23 ^vAnd the Lord¹ commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, ^w“Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. ^xI will be with you.”

24 When Moses had finished ^ywriting the words of this law in a book to the very end, 25 Moses commanded ^zthe Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, 26 “Take this Book of the Law ^aand put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for ^ba witness against you. 27 For I know how rebellious and ^cstubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, ^dyou have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death! 28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak ^ethese words in their ears and ^fcall heaven and earth to witness against them. 29 For I know that after my death ^gyou will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And ^hin the days to come ⁱevil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, ^jprovoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”

30 Then Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished, in the ears of all the assembly of Israel: