In this video listen to Deuteronomy 31 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Deuteronomy 31 Moses is probably just a few days from death, and Joshua who has been hugely faithful (a picture of Christ in name and life) is about to lead them. The language in this chapter has changed and no longer sounds like a speech. It's back to narrative like in the earlier books.

In verse 2 Moses says he cannot go in or come out. Some people think Moses is old and frail, but later in chapter 34:7 he says his eye wasn’t dim and his vigor unabated. It just means God wouldn’t allow him to go on - he wasn’t limited by ability but by permission. In verses 9-13 it outlines how the Israelites were to read the book of the law every seven years.

God thus established a system where everyone would hear the words of the Lord regularly, a ...