Deuteronomy 31:10 (LSB)

Passage

Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of the remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths,

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:8 And Yahweh is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Deuteronomy 31:9 So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:10 Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of the remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths,

Deuteronomy 31:11 when all Israel comes to appear before Yahweh your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing.

Deuteronomy 31:12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and little ones and the sojourner who is within your gates, so that they may hear and so that they may learn and fear Yahweh your God and be careful to do all the words of this law.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "commanded", "saying", "seven", "years", "time", and "remission". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "commanded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "So Moses wrote this law and gave..." into verse 11's "when all Israel comes to appear before...", so "moses" and "commanded" 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 "moses" and "commanded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.