Deuteronomy 31:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Take this book of the law and put it by the ark of the Lord's agreement, so that it may be a witness against you.

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  • Deut 31:19 : 19 Make then this song for yourselves, teaching it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 8:9 : 9 There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.
  • 2 Kgs 22:8-9 : 8 Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So Hilkiah gave it to Shaphan; 9 Then, after reading it, Shaphan the scribe went in to the king and gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants have given out the money which was in the house, and have given it to the overseers of the work of the house of the Lord. 10 Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king. 11 And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief;
  • 2 Kgs 22:13-19 : 13 Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the robes, (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town;) and they had talk with her. 15 And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Say to the man who sent you to me, 16 These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even everything which the king of Judah has been reading in the book; 17 Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out. 18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears, 19 Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 34:14-15 : 14 Now when they were taking out the money which had come into the Lord's house, Hilkiah the priest came across the book of the law of the Lord, which he had given by the mouth of Moses. 15 Then Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.
  • Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God: 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 31:24-25
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    24 Now after writing all the words of this law in a book till the record of them was complete,

    25 Moses said to the Levites who were responsible for taking up the ark of the Lord's agreement,

  • Exod 25:16
    78%

    16 Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.

  • Deut 31:27-29
    3 verses
    77%

    27 For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?

    28 Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.

    29 For I am certain that after my death you will give yourselves up to sin, wandering from the way which I have given you; and evil will overtake you in the end, because you will do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of your hands.

  • Deut 31:19
    76%

    19 Make then this song for yourselves, teaching it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

  • Josh 24:26-27
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    75%

    26 And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.

    27 And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 31:9
    74%

    9 Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.

  • Deut 32:46-47
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    74%

    46 Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.

    47 And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

  • Deut 27:8
    74%

    8 And put on the stones all the words of this law, writing them very clearly.

  • Deut 11:17-18
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    74%

    17 For if you do so, the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and the heaven will be shut up so that there is no rain and the land will give no fruit; and in a very little time you will be cut off from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

    18 So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;

  • Deut 6:17
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    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

  • Exod 25:21
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    21 And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.

  • Josh 8:32
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    32 And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Deut 4:26
    72%

    26 May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.

  • Josh 22:27
    72%

    27 But to be a witness between us and you, and between the future generations, that we have the right of worshipping the Lord with our burned offerings and our offerings of beasts and our peace-offerings; so that your children will not be able to say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the Lord.

  • Exod 26:34
    72%

    34 You are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.

  • Deut 17:18
    72%

    18 And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:

  • Deut 11:32
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    32 And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

  • Deut 10:2
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    2 And I will put on the stones the words which were on the first stones which were broken by you, and you are to put them into the ark.

  • Josh 23:6
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    6 So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;

  • Exod 30:6
    72%

    6 And let it be placed in front of the veil before the ark of the law, before the cover which is over the law, where I will come face to face with you.

  • Exod 16:34
    72%

    34 So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • Deut 4:23
    72%

    23 Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.

  • Deut 5:31
    71%

    31 But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.

  • Exod 34:27
    71%

    27 And the Lord said to Moses, Put all these words in writing; for on them is based the agreement which I will make with you.

  • Jer 36:2
    71%

    2 Take a book and put down in it all the words I have said to you against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day when my word came to you in the days of Josiah till this day.

  • Deut 29:12
    71%

    12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

  • Josh 8:34
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    34 And after, he gave them all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, as it is all recorded in the book of the law;

  • Deut 11:26
    71%

    26 Today I put before you a blessing and a curse:

  • Exod 34:12
    71%

    12 But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.

  • Isa 30:8
    71%

    8 Now go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.

  • Deut 30:1
    71%

    1 Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,

  • Deut 6:6
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    6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

  • Deut 27:2-3
    2 verses
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    2 And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,

    3 And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.

  • Deut 29:1
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    1 These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb.

  • 2 Kgs 17:37
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    37 And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods.

  • Deut 6:8-9
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    8 Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;

    9 Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

  • Exod 40:3
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    3 And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
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    11 And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

  • Exod 40:20
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    20 And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;

  • Exod 13:9
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    9 And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

  • Josh 23:11
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    11 So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.