Deuteronomy 31:15 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Deuteronomy 31:16 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people rising up will go a fornicating after strange gods in the land, to which it goeth in to dwell: there will they forsake me, and will make void the covenant, which I have made with them,

Deuteronomy 31:17 And my wrath shall be kindled against them in that day: and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured: all evils and afflictions shall find them, so that they shall say in that day: In truth it is because God is not with me, that these evils have found me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "appeared", "pillar", "cloud", "stood", "entry", and "tabernacle". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "appeared", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And the Lord said to Moses Behold..." into verse 16's "And the Lord said to Moses Behold...", so "lord" and "appeared" 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 "lord" and "appeared" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.