^{7 Ref} Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.

^{8 Ref} It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you, he will not take away his help from you or give you up: so have no fear.

^{9 Ref} Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.

^{10 Ref} And Moses said to them, At the end of every seven years, at the time fixed for the ending of debts, at the feast of tents,

^{11 Ref} When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.

^{12 Ref} Make all the people come together, men and women and children, and anyone from another country who is with you, so that hearing they may become wise in the fear of the Lord your God, and take care to do all the words of this law;

^{13 Ref} And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

^{14 Ref} At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.

^{15 Ref} And the Lord was seen in the Tent in a pillar of cloud resting by the door of the Tent.

^{16 Ref} And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have made with them.

^{17 Ref} In that day my wrath will be moved against them, and I will be turned away from them, veiling my face from them, and destruction will overtake them, and unnumbered evils and troubles will come on them; so that in that day they will say, Have not these evils come on us because our God is not with us?