Passage Overview · Free · Deuteronomy 32:44–52
Set Your Hearts on the Song; Moses Prepares to Die
Deuteronomy 32:44–52 is the movement “Set Your Hearts on the Song; Moses Prepares to Die.” Read it inside Moses’ final covenant instruction to Israel on the eastern side of the Jordan as the people prepare for life in the land. The section opens with: “And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.” It closes with: “Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.”
Within the book’s larger story, this section advances several important biblical threads. Truth and Witness: Israel must set its heart on the Song because the covenant word is not empty; it is their life.