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Deuteronomy 31:11 when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
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Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/31.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/31.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the LORD your God at the place he chooses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this Law before all Israel so that they hear <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before Yahweh your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this law before all [the people of] Israel so that they may hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel assembles in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he chooses, you are to read this law aloud before all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel assembles in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He chooses, you are to read this law aloud before all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />all the Israelites will come into the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose. Read these teachings so that they can hear them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Read it to the people of Israel when they come to worship the LORD your God at the one place of worship. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />when all of Israel comes to appear in the presence of the LORD your God at the place that he'll choose, read this Law aloud to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel has come to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel has come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of YHWH in the place which He chooses, you proclaim this law before all Israel in their ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of Jehovah in the place which He chooseth, thou dost proclaim this law before all Israel, in their ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the coming of all Israel to see the face of Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their ears.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When all Israel come together, to appear in the sight of the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou shalt read the words of this law before all Israel, in their hearing, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />when all of Israel has convened in order to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord will choose, you shall read the words of this law before all of Israel, in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />when all Israel goes to appear before the LORD, your God, in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law aloud in the presence of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />When all Israel comes to appear before LORD JEHOVAH your God in the place He has chosen, read this Written Law before all Israel into their ears.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />when all Israel come together to appear before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord shall choose, ye shall read this law before all Israel in their ears,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=8681" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/31.htm">The Reading of the Law</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">when all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: lê·rā·’ō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Nifal-Inf) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bə·ḇō·w (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">comes</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bam·mā·qō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">at the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: yiḇ·ḥār (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">He will choose,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: tiq·rā (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">you are to read</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: hat·tō·w·rāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">law</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: bə·’ā·zə·nê·hem (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 3mp) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">in the hearing</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/8-34.htm">Joshua 8:34-35</a></span><br />Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. / There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-3</a></span><br />At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-2.htm">2 Kings 23:2</a></span><br />And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-30.htm">2 Chronicles 34:30</a></span><br />And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/7-10.htm">Ezra 7:10</a></span><br />For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-8.htm">Nehemiah 8:8</a></span><br />So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-9.htm">2 Chronicles 17:9</a></span><br />They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-3.htm">2 Chronicles 15:3</a></span><br />For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-8.htm">2 Kings 22:8-11</a></span><br />Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it. / And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.” / Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-18.htm">2 Chronicles 34:18-19</a></span><br />Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king. / When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-15.htm">Acts 13:15</a></span><br />After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-16.htm">Luke 4:16-17</a></span><br />Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read, / the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-21.htm">Acts 15:21</a></span><br />For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/4-16.htm">Colossians 4:16</a></span><br />After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-27.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:27</a></span><br />I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.</p><p class="hdg">to appear</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16,17</a></b></br> Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16,17</a></b></br> And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, <i>which is</i> in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-24.htm">Exodus 34:24</a></b></br> For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.</p><p class="hdg">in the place</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a></b></br> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, <i>even</i> unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:</p><p class="hdg">thou </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/8-34.htm">Joshua 8:34,35</a></b></br> And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/23-2.htm">2 Kings 23:2</a></b></br> And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-8,13,18</a></b></br> And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that <i>was</i> before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/19-17.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-16.htm">Chooseth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-4.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-4.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">Law</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-13.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-19.htm">Read</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-19.htm">Reading</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/13-21.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/joshua/3-12.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/joshua/8-3.htm">Chooseth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-12.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-24.htm">Law</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-3.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/joshua/8-34.htm">Read</a> <a href="/joshua/8-35.htm">Reading</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-1.htm">Moses encourages the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-7.htm">He encourages Joshua</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-14.htm">God gives a charge to Joshua</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-19.htm">and a song to testify against the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-24.htm">Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">He makes a protestation</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for "comes" (יָבוֹא, yavo) implies a gathering or assembling, which is significant in the context of covenant renewal. Historically, this gathering would have been a momentous occasion, reinforcing the communal aspect of worship and obedience to God. It underscores the importance of community in the life of faith, where the entire nation is called to participate in the covenant relationship with God.<p><b>before the LORD your God</b><br />The phrase "before the LORD" (לִפְנֵי יְהוָה, lifnei YHWH) indicates a position of reverence and accountability. It suggests that the gathering is not merely a social or cultural event but a sacred assembly in the presence of God. This highlights the theocratic nature of Israel's society, where God is the ultimate authority. The phrase also serves as a reminder of God's omnipresence and the need for the Israelites to live their lives with an awareness of His constant presence.<p><b>at the place He will choose</b><br />This refers to the centralization of worship, which would later be established in Jerusalem with the building of the Temple. The phrase underscores God's sovereignty in determining the place of worship, which is a recurring theme in Deuteronomy. It reflects the idea that worship is not based on human preference but on divine command. Historically, this would have been a unifying factor for the tribes of Israel, drawing them to a single location to worship the one true God.<p><b>you are to read this law</b><br />The command to "read this law" (תִּקְרָא אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת, tikra et-haTorah hazot) emphasizes the importance of Scripture in the life of the community. The public reading of the law was a means of ensuring that all Israelites, regardless of literacy, had access to God's commandments. This practice highlights the foundational role of God's Word in guiding the moral and spiritual life of the nation. It also serves as a reminder of the covenant obligations and the need for continual renewal and commitment to God's statutes.<p><b>before them in their hearing</b><br />The phrase "in their hearing" (בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם, be'ozneihem) indicates that the law was to be proclaimed audibly to ensure that everyone could hear and understand it. This reflects the oral tradition of the time, where hearing was a primary means of learning and retaining information. It underscores the importance of active listening and engagement with God's Word. The public reading served as a communal affirmation of the covenant and a collective commitment to live according to God's laws. This practice would have reinforced the shared identity and purpose of the Israelites as God's chosen people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">when all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comes</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּב֣וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the place</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמָּק֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He will choose,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבְחָ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(yiḇ·ḥār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to read</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּקְרָ֞א</span> <span class="translit">(tiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֛את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">law</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתּוֹרָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tō·w·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the hearing</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאָזְנֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·zə·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Broadness, the ear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear (Deut. 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