Deuteronomy 31:26

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'Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.

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  • Deut 31:19 : 19 'Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites. Have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against the Israelites.'
  • 1 Kgs 8:9 : 9 There was nothing in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of the land of Egypt.
  • 2 Kgs 22:8-9 : 8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it. 9 Shaphan the scribe then went to the king and reported to him, saying, “Your servants have removed the silver that was found in the house and have handed it over to those who oversee the work on the house of the LORD.” 10 Shaphan the scribe also told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it aloud to the king. 11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.
  • 2 Kgs 22:13-19 : 13 Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all of Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is the LORD’s wrath that is kindled against us because our ancestors did not obey the words of this book by doing everything written concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She was living in Jerusalem in the second district. They spoke to her. 15 She said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Say to the man who sent you to me, 16 ‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read—’ 17 ‘Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore, My wrath is kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’ 18 As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard, 19 Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and its inhabitants—that they would become a desolation and a curse—and because you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 34:14-15 : 14 While they were bringing out the money that had been brought to the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the scroll of the Law of the LORD written by Moses. 15 Hilkiah announced to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the scroll of the Law in the house of the LORD." He gave the scroll to Shaphan.
  • Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 31:24-25
    2 verses
    82%

    24After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

    25he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

  • Exod 25:16
    78%

    16Place inside the ark the testimony that I will give you.

  • Deut 31:27-29
    3 verses
    77%

    27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after my death!

    28'Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to testify against them.

    29For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.'

  • Deut 31:19
    76%

    19'Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites. Have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against the Israelites.'

  • Josh 24:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26Joshua recorded these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the sanctuary of the LORD.

    27And Joshua said to all the people, "See, this stone will serve as a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.

  • Deut 31:9
    74%

    9So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

  • Deut 32:46-47
    2 verses
    74%

    46he said to them: Set your hearts on all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.

    47They are not just empty words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

  • Deut 27:8
    74%

    8Write clearly all the words of this law on the stones you have set up.

  • Deut 11:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no produce. Then you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.

    18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

  • Deut 6:17
    73%

    17Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.

  • Exod 25:21
    73%

    21Place the mercy seat on top of the ark, and put into the ark the testimony that I will give you.

  • Josh 8:32
    73%

    32There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses.

  • Deut 4:26
    72%

    26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely be quickly destroyed from the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not extend your days there but will be utterly destroyed.

  • Josh 22:27
    72%

    27but as a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at His sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’

  • Exod 26:34
    72%

    34You shall place the mercy seat on the Ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

  • Deut 17:18
    72%

    18When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests.

  • Deut 11:32
    72%

    32Be careful to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

  • Deut 10:2
    72%

    2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them inside the ark.

  • Josh 23:6
    72%

    6Be very strong to observe and do everything written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.

  • Exod 30:6
    72%

    6You shall place it in front of the veil that is before the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

  • Exod 16:34
    72%

    34As the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the Testimony to be preserved.

  • Deut 4:23
    72%

    23Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and not to make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

  • Deut 5:31
    71%

    31But as for you, stay here with Me, so that I may give you all the commands, decrees, and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.

  • Exod 34:27
    71%

    27The LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

  • Jer 36:2
    71%

    2Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the days of Josiah until today.

  • Deut 29:12
    71%

    12He is confirming you today as His people, and He will be your God, just as He promised you and swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Josh 8:34
    71%

    34Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law.

  • Deut 11:26
    71%

    26See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse—

  • Exod 34:12
    71%

    12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare in your midst.

  • Isa 30:8
    71%

    8Now go, write it on a tablet before them and inscribe it in a book, so it will stand as a witness forever and ever.

  • Deut 30:1
    71%

    1When all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse that I have set before you—and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,

  • Deut 6:6
    71%

    6These words that I am commanding you today are to be upon your heart.

  • Deut 27:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2On the day you cross the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

    3Write on them all the words of this law when you cross over, so that you may enter the land the LORD your God is giving you—a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

  • Deut 29:1
    71%

    1Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.

  • 2 Kgs 17:37
    71%

    37And you shall always observe and follow the statutes, ordinances, the law, and the commandment that He wrote for you. Do not fear other gods.

  • Deut 6:8-9
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    71%

    8Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

    9Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

  • Exod 40:3
    71%

    3Place the ark of the testimony there and shield the ark with the curtain.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
    71%

    11And there I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that He made with the people of Israel.

  • Exod 40:20
    71%

    20He took the testimony and placed it in the ark, inserted the poles into the ark, and set the atonement cover on top of the ark.

  • Exod 13:9
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    9And it shall be for you a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

  • Josh 23:11
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    11Be very careful to love the LORD your God.