(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Deuteronomy 31:22–30, “Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.”
As soon as the Lord told Moses to write a song, he composed that song. Lord inspired Moses as he wrote that song so the song was appropriate to its purpose. However, Moses was also handing the leadership to Joshua. He had trained Joshua since the time Israel left Egypt. (Ex 17:9, “And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.”) Now, Moses was to lay down his own burden of leadership. It was too late for him to spend more time making sure that Joshua was ready, he just had to trust the Lord to guide Joshua. Moses made sure that the written copy of this second making of the Law was complete and he handed it over to the Priest, who were responsible to keep the book, and they put it in the Ark of the Covenant. Moses also reminded Israel that they already had a bad record of disobedience to the Lord’s commandments. If they disobeyed the Lord under Moses ‘leadership then surely they would disobey under any leadership. In spite of this, they were encouraged to remain pure and not corrupt themselves by disobeying the Lord.
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