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id="start-Deuteronomy.32.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let my teaching fall like rain</p><p class="poem">and my word settle like dew,</p><p class="poem">like gentle rain on new grass</p><p class="poem">and showers on tender plants.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I will proclaim the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>&#8217;s name.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Declare the greatness of our God!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The Rock<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a>&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;his work is perfect;</p><p class="poem">all his ways are just.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">A faithful God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> without bias,</p><p class="poem">he is righteous and true.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>His people have acted corruptly toward him;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">this is their defect<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a>&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;they are not his children</p><p class="poem">but a devious and crooked generation.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Is this how you repay the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">you foolish and senseless people?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Isn&#8217;t he your Father and Creator?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">Didn&#8217;t he make you and sustain you?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Remember the days of old;</p><p class="poem">consider the years of past generations.</p><p class="poem">Ask your father, and he will tell you,</p><p class="poem">your elders, and they will teach you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and divided the human race,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he set the boundaries of the peoples<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">according to the number of the people of Israel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.8.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>&#8217;s portion is his people,</p><p class="poem">Jacob, his own inheritance.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He found him in a desolate land,</p><p class="poem">in a barren, howling wilderness;</p><p class="poem">he surrounded him, cared for him,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and protected him as the pupil of his eye.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He watches over<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> his nest like an eagle</p><p class="poem">and hovers over his young;</p><p class="poem">he spreads his wings, catches him,</p><p class="poem">and carries him on his feathers.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> alone led him,</p><p class="poem">with no help from a foreign god.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He made him ride on the heights of the land<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and eat the produce of the field.</p><p class="poem">He nourished him with honey from the rock</p><p class="poem">and oil from flinty rock,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>curds from the herd and milk from the flock,</p><p class="poem">with the fat of lambs,</p><p class="poem">rams from Bashan,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and goats,</p><p class="poem">with the choicest grains of wheat;</p><p class="poem">you drank wine from the finest grapes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Jeshurun<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.15.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> became fat and rebelled &#8212;</p><p class="poem">you became fat, bloated, and gorged.</p><p class="poem">He abandoned the God who made him</p><p class="poem">and scorned the Rock of his salvation.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They provoked his jealousy with different gods;</p><p class="poem">they enraged him with detestable practices.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They sacrificed to demons, not God,</p><p class="poem">to gods they had not known,</p><p class="poem">new gods that had just arrived,</p><p class="poem">which your ancestors did not fear.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You ignored the Rock who gave you birth;</p><p class="poem">you forgot the God who gave birth to you.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> saw this, he despised them,</p><p class="poem">angered by his sons and daughters.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He said, &#8220;I will hide my face from them;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I will see what will become of them,</p><p class="poem">for they are a perverse generation &#8212;</p><p class="poem">unfaithful children.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They have provoked my jealousy</p><p class="poem">with what is not a god;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">they have enraged me with their worthless idols.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">So I will provoke their jealousy</p><p class="poem">with what is not a people;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.21.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">I will enrage them with a foolish nation.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For fire has been kindled because of my anger</p><p class="poem">and burns to the depths of Sheol;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">it devours the land and its produce,</p><p class="poem">and scorches the foundations of the mountains.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>&#8220;I will pile disasters on them;</p><p class="poem">I will use up my arrows against them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They will be weak from hunger,</p><p class="poem">ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;</p><p class="poem">I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs,</p><p class="poem">as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Outside, the sword will take their children,</p><p class="poem">and inside, there will be terror;</p><p class="poem">the young man and the young woman will be killed,</p><p class="poem">the infant and the gray-haired man.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>&#8220;I would have said: I will cut them to pieces<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.26.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and blot out the memory of them from mankind,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>if I had not feared provocation from the enemy,</p><p class="poem">or feared that these foes might misunderstand</p><p class="poem">and say, &#8216;Our own hand has prevailed;</p><p class="poem">it wasn&#8217;t the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> who did all this.&#8217; &#8221;</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Israel is a nation lacking sense</p><p class="poem">with no understanding at all.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>If only they were wise, they would comprehend this;</p><p class="poem">they would understand their fate.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>How could one pursue a thousand,</p><p class="poem">or two put ten thousand to flight,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">unless their Rock had sold them,</p><p class="poem">unless the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> had given them up?