Deuteronomio 31:2-8

2 y les dijo: Hoy tengo ciento veinte años; ya no puedo ir ni venir, y el SEÑOR me ha dicho: "No pasarás este Jordán."

3 El SEÑOR tu Dios pasará delante de ti; El destruirá estas naciones delante de ti y las desalojarás. Josué es el que pasará delante de ti, tal como el SEÑOR ha dicho.

4 Y el SEÑOR hará con ellos como hizo con Sehón y con Og, reyes de los amorreos, y con su tierra cuando El los destruyó.

5 Y los entregará el SEÑOR delante de vosotros y haréis con ellos conforme a los mandamientos que os he ordenado.

6 Sed firmes y valientes, no temáis ni os aterroricéis ante ellos, porque el SEÑOR tu Dios es el que va contigo; no te dejará ni te desamparará.

7 Entonces llamó Moisés a Josué y le dijo en presencia de todo Israel: Sé firme y valiente, porque tú entrarás con este pueblo en la tierra que el SEÑOR ha jurado a sus padres que les daría, y se la darás en heredad.

8 El SEÑOR irá delante de ti; El estará contigo, no te dejará ni te desamparará; no temas ni te acobardes.

Deuteronomio 31:2-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 31

Moses being old, and knowing he should quickly die, and must not go over Jordan with the people of Israel, acquaints them with it, and encourages them and Joshua to go over notwithstanding, and not be afraid of their enemies, since the Lord would go with them, and deliver them into their hands, De 31:1-8; and having written the law, he delivered it to the priests, and ordered that it should be read at the end of every seven years before all the people, that they and theirs might learn it, and fear the Lord, De 31:9-13; and whereas the death of Moses was very near, and the Lord foreseeing the people would quickly fall into idolatry, which would bring great calamities upon them, he directed Moses to write a song, which should be a witness for him, and against them, in ages to come; which Moses accordingly did, De 31:14-22; and Moses having given a charge to Joshua, and finished the writing of the law in a book, gave it to the Levites to put it in the side of the ark, De 31:23-27; and then ordered the chief of the tribes to be gathered together, that he might deliver the song, which by the direction and under the inspiration of God he had written, De 31:28-30; which song is recorded in De 32:1-43.