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Numbers 34

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¹ The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down [in death] with your fathers; and this people will arise and[3] play the prostitute (commit apostasy) with the foreign gods [of the people] of the land, where they go to be among them. They will abandon (turn away from) Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.

² Then My anger will be kindled and burn against them in that day, and I will abandon (turn away from) them and hide My face from them. They will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them, so that they will say in that day, 'Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?'

³ But I will certainly hide My face [from them] in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods [to worship lifeless idols, to honor handmade relics].

⁴ "Now then, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouth, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.

⁵ For when I bring them into the land which I have sworn to their fathers, a land [of plenty][4] flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise and reject Me and break My covenant.

⁶ Then it shall come about, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this [sacred] song will confront them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten from the mouth of their descendants. For I know their inclination which is developing even now, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn to give them."

⁷ So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.

⁸ Then He commanded and commissioned Joshua, the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to give them, and I will be with you."

⁹ And when Moses completely finished writing the words of this law in a book,

¹⁰ he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

¹¹ Take this Book of the Law and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you. For I know your rebellion and contention and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the LORD; how much more, then, after my death? Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them. For I know that after my death you will behave corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will come upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.

¹² Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended:

¹³ "Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

¹⁴ "Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the light rain upon the tender grass, And as the spring showers upon the herb.

¹⁵ "For I proclaim the name [and presence] of the LORD; Ascribe greatness and honor to our God!

¹⁶ "The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice), Just and upright is He.

¹⁷ "They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him. They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.

¹⁸ "Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]? He has made you and established you [as a nation].

¹⁹ "Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you.

²⁰ "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.

²¹ "For the Lord's portion and chosen share is His people; Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.

²² "He found him in a desert land, In the howling wasteland of a wilderness; He kept circling him, He took care of him, He protected him as the[1] apple of His eye.

²³ "As an eagle that protects its nest, That flutters over its young, He spread out His wings and took them, He carried them on His pinions.

²⁴ "So the LORD alone led him; There was no foreign god with him.

²⁵ "He made him (Israel) ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And [olive] oil from the flinty rock,

²⁶ Butter and curds of cows, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of grapes.

²⁷ "But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God]. You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate! Then he abandoned God who had made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

²⁸ "They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods [by denying Him the honor and loyalty that is rightfully and uniquely His]; And with repulsive acts they provoked Him to anger.

²⁹ "They sacrificed to demons, not to God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers never feared.

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1	The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down [in death] with your fathers; and this people will arise and[3] play the prostitute (commit apostasy) with the foreign gods [of the people] of the land, where they go to be among them. They will abandon (turn away from) Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.
2	Then My anger will be kindled and burn against them in that day, and I will abandon (turn away from) them and hide My face from them. They will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them, so that they will say in that day, 'Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?'
3	But I will certainly hide My face [from them] in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods [to worship lifeless idols, to honor handmade relics].
4	"Now then, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouth, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.
5	For when I bring them into the land which I have sworn to their fathers, a land [of plenty][4] flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise and reject Me and break My covenant.
6	Then it shall come about, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this [sacred] song will confront them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten from the mouth of their descendants. For I know their inclination which is developing even now, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn to give them."
7	So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
8	Then He commanded and commissioned Joshua, the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to give them, and I will be with you."
9	And when Moses completely finished writing the words of this law in a book,
10	he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
11	Take this Book of the Law and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you. For I know your rebellion and contention and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the LORD; how much more, then, after my death? Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them. For I know that after my death you will behave corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will come upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.
12	Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended:
13	"Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
14	"Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the light rain upon the tender grass, And as the spring showers upon the herb.
15	"For I proclaim the name [and presence] of the LORD; Ascribe greatness and honor to our God!
16	"The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice), Just and upright is He.
17	"They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him. They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.
18	"Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]? He has made you and established you [as a nation].
19	"Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you.
20	"When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.
21	"For the Lord's portion and chosen share is His people; Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.
22	"He found him in a desert land, In the howling wasteland of a wilderness; He kept circling him, He took care of him, He protected him as the[1] apple of His eye.
23	"As an eagle that protects its nest, That flutters over its young, He spread out His wings and took them, He carried them on His pinions.
24	"So the LORD alone led him; There was no foreign god with him.
25	"He made him (Israel) ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And [olive] oil from the flinty rock,
26	Butter and curds of cows, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of grapes.
27	"But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God]. You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate! Then he abandoned God who had made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
28	"They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods [by denying Him the honor and loyalty that is rightfully and uniquely His]; And with repulsive acts they provoked Him to anger.
29	"They sacrificed to demons, not to God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers never feared.

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