Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Deuteronomy Chapter 31
Overview
Deu 31:1, Moses encourages the people; Deu 31:7, He encourages Joshua; Deu 31:9, He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year to the people; Deu 31:14, God gives a charge to Joshua; Deu 31:19, and a song to testify against the people; Deu 31:24, Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep; Deu 31:28, He makes a protestation.
I am an: The life of Moses, the great prophet of Jehovah and lawgiver of the Jews, was exactly the same in length as the time Noah employed in preaching righteousness to the antediluvian world. These one hundred and twenty years were divided into three remarkable periods. Forty years he lived in Egypt, in the court of Pharaoh, acquiring all the learning and wisdom of the Egyptians (Act 7:20, Act 7:23); forty years he sojourned in Midian, in a state of preparation for his great and important mission (Act 7:29, Act 7:30); and forty years he guided, led, and governed the Israelites under the express direction and authority of God. in all 120 years. Deu 34:7; Exo 7:7; Jos 14:10, Jos 14:11; Psa 90:10; Act 7:23
I can no more: Deu 34:7; Num 27:17; Sa2 21:17; Kg1 3:7
Thou shalt not: Deu 3:26, Deu 3:27, Deu 4:21, Deu 4:22, Deu 32:48-52; Num 20:12, Num 27:13, Num 27:14; Act 20:25; Pe2 1:13, Pe2 1:14
thy God: Deu 9:3; Gen 48:21; Psa 44:2, Psa 44:3, Psa 146:3-6
and Joshua: Deu 31:7, Deu 31:8, Deu 31:14, Deu 31:23, Deu 3:28, Deu 34:9; Num 27:18-21; Jos 1:2, Jos 3:7, Jos 4:14; Act 7:45; Heb 4:8, Jesus
Deu 2:33, Deu 3:3-11, Deu 3:21, Deu 7:2, Deu 7:16; Exo 23:28-31; Num 21:24-35
And the Lord: Deu 7:2, Deu 7:18
according: Deu 7:23-25, Deu 20:16, Deu 20:17; Exo 23:32, Exo 23:33, Exo 34:12-16; Num 33:52-56
Be strong: Deu 31:7, Deu 31:23, Deu 20:4; Jos 1:6, Jos 1:7, Jos 1:9, Jos 10:25; Ch1 22:13, Ch1 28:10, Ch1 28:20; Ch2 32:7; Psa 27:14; Isa 43:1-5; Hag 2:4; Zac 8:13; Co1 16:13; Eph 6:10; Ti2 2:1
fear not: Deu 1:29, Deu 7:18, Deu 20:1, Deu 20:3, Deu 20:4; Num 14:9; Psa 27:1; Isa 41:10, Isa 51:12; Luk 12:32; Rev 21:8
he will not fail: Deu 4:31; Jos 1:5; Ch1 28:20; Isa 41:13-17; Heb 13:5
Be strong: Deu 31:6, Deu 31:23, Deu 1:38, Deu 3:28; Jos 1:6; Dan 10:19; Eph 6:10
for thou must: Deu 31:3, Deu 1:38, Deu 3:28; Joh 1:17
he it is that: Deu 31:3, Deu 9:3; Exo 13:21, Exo 13:22, Exo 33:14
he will be: Deu 31:6; Jos 1:5, Jos 1:9; Ch1 28:20; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 43:1, Isa 43:2; Rom 8:31
Moses: Deu 31:22-24, Deu 31:28; Num 33:2; Dan 9:13; Mal 4:4; Mar 10:4, Mar 10:5, Mar 12:19; Luk 20:28; Joh 1:17, Joh 1:45, Joh 5:46
delivered: Deu 31:24-26, Deu 17:18
which bare: Num 4:15; Jos 3:3, Jos 3:14-17, Jos 6:12; Kg1 8:3; Ch1 15:2, Ch1 15:12-15
Deu 15:1, Deu 15:2; Lev 23:34-43
to appear: Deu 16:16, Deu 16:17; Exo 23:16, Exo 23:17, Exo 34:24; Psa 84:7
in the place: Deu 12:5
shalt read: Jos 8:34, Jos 8:35; Kg2 23:2; Neh 8:1-8, Neh 8:13, Neh 8:18, Neh 9:3; Luk 4:16, Luk 4:17; Act 13:15; Act 15:21
Gather: Deu 4:10
men: Deu 6:6, Deu 6:7; Ezr 10:1; Psa 19:7-11; Joh 5:39; Ti2 3:15-17
that they may: Deu 29:29; Psa 34:11-14
Deu 6:7, Deu 11:2; Psa 78:4-8; Pro 22:6; Eph 6:4
that thou must die: Deu 31:2, Deu 34:5; Num 27:13; Jos 23:14; Kg2 1:4; Ecc 9:5; Isa 38:1
I may give: Deu 31:23; Num 27:19, Num 27:20; Act 20:28-31; Ti2 4:1-4
