 8:3; 1Chr 15:2, 1Chr 15:12-15


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Deut 15:1-2; Lev 23:34-43


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to appear Deut 16:16-17; Exod 23:16-17, Exod 34:24; Ps 84:7

in the place Deut 12:5

shalt read Josh 8:34-35; 2Kgs 23:2; Neh 8:1-8, Neh 8:13, Neh 8:18, Neh 9:3; Luke 4:16-17; Acts 13:15; Acts 15:21


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Gather Deut 4:10

men Deut 6:6-7; Ezra 10:1; Ps 19:7-11; John 5:39; 2Tim 3:15-17

that they may Deut 29:29; Ps 34:11-14


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Deut 6:7, Deut 11:2; Ps 78:4-8; Prov 22:6; Eph 6:4


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that thou must die Deut 31:2, Deut 34:5; Num 27:13; Josh 23:14; 2Kgs 1:4; Eccl 9:5; Isa 38:1

I may give Deut 31:23; Num 27:19-20; Acts 20:28-31; 2Tim 4:1-4

presented Exod 34:2; Josh 24:1; 1Sam 10:19; Job 1:6, Job 2:1; Rom 12:1; Jude 1:24


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Exod 33:9-10, Exod 40:38; Ps 99:7


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thou shalt Gen 25:8; 2Sam 7:12; Isa 57:2; Acts 13:36

sleep Heb. lie down, Shochaiv, "lying down:" it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much stress cannot be safely laid upon this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of Moses, had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words thus: "Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy soul (nishmatoch) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life to come, with thy fathers." Job 20:11

and go a Exod 32:6, Exod 34:15; Lev 20:3-6; Judg 2:17-20; Ps 73:27, Ps 106:39; Isa 57:3-8; Jer 3:1-3; Ezek 16:15, Ezek 16:25-36, Ezek 23:5-8, Ezek 23:9-21; Hos 2:2-5; Rev 17:2-5, Rev 19:2

forsake me Deut 32:15; Judg 2:12, Judg 10:6, Judg 10:13; Jer 2:11-13

break my Lev 26:15; Judg 2:20; Jer 31:32


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my anger Deut 29:20, Deut 32:21-22; Judg 2:14-15; Ps 2:12, Ps 90:11

I will forsake 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 15:2; Jer 23:33, Jer 23:39; Hos 9:12

hide my face Though this may allude to the withdrawing of the Shechinah, or visible appearance of Jehovah, yet the general meaning of the expression in Scripture is, the withdrawing of his approbation and protection, of which his visible appearance was formerly the sign and pledge. Deut 32:20; Job 13:24; Ps 27:9, Ps 30:7, Ps 89:46, Ps 104:29; Isa 8:17, Isa 64:7; Ezek 39:23-24, Ezek 39:29

befall them Heb. find them, Neh 9:32 *marg. Job 34:11

Are not these Deut 29:24-27; Num 14:42; Judg 6:13; Isa 63:17


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Deut 31:16-17


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this song Deut 31:22, Deut 31:30, Deut 32:1-43, Deut 32:44-45

and teach it Deut 4:9-10, Deut 6:7, Deut 11:19

put it in their Exod 4:15; 2Sam 14:3; Isa 51:16, Isa 59:21; Jer 1:9

a witness Deut 31:21, Deut 31:26; Ezek 2:5; Matt 10:18; John 12:48


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when Deut 6:10-12, Deut 7:1, Deut 8:7

floweth Exod 3:8, Exod 3:17

eaten Deut 8:10-14; Neh 9:25-26

waxen fat Deut 32:15; Neh 9:25-26, Neh 9:35; Ps 17:10, Ps 73:7, Ps 119:70; Jer 5:28, Jer 50:11; Ezek 34:16, Ezek 34:20; Hos 13:6

then Deut 31:16-17


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this song A sacred song, appointed to be composed by Moses, doubtless under divine inspiration; which the people were required to learn, and teach to their children from generation to generation. Deut 31:19

against Heb. before

I know Gen 6:5, Gen 8:21; Ps 139:2; Isa 46:10; Ezek 38:10-11; Hos 5:3, Hos 13:5-6; Amos 5:25-26; John 2:24-25; Acts 2:23, Acts 4:28

go about Heb. do


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Deut 31:9, Deut 31:19


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he gave Joshua Deut 31:7-8, Deut 31:14; Josh 1:5-9

shalt bring Deut 31:3, Deut 3:28; Acts 7:45


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writing the words Deut 31:9, Deut 17:18


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bare the ark Deut 31:9


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in the side 1Kgs 8:9; 2Kgs 22:8-11; 2Chr 34:14-15

a witness Deut 31:19; 2Kgs 22:8, 2Kgs 22:13-19; Rom 3:19-20; Gal 2:19


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I know Deut 32:20

stiff neck Deut 9:6, Deut 32:20; Exod 32:8; 2Chr 30:8; Ps 78:8; Isa 48:4; Acts 7:51

ye have been Deut 9:24


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Gather unto me Deut 31:12, Deut 29:10; Gen 49:1-2; Exod 18:25; Num 11:16-17

call heaven Deut 4:26, Deut 30:19, Deut 32:1; Isa 1:2; Luke 19:40


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corrupt yourselves Deut 32:5; Judg 2:19; Isa 1:4; Hos 9:9; Acts 20:30; 2Tim 3:1-6; 2Pet 1:14-15; 2Pet 2:1-2

and evil Deut 28:15-68, Deut 29:18-28; Lev 26:14-46; 2Chr 34:24; Luke 19:42-44, Luke 21:24

the latter days Deut 4:30; Gen 49:1; Job 19:25; Ezek 38:8; 1Tim 4:1; 2Tim 3:1; Heb 1:2; 2Pet 3:3


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Deut 4:5; John 12:49; Acts 20:27; Heb 3:2, Heb 3:5


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