In this chapter Moses, having finished his sermon, I. Encourages both the people who were now to enter Canaan , and Joshua who was to lead them, Deut. 31:7–8 Deut. 31:23. And, II. He takes care for the keeping of these things always in their remembrance after his decease, 1.

Loth to part (we say) bids oft farewell. Moses does so to the children of Israel: not because he was loth to go to God, but because he was loth to leave them, fearing that when he had left them they would leave God.

The law was given by Moses; so it is said, John 1:17. He was not only entrusted to deliver it to that generation, but to transmit it to the generations to come; and here it appears that he was faithful to that trust. I. Moses wrote this law, Deut. 31:9.

Here, I. Moses and Joshua are summoned to attend the divine majesty at the door of the tabernacle, Deut. 31:14. Moses is told again that he must shortly die; even those that are most ready and willing to die have need to be often reminded of the approach of death.

Here, I. The charge is given to Joshua, which God has said he would give him. The same in effect that Moses had given him. The same in effect that Moses had given him : Be strong and of a good courage, Deut. 31:23.