24. Moses wrote God's Law in a book, taking care not to leave out anything.
25. When he finished, he said to the levitical priests, who were in charge of the Lord's Covenant Box,
26. “Take this book of God's Law and place it beside the Covenant Box of the Lord your God, so that it will remain there as a witness against his people.
27. I know how stubborn and rebellious they are. They have rebelled against the Lord during my lifetime, and they will rebel even more after I am dead.
28. Assemble all your tribal leaders and officials before me, so that I can tell them these things; I will call heaven and earth to be my witnesses against them.
29. I know that after my death the people will become wicked and reject what I have taught them. And in time to come they will meet with disaster, because they will have made the Lord angry by doing what he has forbidden.”
30. Then Moses recited the entire song while all the people of Israel listened.