Deuteronomy 31:1 (WEB)

Passage

Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:1 Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:2 He said to them, “I am one hundred twenty years old today. I can no more go out and come in. Yahweh has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’

Deuteronomy 31:3 Yahweh your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua will go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "went", "spoke", "words", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "He said to them I am one...", so "moses" and "went" should be read forward into that movement. 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 "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.