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Deuteronomy 31:22 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 31 · verse 22
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.Deuteronomy 31:22 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 31:22 in context
20For 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.
21And 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.
22Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
23And 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.
24And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- taughtlâmadproperly, to goadH3925 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- wrotekâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- songshîyra songH7892 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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Here, I. The charge is given to Joshua, which God has said (v. 14) he would give him. The same in effect that Moses had given him. The same in effect that Moses had given him (v. 7): Be strong and of a good courage, v. 23.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-30