Deuteronomy 31:16 meaning and explanation
And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
Deuteronomy 31:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD speaks these words to Moses at the Tent of Meeting, where Moses has come with Joshua to hand over leadership before his death. God tells Moses plainly what will follow: Israel will "rest with their fathers," a phrase for death and burial with ancestors, and the people will soon go after the gods of Canaan.
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