KJV King James Version
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.
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Deuteronomy 31:28
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
WEB World English Bible
Assemble to 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 witness against them.
ASV American Standard Version
Assemble 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 witness against them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your authorities, and I speak in their ears these words, and cause to testify against them the heavens and the earth,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 31
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.
30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
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הַקְהִ֧ילוּH6950 · qa.halto gatherאֵלַ֛יH413 · elto(wards)אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallזִקְנֵ֥יH2205 · za.qenold: elderשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖םH7626 · she.vettribe: staffוְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶ֑םH7860 · sho.terofficialוַאֲדַבְּרָ֣הH1696 · da.varto speak: speakבְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗םH241 · o.zenearאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]הַדְּבָרִ֣יםH1697 · da.varwordהָאֵ֔לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseוְאָעִ֣ידָהH5749 · udto upholdבָּ֔םH9038 · hemthemאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:Luke 19:40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.Deuteronomy 29:10Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel,Genesis 49:1-2And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the last days.Deuteronomy 31:12Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that [is] within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:Numbers 11:16-17And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.Exodus 18:25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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