Deuteronomy 31:10 (YLT)

Passage

and Moses commandeth them, saying, `At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the feast of booths,

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:8 and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

Deuteronomy 31:9 And Moses writeth this law, and giveth it unto the priests (sons of Levi, those bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah), and unto all the elders of Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:10 and Moses commandeth them, saying, `At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the feast of booths,

Deuteronomy 31:11 in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of Jehovah in the place which He chooseth, thou dost proclaim this law before all Israel, in their ears.

Deuteronomy 31:12 `Assemble the people, the men, and the women, and the infants, and thy sojourner who <FI>is<Fi> within thy gates, so that they hear, and so that they learn, and have feared Jehovah your God, and observed to do all the words of this law;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And Moses writeth this law and giveth..." into verse 11's "in the coming in of all Israel...", so "moses" and "commandeth" 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 "commandeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.