presented: Exo 34:2; Jos 24:1; Sa1 10:19; Job 1:6, Job 2:1; Rom 12:1; Jde 1:24
Exo 33:9, Exo 33:10, Exo 40:38; Psa 99:7
thou shalt: Gen 25:8; Sa2 7:12; Isa 57:2; Act 13:36
sleep: Heb. lie down, Shochaiv, "lying down:" it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much stress cannot be safely laid upon this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of Moses, had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words thus: "Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy soul (nishmatoch) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life to come, with thy fathers." Job 20:11
and go a: Exo 32:6, Exo 34:15; Lev 20:3-6; Jdg 2:17-20; Psa 73:27, Psa 106:39; Isa 57:3-8; Jer 3:1-3; Eze 16:15, Eze 16:25-36, Eze 23:5-8, Eze 23:9-21; Hos 2:2-5; Rev 17:2-5, Rev 19:2
forsake me: Deu 32:15; Jdg 2:12, Jdg 10:6, Jdg 10:13; Jer 2:11-13
break my: Lev 26:15; Jdg 2:20; Jer 31:32
my anger: Deu 29:20, Deu 32:21, Deu 32:22; Jdg 2:14, Jdg 2:15; Psa 2:12, Psa 90:11
I will forsake: Ch1 28:9; Ch2 15:2; Jer 23:33, Jer 23:39; Hos 9:12
hide my face: Though this may allude to the withdrawing of the Shechinah, or visible appearance of Jehovah, yet the general meaning of the expression in Scripture is, the withdrawing of his approbation and protection, of which his visible appearance was formerly the sign and pledge. Deu 32:20; Job 13:24; Psa 27:9, Psa 30:7, Psa 89:46, Psa 104:29; Isa 8:17, Isa 64:7; Eze 39:23, Eze 39:24, Eze 39:29
befall them: Heb. find them, Neh 9:32 *marg. Job 34:11
Are not these: Deu 29:24-27; Num 14:42; Jdg 6:13; Isa 63:17
this song: Deu 31:22, Deu 31:30, 32:1-43, Deu 32:44, Deu 32:45
and teach it: Deu 4:9, Deu 4:10, Deu 6:7, Deu 11:19
put it in their: Exo 4:15; Sa2 14:3; Isa 51:16, Isa 59:21; Jer 1:9
a witness: Deu 31:21, Deu 31:26; Eze 2:5; Mat 10:18; Joh 12:48
when: Deu 6:10-12, Deu 7:1, Deu 8:7
eaten: Deu 8:10-14; Neh 9:25, Neh 9:26
waxen fat: Deu 32:15; Neh 9:25, Neh 9:26, Neh 9:35; Psa 17:10, Psa 73:7, Psa 119:70; Jer 5:28, Jer 50:11; Eze 34:16, Eze 34:20; Hos 13:6
this song: A sacred song, appointed to be composed by Moses, doubtless under divine inspiration; which the people were required to learn, and teach to their children from generation to generation. Deu 31:19
against: Heb. before
I know: Gen 6:5, Gen 8:21; Psa 139:2; Isa 46:10; Eze 38:10, Eze 38:11; Hos 5:3, Hos 13:5, Hos 13:6; Amo 5:25, Amo 5:26; Joh 2:24, Joh 2:25; Act 2:23, Act 4:28
go about: Heb. do
he gave Joshua: Deu 31:7, Deu 31:8, Deu 31:14; Jos 1:5-9
shalt bring: Deu 31:3, Deu 3:28; Act 7:45
writing the words: Deu 31:9, Deu 17:18
bare the ark: Deu 31:9
in the side: Kg1 8:9; Kg2 22:8-11; Ch2 34:14, Ch2 34:15
a witness: Deu 31:19; Kg2 22:8, Kg2 22:13-19; Rom 3:19, Rom 3:20; Gal 2:19
I know: Deu 32:20
stiff neck: Deu 9:6, Deu 32:20; Exo 32:8; Ch2 30:8; Psa 78:8; Isa 48:4; Act 7:51
ye have been: Deu 9:24
Gather unto me: Deu 31:12, Deu 29:10; Gen 49:1, Gen 49:2; Exo 18:25; Num 11:16, Num 11:17
call heaven: Deu 4:26, Deu 30:19, Deu 32:1; Isa 1:2; Luk 19:40
corrupt yourselves: Deu 32:5; Jdg 2:19; Isa 1:4; Hos 9:9; Act 20:30; Ti2 3:1-6; Pe2 1:14, Pe2 1:15; Pe2 2:1, Pe2 2:2
and evil: Deut. 28:15-68, Deu 29:18-28; Lev. 26:14-46; Ch2 34:24; Luk 19:42-44, Luk 21:24
the latter days: Deu 4:30; Gen 49:1; Job 19:25; Eze 38:8; Ti1 4:1; Ti2 3:1; Heb 1:2; Pe2 3:3