Deuteronomy - 31:30



30 Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 31:30.

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And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
Moses therefore spoke, in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and finished it even to the end.
And Moses spoke in the ears of the whole congregation of Israel the words of this song, until their conclusion.
And Moses speaketh in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, till their completion:,
Then in the hearing of all the meeting of Israel, Moses said the words of this song, to the end.
Thus did Moses speak, in the hearing of the entire assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and he completed it to its very end.
Itaque loquutus est Moses in auribus totius congregationis verba cantici hujus, donec ea complerentur.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel,.... Not in the hearing of the whole body of the people, and every individual thereof; no man could be able to speak to such a numerous congregation, as that they should hear him; but in the hearing of their heads and representatives, the elders of their tribes and officers, ordered to be gathered together for this purpose, Deuteronomy 31:28,
the words of this song, until they were ended; which song is recorded in the following chapter, Deuteronomy 32:1.

Deuteronomy 31:30 forms the introduction to the rehearsal of the ode.

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