Deuteronomy 31:13 (WEB)

Passage

and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:11 when all Israel has come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

Deuteronomy 31:12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;

Deuteronomy 31:13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

Deuteronomy 31:14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.

Deuteronomy 31:15 Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the Tent’s door.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Assemble the people the men and the..." into verse 14's "Yahweh said to Moses Behold your days...", so "children" and "known" 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 "known" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.