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Deuteronomy 31:8

Deuteronomy 31:8
And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Moses wrote this law,.... The book of Deuteronomy, or the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses, which he had now finished, and which all of them together are sometimes called the law, Gal 4:21,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 31:7-8

Moses hands over to Joshua that office as leader of the people, to which he had already been designated Deu 1:38; Num 27:23. He assigns also to the Levitical priests and the elders, as the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 31:1-8

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

See on Deu 31:31. On the phrase fear not, neither be dismayed, characteristic of the Sg. passages, see on Deu 1:21.