Deuteronomy 31:20 meaning and explanation

When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

Deuteronomy 31:20, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse God is speaking to Moses at the Tent of Meeting, shortly before Moses dies and Joshua succeeds him. God has just said the people will turn to foreign gods after Moses' death, and here He explains the sequence: He will bring them into the land sworn to the patriarchs, a land flowing with milk and honey, where they will eat their fill and prosper.

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