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Deuteronomy 32:44

in Deuteronomy 32

Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

KJV

And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

This verse in Deuteronomy 32

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

on Deuteronomy 32:44-47

Moses . . . spake all the words of this song in the ears, &c.--It has been beautifully styled "the Song of the Dying Swan" [LOWTH]. It was designed to be a national anthem, which it should be the duty and care of magistrates to make well known by frequent repetition, to animate the people to right sentiments towards a steadfast adherence to His service.

This site's exposition

And Moses came and spake all the words

on Deuteronomy 32:44-45

Joshua is given his older name here, Hoshea the son of Nun, which Numbers 13:16 says Moses changed to Jehoshua when the spies were sent out. This is the one place after that change where the earlier form comes back, and the text gives no reason for it. The song is delivered aloud to the whole assembly, which is what 31:19 and 31:22 required, so words written the day before are now in the people's ears.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וַיָּבֹ֣אand he came

    vaiyavo'H9352568 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֗הMoses

    moshehH4872765 times

  • וַיְדַבֵּ֛רand he spoke

    vaydaberH16961141 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of

    divreiH16971440 times

  • הַשִּׁירָֽה־the song

    hashirah-H789259 times

  • הַזֹּ֖את<the> this

    hazotH2063603 times

  • בְּאָזְנֵ֣יin [the] ears of

    beazeneiH241187 times

  • הָעָ֑םthe people

    haamH59711873 times

  • ה֖וּאhe

    hu'H19311879 times

  • וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַand Hoshea

    vehoshea'H1954

  • בִּן־[the] son of

    bin-H11214930 times

  • נֽוּן׃Nun

    nunH512630 times

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

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

    Numbers 13:16

    These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

    it leads to

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 31:22

    So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 31:19

      Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

  • Through

    Numbers 13:8

    from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

    it leads to

    • Exodus 24:13

      So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

    • Numbers 11:28

      Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

    • Deuteronomy 34:9

      Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 31:30

    Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 4:5

      See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

    • John 12:49

      I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

    • Hebrews 3:2

      He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.