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20 For after I have brought them[a] to the land I promised to their[b] ancestors—one flowing with milk and honey—and they[c] eat their fill[d] and become fat, then they[e] will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant. 21 Then when[f] many disasters and distresses overcome them[g] this song will testify against them,[h] for their[i] descendants will not forget it.[j] I know the[k] intentions they have in mind[l] today, even before I bring them[m] to the land I have promised.” 22 So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 31:20 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
  2. Deuteronomy 31:20 tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
  3. Deuteronomy 31:20 tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
  4. Deuteronomy 31:20 tn Heb “and are satisfied.”
  5. Deuteronomy 31:20 tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
  6. Deuteronomy 31:21 tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”
  7. Deuteronomy 31:21 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
  8. Deuteronomy 31:21 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
  9. Deuteronomy 31:21 tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
  10. Deuteronomy 31:21 tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”
  11. Deuteronomy 31:21 tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
  12. Deuteronomy 31:21 tn Heb “which he is doing.”
  13. Deuteronomy 31:21 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.