Deuteronomy 31:7

31:7 Then Moses called out to Joshua ¹  in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the Lord promised to give their ancestors, ²  and you will enable them to inherit it.

Deuteronomy 31:16

31:16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die, ³  and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they ⁴  are going. They ⁵  will reject ⁶  me and break my covenant that I have made with them. ⁷ 

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¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 20).

³ tn Heb “lie down with your fathers” (so NASB); NRSV “ancestors.”

⁴ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style. The third person singular also occurs in the Hebrew text twice more in this verse, three times in v. 17, once in v. 18, five times in v. 20, and four times in v. 21. Each time it is translated as third person plural for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁶ tn Or “abandon” (TEV, NLT).

⁷ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.