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.30.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But their &#8220;rock&#8221; is not like our Rock,</p><p class="poem">as even our enemies concede.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For their vine is from the vine of Sodom</p><p class="poem">and from the fields of Gomorrah.</p><p class="poem">Their grapes are poisonous;</p><p class="poem">their clusters are bitter.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Their wine is serpents&#8217; venom,</p><p class="poem">the deadly poison of cobras.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>&#8220;Is it not stored up with me,</p><p class="poem">sealed up in my vaults?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Vengeance and retribution belong to me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.35.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">In time their foot will slip,</p><p class="poem">for their day of disaster is near,</p><p class="poem">and their doom is coming quickly.&#8221;</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will indeed vindicate his people</p><p class="poem">and have compassion on his servants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">when he sees that their strength is gone</p><p class="poem">and no one is left&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;slave or free.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.36.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>He will say, &#8220;Where are their gods,</p><p class="poem">the &#8216;rock&#8217; they found refuge in?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Who ate the fat of their sacrifices</p><p class="poem">and drank the wine of their drink offerings?</p><p class="poem">Let them rise up and help you;</p><p class="poem">let it<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.38.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> be a shelter for you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>See now that I alone am he;</p><p class="poem">there is no God but me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I bring death and I give life;</p><p class="poem">I wound and I heal.</p><p class="poem">No one can rescue anyone from my power.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.39.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>I raise my hand to heaven and declare:</p><p class="poem">As surely as I live forever,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>when I sharpen my flashing sword,</p><p class="poem">and my hand takes hold of judgment,</p><p class="poem">I will take vengeance on my adversaries</p><p class="poem">and repay those who hate me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>I will make my arrows drunk with blood</p><p class="poem">while my sword devours flesh &#8212;</p><p class="poem">the blood of the slain and the captives,</p><p class="poem">the heads of the enemy leaders.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.42.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Rejoice, you nations, concerning his people,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.43.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.43.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for he will avenge the blood of his servants.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.43.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">He will take vengeance on his adversaries;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.43.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.43.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">he will purify his land and his people.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.43.4"><span class="fnAlphabet">D</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Moses came with Joshua<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Deuteronomy.32.44.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the presence of the people. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>After Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.46" /> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>he said to them, &#8220;Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.46.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.46.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.47" /> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.47.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.&#8221;</p><h3 class="head1">Moses&#8217;s Impending Death</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.48" /> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>On that same day the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> spoke to Moses,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.48.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.49" /> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>&#8220;Go up Mount Nebo<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.49.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in the Abarim range in the land of Moab, across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan I am giving the Israelites as a possession. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.50" /> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Then you will die on the mountain that you go up, and you will be gathered to your people,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.50.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.50.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.51" /> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>For both of you broke faith with me among the Israelites at the Waters of Meribath-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin by failing to treat me as holy in their presence. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Deuteronomy.32.52" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Although from a distance you will view the land that I am giving the Israelites, you will not go there.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Deuteronomy.32.52.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Deuteronomy.32" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.5">32:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">him; through their fault</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.6">32:6</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Possessor</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.8">32:8</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Most High divided the nations</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.8.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.8">32:8</a></span> One DSS reads <span class="italic">number of the sons of God</span> ; LXX reads <span class="italic">number of the angels of God</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.11">32:11</a></span> Or <span class="italic">He stirs up</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.14">32:14</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">drank the blood of grapes, fermenting wine</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.15">32:15</a></span> DSS, Sam, LXX add <span class="italic">Jacob ate his fill;</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.15.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.15">32:15</a></span> = Upright One, referring to Israel</aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.21">32:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">with no gods</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.21.