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Deuteronomy 31:24

in Deuteronomy 31

When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

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ASV

And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

KJV

And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

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This verse in Deuteronomy 31

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book,.... In this book of Deuteronomy, and which concluded the Pentateuch: until they were finished; all the words of the law, and the whole five books of Moses, excepting some few verses, Deu 34:1, which were added by another hand, Joshua or Ezra.

This site's exposition

When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law

on Deuteronomy 31:24-26

The book is placed “beside the ark”, since 1 Kings 8:9 says nothing lay inside it but the two stone tablets. Hilkiah finds the book in Josiah's reign at 2 Kings 22:8, and its reading turns a kingdom.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Moses completes the writing out of the book of the Law, and directs it to be placed by the ark of the covenant. Deu 31:24 The “book” here spoken of would contain the whole Pentateuch up to this verse, and be “the Book of Moses,” called generally by the Jews “the Law” (compare Mat 22:40; Gal 4:21). Deu 31:25 The Levites, which bare the ark - i. e., as in Deu 31:9, “the priests the sons of Levi.” The non-priestly Levites could not so much as enter the sanctuary or touch the ark (compare Num 4:15).

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִ֣י׀and it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • כְּכַלּ֣וֹתwhen finished

    kekhalotH3615 →208 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֗הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • לִכְתֹּ֛בto write down

    likhtoH3789 →224 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • הַתּוֹרָֽה־the law

    hatorah-H8451 →219 times

  • הַזֹּ֖את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • סֵ֑פֶרa book

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • עַ֖דuntil

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • תֻּמָּֽם׃were complete they

    tumamH8552 →63 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 31:9

    So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 4:15

      When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…

    • Joshua 3:3

      and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.

    • Malachi 4:4

      “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 17:18

    When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 31:24–26

      When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

    • Deuteronomy 31:9

      So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

    • 2 Kings 11:12

      Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live…

    • 2 Chronicles 34:15

      And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.

    • 2 Kings 22:8

      Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 31 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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