Deuteronomy 31:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.”
כָּרַת
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
הִנֵּה
here/ you
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הִנֵּה
Behold, look, see. Hinneh. The word used to get attention. Behold I stand at the door and knock. God is always trying to get our attention.
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בְּרִית
covenant/ my
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בְּרִית
Covenant. Berith. A solemn binding agreement. God's covenants are unconditional promises that He will never break under any circumstances.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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שָׁכַב
are about to lie down
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שָׁכַב
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
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נֵכָר
the foreignness of
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נֵכָר
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
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שָׁם
there/ towards
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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מֹשֶׁה
Moses
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מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
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