Moses knows his death is imminent. These chapters cover the last few hours of his life. He has a lot to say.
He tells the people to be courageous and singles out Joshua in front of the crowd as the next leader.
A new instruction - when they release the debts every 7 years, they have to read out to the people what's in the book that Moses wrote, ie., the Mosiac law stuff.
God assembles Moses and Joshua in front of the tabernacle where God appears as pilar of cloud. God tells Moses the people will fall away gives Moses a song which the people are to know. The song is actually quite harsh and full of bad things that will happen (Chapter 32).
In chapter 33, Moses blesses the 12 tribes of Israel in a similar fashion to when Jacob gave individual blessings to his 12 sons.
In chapter 34, Moses climbs to the peak of a local mountain and God shows him all the promised land. Afterwards, he dies and God buries him in the land of Moab, but no human knows where exactly Moses is buried. He was 120 years old, but was strong and had good eyesight.
Moses' successor Joshua is full of the spirit of wisdom.
Thus ends Deuteronomy.
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