Deu 31:19-22 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Deut 31:19-22: 31:19-22 When sung by the collective community in days to come, this song (32:1-43 ) would remind the people of God’s faithfulness in the past and of their too-frequent disloyalty. The major blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience were implicit in the song. The people of Israel would sing it as a sign that they had placed themselves under these promises and threats. Through music, they would be reminded of God’s blessings for obedience and would invoke God’s judgment should they prove unfaithful.

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‏ Deuteronomy 31:19-22

Summary for Deut 31:19-22: 31:19-22 ^a When sung by the collective community in days to come, this song (32:1-43 ^b) would remind the people of God’s faithfulness in the past and of their too-frequent disloyalty. The major blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience were implicit in the song. The people of Israel would sing it as a sign that they had placed themselves under these promises and threats. Through music, they would be reminded of God’s blessings for obedience and would invoke God’s judgment should they prove unfaithful.
31:20 ^c land flowing with milk and honey: See study note on 6:3.

• become fat: Fatness did not imply obesity or self-indulgence but blessing and prosperity.

• despise me: Israel would disregard the Lord and treat him lightly by falsely assuming that their prosperity had come through their own efforts or through the false gods of the land.
31:22 ^d Moses wrote down the words: This statement is good evidence for the traditional view that Moses wrote Deuteronomy (see Deuteronomy Book Introduction, “Authorship”).