Deuteronomy (The Speeches of Moses) - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 209

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SPEECH XII. Qziug ibn §u1:lic Sung uf &¤s2s, aah §pp¤inimmi nf §¤¤I;u¤. :4 The Evan-Lxvmc; afterwards said Now that your days approach death, summon joshua, and station him in the Hall of Assembly, and I will instruct him} (Moses and joshua therefore went and

stationed themselves in the Hall of As-

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18 20 21 sembly, and the Evmz-uvmc ap eared in the Hall of Assembl in a Pillar of Cloud, and the Pillar og Cloud stood at the opening of the Hall, and the Even- iLxvmcs sal to Moses:) 1 ®¤h furzizlls the ipustasg uf Ssruzl. ‘ You are new to sleep with your

fathers; when this People will- arise and whore after the foreign gods of the country where they are going to reside, and they will revolt from ME, and break the Covenant that I made with them I But My anger will burn against them at that time, and I will tum from them, and hide My face from them, and they shall meet many miseries and sufferings to devour them, when they will exclaim; ‘Is there no GOD near me to bring me out from these miseries? ’ But I will hide My presence carefully at that time, because of all the wicked- ness which they have done when turning after other gods! Therefore, now, write for them this song, and teach the children of Israel to put it into their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for ME with the children of Israel; for I will bring them to the land, which I promised to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, which they will eat, and be satiated, and fatten, and revolt to vile gods, and serve them, and despise Me, and Break My Covenant. But when these many miseries, and dis- tresses, and troubles meet them, then this song will be before them as an evidence ;—-·for it will not be forgotten from the mouth of their

1 This introduction is clearly from the pen

of Aliazer the Priest, who edited these Ora- tlons of Moses, and is another internal proof of the authenticity of these speeches of Moses.-—·F. F. race,—-—that I knew to·day the distress which they would then suffer, before they arrived in the country which I had promised. Moses consequently wrote the song

on thatvday, and taught it to the children of Israel. (Afterwards he instructed joshua the son of Nun, saying ;—-·)1 Be strong and bold! for now the

children of Israel are going to the country which I promised to them and I will be with you. (When Moses had Enished engraving

the commands of this Law in a record to its end, he commanded the Levites who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Loma, saying;) ‘ Take this Book of the Law, and

place it inside the Ark of the Cove- nant ofthe Evnmmvmc, your Gon, and it shall be there as a witness to you, that I knew your rebelliousness i and yourstiff neck ;—here, whilst I lived with you; to-day, you are mur- muring against the EVER-Lxvmo, and will be so after I die! Assemble all your judges, Princes, and Governors to me, and I will recite in their hear- ing these words, and I will call as witnesses to them Heaven and Earth, that I knew that after my death you would corrupt, and turn yourselves from the path which I commanded you, and acquire for yourselves misery in the future,—-—for you will do evil in the eyes of the EVER- LIVING, and provoke Him by the fabrications of your own hands} (Then Moses repeated the words of

this song in the hearing of all the Assembly of Israel to their end.) SONG OF MOSES. Srauza I. Gl): Uttlwratimt. Listen, Heayen, and I will speak, And hear my utterance, Earth I My teaching shall drop like rain, My utterance spread like dew, 1 Ch. xxxi. vv. 23, 25, and 30 are

editorial note by Aliazer the Priest, upon original Copy for the Ark of Xvitnesses. further notes are the same.-—F. F. 22 26 28

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