Deuteronomio 31:23

23 Y el SEÑOR le dio a Josué hijo de Nun esta orden: «Esfuérzate y sé valiente, porque tú conducirás a los israelitas al territorio que juré darles, y yo mismo estaré contigo».

Deuteronomio 31:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 31:23

And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge
It may be a question who gave this charge, the Lord or Moses; according to the connection of the words with the preceding, it seems to be the latter; for the immediate antecedent to the relative he is Moses, and so the Septuagint interpreters understand it; but then they are obliged to read some following clauses different from the original, as, instead of "I swear", they read "the Lord sware"; and the last clause they read, "and he shall be with thee"; but Aben Ezra gives the same sense without departing from the common and genuine reading, supposing that Moses gave the charge in the name and by the authority of the Lord; his words are,

``he gave charge by the commandment of the Lord, therefore he saith, "which I sware unto them";''

but it seems best to understand this of the Lord himself, since he ordered Moses and Joshua to present themselves before him, that he might give the latter a charge, ( Deuteronomy 31:14 ) ; and the language of the following clauses best agrees with him:

and said, be strong and of a good courage; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 31:6); (See Gill on Deuteronomy 31:7);

for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I
sware unto them; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 31:7);

and I will be with thee; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 31:8); the Targum of Jonathan is,

``my Word shall be thy help.''

Deuteronomio 31:23 In-Context

21 Y cuando les sobrevengan muchos desastres y adversidades, este cántico servirá de testimonio contra ellos, porque sus descendientes lo recordarán y lo cantarán. Yo sé lo que mi pueblo piensa hacer, aun antes de introducirlo en el territorio que juré darle».

22 Entonces Moisés escribió ese cántico aquel día, y se lo enseñó a los israelitas.

23 Y el SEÑOR le dio a Josué hijo de Nun esta orden: «Esfuérzate y sé valiente, porque tú conducirás a los israelitas al territorio que juré darles, y yo mismo estaré contigo».

24 Moisés terminó de escribir en un libro todas las palabras de esta ley.

25 Luego dio esta orden a los levitas que transportaban el arca del pacto del SEÑOR: