Deuteronomy 31:11 (ASV)

Passage

when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

Deuteronomy 31:11 when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

Deuteronomy 31:12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;

Deuteronomy 31:13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "israel", "come", "appear", "before", "jehovah", "place", "shall", and "choose". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "israel" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And Moses commanded them saying At the..." into verse 12's "Assemble the people the men and the...", so "israel" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "israel" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.