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43 Rejoice, O nations, with his people,
    bow to him, all you gods
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants
and take vengeance upon his foes,
    but he will be merciful to his land and his people.

44 Then Moses came and proclaimed all of the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Joshua, the son of Nun.

45 Moses’ Last Appeal.[a]When Moses finished saying all these things to all of the Israelites,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:45 After a final appeal for fidelity, Moses hears repeated the prohibition against his entering the Promised Land (3:26-28). We do not know for sure what the fault of Moses and Aaron was; perhaps it was that they seemed to attribute a miracle to themselves (Num 20:12).

43 Rejoice,(A) you nations, with his people,[a][b]
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(B)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(C)
    and make atonement for his land and people.(D)

44 Moses came with Joshua[c](E) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
  2. Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
  3. Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua