KJV King James Version
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
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Deuteronomy 31:26
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
WEB World English Bible
“Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
ASV American Standard Version
Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 31
23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
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לָקֹ֗חַH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]סֵ֤פֶרH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentהַתּוֹרָה֙H8451 · to.rahinstructionהַזֶּ֔הH2088 · zehthisוְשַׂמְתֶּ֣םH7760 · sumto set: makeאֹת֔וֹH853 · et[Obj.]מִצַּ֛דH6654 · tsadsideאֲר֥וֹןH727 · a.ronarkבְּרִית־H1285 · be.ritcovenantיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑םH430 · e.lo.himGodוְהָֽיָה־H1961 · ha.yahto beשָׁ֥םH8033 · shamthereבְּךָ֖H9031 · kayouלְעֵֽד׃H5707 · edwitness
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 31:19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.Romans 3:19-20Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.2 Chronicles 34:14-15And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD [given] by Moses.1 Kings 8:9[There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.2 Kings 22:8-11And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.2 Kings 22:13-19Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.Galatians 2:19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
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