Deuteronomy 31:13 (DRB)

Passage

That their children also, who now are ignorant, may hear, and fear the Lord their God, all the days that they live in the land whither you are going over the Jordan to possess it.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:11 When all Israel come together, to appear in the sight of the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou shalt read the words of this law before all Israel, in their hearing.

Deuteronomy 31:12 And the people being all assembled together, both men and women, children and strangers, that are within thy gates: that hearing they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and keep, and fulfil all the words of this law:

Deuteronomy 31:13 That their children also, who now are ignorant, may hear, and fear the Lord their God, all the days that they live in the land whither you are going over the Jordan to possess it.

Deuteronomy 31:14 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold the days of thy death are nigh: call Josue, and stand ye in the tabernacle of the testimony, that I may give him a charge. So Moses and Josue went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony:

Deuteronomy 31:15 And the Lord appeared there in the pillar of a cloud, which stood in the entry of the tabernacle.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "ignorant", "hear", "fear", "lord", "days", "live", and "land". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "ignorant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And the people being all assembled together..." into verse 14's "And the Lord said to Moses Behold...", so "children" and "ignorant" 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 "children" and "ignorant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.