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The Song of Moses and the 70th Week

Most of Deuteronomy 32 is a song that Moses sings to the people of Israel " to testify against them ", just before they enter the promised land.  The LORD made Moses know Israel would stumble into unfaithfulness.  Deuteronomy 31 (NIV) describes the context: 14 The LORD said to Moses, “Now the day of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, where I will commission him.” So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the tent of meeting. 15 Then the  LORD  appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent. 16 And the  LORD  said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them. 17 And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and cal