Deuteronomy 31

Further narrative today, as this book and Moses' life both draw to a close. What stood out to me here, and was noticable in the preceeding couple chapters as well, was that God didn't so much warn the Israelites of what could happen if they disobeyed as foretell that they would. Here He is even more clear about it, coming out directly to Moses and saying that they would disobey after his death (verses 16, 20, 27). Obviously God knew what would come to pass, but it is interesting how blatantly He told about this and warned the Israelites. Hopefully His words stuck with them for at least a few generations.

Also, I thought the tradition implemented in this chapter of retelling these stories and the warnings to follow God's covenant every seven years is pretty cool. I'm not much of one for formalities and such, but I think that something once every seven years I could handle.