And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel and said unto
them: I am an hundred and twenty years old this day, and can no more go
out and in. Also the LORD hath said unto me, thou shalt not go over
this Iordan. The LORD your God he will go over before thee and he will
destroy these nations before thee, and thou shalt conquer them. And
Iosua he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said. And the LORD
shall do {go} unto them, as he did to Sehon and Og kings of the
Amorites and unto their lands which kings he destroyed. And when the
LORD hath delivered them to thee, see that ye do unto them according
unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. Pluck up your
hearts and be strong, dread not nor be afeared of them: for the LORD
thy God himself will go with thee, and will neither let thee go nor
forsake thee. And Moses called unto Iosua and said unto him in the
sight of all Israel. Be strong and bold, for thou must go with this
people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to
give them, and thou shalt give it them to inherit. And the LORD he
shall go before thee and he shall be with thee, and will not let thee
go nor forsake thee, fear not therefore nor be discomforted. And Moses
wrote this law and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi which
bare the ark of the testament of the LORD, and unto all the elders of
Israel, and commanded them saying: At the end of seven years, in the
time of the free year, in the feast of the tabernacles, when all Israel
is come to appear before the LORD thy God, in the place which he hath
chosen: see that thou read this law before all Israel in their ears.
Gather the people together: both men, women and children and the
strangers that are in thy cities, that they may hear, learn and fear
the LORD your God, and be diligent to keep all the words of this law,
and that their children which know nothing may hear and learn to fear
the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over
Iordan to possess it. And the LORD said unto Moses: Behold thy days are
come, that thou must die. Call Iosua and come and stond in the
tabernacle of witness, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and
Iosua went and stood in the tabernacle of witness. And the LORD
appeared in the tabernacle: even in the pillar of the cloud. And the
pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. And the LORD
said unto Moses: behold, thou must sleep with thy fathers, and this
people will go a whoring after strange gods of the land whither they go
and will forsake me and break the appointment which I have made with
them. And then my wrath will wax hot against them, and I will forsake
them and will hide my face from them, and they shall be consumed. And
when much adversity and tribulation is come upon them, then they will
say: because our God is not among us, these tribulations are come upon
us. But I will hide my face that same time for all the evil's sake
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