Numbers 33

55–56 These instructions were followed by a severe warning: if the Israelites failed to drive the Canaanites out of the land, the Israelites would become so corrupted by them that God would end up having to drive the Israelites out instead!¹⁰⁴ And sadly, this very thing eventually came to pass. The same applies to us today: if we do not drive sin out, sin will soon drive us out—out of God’s will, out of God’s blessing.

There remained one final, major set of instructions to be given to the Israelites on the plains of Moab: the entire book of Deuteronomy. It was in these final days of Moses’ life that he wrote the book of Deuteronomy and presented it to the people.