Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 31

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Deuteronomy 31 . 1 , Moses encourages the people; Deuteronomy 31 . 7 , He encourages Joshua; Deuteronomy 31 . 9 , He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year to the people; Deuteronomy 31 . 14 , God gives a charge to Joshua; Deuteronomy 31 . 19 , and a song to testify against the people; Deuteronomy 31 . 24 , Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep; Deuteronomy 31 . 28 , He makes a protestation.

Deuteronomy 31:2

he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’

Deuteronomy 31:2 · BSB

I am an10 parallels

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

I can no more4 parallels

Thou shalt not11 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:3

The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

Deuteronomy 31:3 · BSB

thy God5 parallels

and Joshua12 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:4

And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.

Deuteronomy 31:4 · BSB

the whole verse7 parallels

Reciprocal1 parallel

Deuteronomy 31:5

The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.

Deuteronomy 31:5 · BSB

And the Lord2 parallels

according7 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you."

Deuteronomy 31:6 · BSB

Be strong18 parallels

fear not11 parallels

he will not fail5 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:7

Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 31:7 · BSB

Be strong7 parallels

for thou must4 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:8

The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged."

Deuteronomy 31:8 · BSB

he it is that5 parallels

he will be9 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:9

So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:9 · BSB

Moses12 parallels

delivered2 parallels

the priests2 parallels

which bare7 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:10

Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,

Deuteronomy 31:10 · BSB

the whole verse3 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:11

when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:11 · BSB

to appear6 parallels

in the place1 parallel

shalt read11 parallels

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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.

Deuteronomy 31:12 · BSB

Gather1 parallel

men6 parallels

that they may2 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:13

Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess."

Deuteronomy 31:13 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:14

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

Deuteronomy 31:14 · BSB

that thou must die7 parallels

I may give5 parallels

presented7 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:15

Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

Deuteronomy 31:15 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:16

And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

Deuteronomy 31:16 · BSB

thou shalt4 parallels

sleep1 parallel

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."

and go a15 parallels

forsake me5 parallels

break my3 parallels

Reciprocal43 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:17

On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

Deuteronomy 31:17 · BSB

my anger7 parallels

I will forsake5 parallels

hide my face11 parallels

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

befall them2 parallels

Heb. find them

Are not these4 parallels

Reciprocal36 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:18

And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:18 · BSB

the whole verse2 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:19

Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

Deuteronomy 31:19 · BSB

this song5 parallels

and teach it4 parallels

put it in their5 parallels

a witness5 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:20

When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

Deuteronomy 31:20 · BSB

when3 parallels

floweth2 parallels

eaten3 parallels

waxen fat12 parallels

then2 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:21

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

Deuteronomy 31:21 · BSB

this song1 parallel

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

I know15 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

against Heb. before

go about Heb. do

Deuteronomy 31:22

So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 31:22 · BSB

the whole verse2 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:23

Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

Deuteronomy 31:23 · BSB

he gave Joshua4 parallels

shalt bring3 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:24

When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

Deuteronomy 31:24 · BSB

writing the words2 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:25

he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

Deuteronomy 31:25 · BSB

bare the ark1 parallel

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Deuteronomy 31:26

“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. |##### Deuteronomy 31 . 27

Deuteronomy 31:26 · BSB

in the side4 parallels

a witness6 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:27

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!

Deuteronomy 31:27 · BSB

I know1 parallel

stiff neck7 parallels

ye have been1 parallel

Reciprocal21 parallels

Deuteronomy 31:28

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.

Deuteronomy 31:28 · BSB

Gather unto me7 parallels

call heaven5 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:29

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.”

Deuteronomy 31:29 · BSB

corrupt yourselves10 parallels

and evil6 parallels

the latter days8 parallels

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Deuteronomy 31:30

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

Deuteronomy 31:30 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web7 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions John 14:18 → Deuteronomy 31:6, Nehemiah 8:1-3 → Deuteronomy 31:11-13
Echoes Psalms 22:1 → Deuteronomy 31:6, Psalms 22:1 → Deuteronomy 31:8
Trajectories
Joshua (Leader into Rest), Last Days Eschatology, Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry)
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