Deuteronomy 32:43-45

Contemporary English Version

⁴³^(A) Tell the heavens to celebrate
and all gods to bow down
    to the Lord,^[a]
because he will take revenge
on those hateful enemies
    who killed his people.
He will forgive the sins of Israel
    and purify their land.^[b]

^44-45Moses spoke the words of the song so that all the Israelites could hear, and Joshua^[c] helped him. When Moses had finished,

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Footnotes

32.43 Tell … Lord: The Dead Sea Scrolls and one ancient translation; the Standard Hebrew Text “Let the nations, his people, celebrate.”
32.43 because he will … land: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
32.44,45 Joshua: The Hebrew text has “Hoshea,” another form of Joshua's name.