In these chapters we see the transition of leadership from Moses to Joshua. Both Moses and the Lord tell Joshua to be strong and courageous. Moses told the people that every seven years, the year of canceling debts, they were to read the law during the feast of tabernacles. Moses predicted that Israel would not be faithful to the Lord, and then the Lord gave Moses a song to teach the people. It began calling the heavens and earth to testify, and then came praise unto the Lord. It quickly turned to the unfaithfulness of Israel. Chapter 32 verse 21 says that because of their unfaithfulness, the Lord will make them envious with people that are not a people, and a nation that has no understanding. (The Apostle Paul explained in Romans 10:19, that the Gentiles would be allowed to taste salvation. The song ends saying that the Lord will make atonement for His land and His people. (That comes through the Lord Jesus Christ.) Moses then blessed the tribes of Israel, and then he went up Mt. Nebo, to the top of Pisgah where the Lord showed him all of the Promised Land, and then he died, and the Lord buried him somewhere that no one knows. Moses was 120 years old at his death, and there was no one like him.