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.21">32:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">with no people</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.26.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.26">32:26</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">will scatter them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.35.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.35">32:35</a></span> MT; LXX, reads <span class="italic">On a day of vengeance I will repay.</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.36.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.36">32:36</a></span> Or <span class="italic">left&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;even the weak and impaired</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.38.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.38">32:38</a></span> Sam, LXX, Tg, Vg read <span class="italic">them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.42.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.42">32:42</a></span> Or <span class="italic">the long-haired heads of the enemy</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.43.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.43">32:43</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">Rejoice, you heavens, along with him, and let all the sons of God worship him; rejoice, you nations, with his people, and let all the angels of God strengthen themselves in him</span> ; DSS read <span class="italic">Rejoice, you heavens, along with him, and let all the angels worship him</span> ; Heb 1:6</aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.43.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.43">32:43</a></span> DSS, LXX read <span class="italic">sons</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.43.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.43">32:43</a></span> DSS, LXX add <span class="italic">and he will repay those who hate him</span> ; v. 41</aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.43.4"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.43">32:43</a></span> Syr, Tg; DSS, Sam, LXX, Vg read <span class="italic">his people&#8217;s land</span></aside><aside id="fn.Deuteronomy.32.44.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.44">32:44</a></span> LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads <span class="italic">Hoshea</span> ; Nm 13:8,16</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Deuteronomy.32" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.1">32:1</a></span> Jdg 5:3; Pr 4:20; Is 1:2; 28:23; 34:1; 49:1; Mc 1:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.3">32:3</a></span> Ex 33:19; Ps 22:22; 71:16,18; 89:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.4">32:4</a></span> Gn 49:24; Dt 32:15,18,30&#8211;31; 1Sm 23:28; 2Sm 23:3; Is 30:29; 44:8; Hab 1:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.4">32:4</a></span> 2Sm 22:31; Ps 10:5; 18:30; 25:10; 145:17; Lm 1:18; Dn 4:37</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.4">32:4</a></span> Dt 7:9; Ps 59:10,17</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.5">32:5</a></span> Ex 32:7; Dt 4:16,25; 9:12; Jdg 2:19; Neh 1:7; Zph 3:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.5">32:5</a></span> Dt 32:20; Ps 78:8; Jr 2:31; Mt 11:16; 12:39; 16:4; 17:7; Ac 2:40; Php 2:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.6">32:6</a></span> Jr 4:22; 5:21; 10:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.6">32:6</a></span> Mal 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.8">32:8</a></span> Gn 11:1&#8211;9</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.8">32:8</a></span> Ac 17:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.9">32:9</a></span> Nm 18:20; Dt 10:9; Zch 2:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.10">32:10</a></span> Ezk 16:6&#8211;14</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.10">32:10</a></span> Pr 7:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.11">32:11</a></span> Ex 19:4; Ps 91:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.13">32:13</a></span> Is 58:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.14">32:14</a></span> Ps 22:12; Ezk 39:18; Am 4:1; Mc 7:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.15">32:15</a></span> Is 44:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.16">32:16</a></span> Ex 20:5; 34:14; Dt 4:24; 5:9; 6:15; 29:20; Jos 24:19; 1Kg 14:22; Ps 78:58; Nah 1:2; Zph 1:18; 3:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.17">32:17</a></span> Ps 106:37; 1Co 10:19&#8211;20</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.20">32:20</a></span> Dt 31:17&#8211;18; Jb 13:24; 34:29; Ps 10:11; 13:1; 22:24; 27:9; 30:7; 69:17; 88:14; 102:2; 104:29; 143:7; Is 8:17; 54:8; 59:2; 64:7; Jr 33:5; Ezk 39:23&#8211;24; 39:29; Mc 3:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.21">32:21</a></span> 1Kg 16:13,26; 2Kg 17:15; Jr 10:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.21">32:21</a></span> Dt 32:6; Ps 74:18; Rm 10:19; 11:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.22">32:22</a></span> Ps 86:13; Pr 9:18; Is 7:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.22">32:22-25</a></span> Is 5:8&#8211;30; Jr 9:17&#8211;21</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.26">32:26</a></span> Ex 17:14; Dt 9:14; 25:19; 29:20; 2Kg 14:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.28">32:28</a></span> Is 44:19; Jr 29:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.30">32:30</a></span> Lv 26:36</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.30.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.30">32:30</a></span> Ps 127:1; Lm 3:37; Mk 13:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.33">32:33</a></span> Jb 20:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.35">32:35</a></span> 1Sm 24:12; 2Sm 22:48; Jr 11:20; 51:36; Nah 1:2; Rm 12:19; Heb 10:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.36">32:36</a></span> Ps 135:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.39">32:39</a></span> Is 40:25; 43:11&#8211;13; 46:9; Ezk 36:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.39.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.39">32:39</a></span> Dt 30:15,19; 1Sm 2:6&#8211;8; 4:8; Jr 21:8; Hs 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.43.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.43">32:43</a></span> Rm 15:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.43.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.43">32:43</a></span> Ps 79:10; Jr 46:10; Mc 5:15; Nah 1:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.46.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.46">32:46</a></span> Dt 11:18; Ezk 3:10; Mal 2:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.46.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.46">32:46</a></span> Dt 29:29; 31:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.47.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.47">32:47</a></span> Dt 30:20; Pr 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.48.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.48">32:48-51</a></span> Nm 27:12&#8211;14</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.49.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.49">32:49</a></span> Dt 34:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.50.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.50">32:50</a></span> Gn 25:8,17; 35:29; 49:33; Nm 27:13; 31:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.50.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Deuteronomy.32.50">32:50</a></span> Nm 20:22&#8211;29</aside><aside id="xrf.Deuteronomy.32.52.1"><span 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