Deuteronomy 31:5 (DRB)

Passage

Therefore when the Lord shall have delivered these also to you, you shall do in like manner to them as I have commanded you.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:3 The Lord thy God then will pass over before thee: he will destroy all these nations in thy sight, and thou shalt possess them: and this Josue shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 31:4 And the Lord shall do to them as he did to Sehon and Og the kings of the Amorrhites, and to their land, and shall destroy them.

Deuteronomy 31:5 Therefore when the Lord shall have delivered these also to you, you shall do in like manner to them as I have commanded you.

Deuteronomy 31:6 Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee.

Deuteronomy 31:7 And Moses called Josue, and said to him before all Israel: Take courage, and be valiant: for thou shalt bring this people into the land which the Lord swore he would give to their fathers, and thou shalt divide it by lot.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "lord", "shall", "delivered", "like", "manner", and "commanded". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And the Lord shall do to them..." into verse 6's "Do manfully and be of good heart...", so "therefore" and "lord" 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 "therefore" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.