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20 For when I bring them[a] into the land that I swore to their[b] ancestors,[c] a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill,[d] and they[e] will become fat, and then they[f] will turn to other gods, and they will serve them, and they will spurn me, and they[g] will break my covenant. 21 And then[h] many disasters and troubles will come upon them,[i] and this song will give evidence before them[j] as a witness, because it will not be forgotten from out of the mouth of their descendants,[k] for I know their[l] inclination that they[m] are having today[n] before I have brought them[o] into the land that I swore.” 22 And Moses wrote this song on that day and taught it to the Israelites.[p]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “him,” referring to the people
  2. Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “his”
  3. Deuteronomy 31:20 Or “fathers”
  4. Deuteronomy 31:20 Literally “he will eat and he will be satisfied”
  5. Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “he”
  6. Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “he”
  7. Deuteronomy 31:20 Hebrew “he”
  8. Deuteronomy 31:21 Literally “And it shall happen”
  9. Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “him”
  10. Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “him”
  11. Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “his offspring/descendant”
  12. Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “his”
  13. Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “he”
  14. Deuteronomy 31:21 Literally “the day”
  15. Deuteronomy 31:21 Hebrew “him”
  16. Deuteronomy 31:22 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors,(A) and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods(B) and worship them,(C) rejecting me and breaking my covenant.(D) 21 And when many disasters and calamities come on them,(E) this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do,(F) even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.” 22 So Moses wrote(G) down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.

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