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42 I’ll make my arrows drunk with blood.
    My sword will devour flesh,
        along with the blood of the slain,
    and I’ll take their enemy leaders captive.’

43 “Sing for joy, nations!
    Sing for joy,[a] people who belong to him!
For he’ll avenge the blood of his servants,
    turn on his adversary,
        and cleanse both his land and his people.”

Moses’ Final Counsel

44 So Moses and Nun’s son Joshua came and recited all the words of this song while the people were assembled.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:43 The Heb. lacks Sing for joy

42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(A)
    while my sword devours flesh:(B)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

43 Rejoice,(C) you nations, with his people,[a][b]
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(D)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(E)
    and make atonement for his land and people.(F)

44 Moses came with Joshua[c](G) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
  2. Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
  3. Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua