22. Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the Israelites. [Deut. 32:1-43.]
23. And [the Lord] charged Joshua son of Nun, Be strong and courageous and firm, for you shall bring the Israelites into the land which I swore to give them, and I will be with you.
24. And when Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book to the very end,
25. He commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
26. Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
27. For I know your rebellion and stubbornness; behold, while I am yet alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death!
28. Gather to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
29. For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands.
30. And Moses spoke in the hearing of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song until they were ended: