For the second time, God tells the people that even after they are cursed for their disobedience and all the horrible things outlined in the last section come to pass, God will still take them back when they decide to straighten up and follow the law again.
And speaking of the law, God preemptively rebuts a bunch of the arguments that I’m sure we’re going to be hearing before too long. No, the law is not too difficult for any man to follow; it is possible, so no excuses. Yes, this is the whole law, there are not missing sections hidden away in heaven or in a far away land. This is it, just do it and reap the rewards.
Moses wrote down all of the law, from beginning to end and had the Levites place his book with the Ark of the Covenant. He said it would serve as a witness against them since they had rebelled against the Lord so much with Moses around, he said it would be even worse after he’s gone. God came out and directly told Moses in the tent of meeting that Israel was going to screw this up and that He was going to turn his back on them all. Joshua was there for that meeting too, so that’s what he’s inheriting.
Moses is a hundred and twenty now and he has officially handed the reigns over to Joshua. Well, I guess really God has handed them over. So Moses’s last act before the heads of the tribes of Israel will be to recite this song…
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