26"Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.


In Context

23 The Lord gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you."

24 After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

25 he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord :

26 "Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.

27 For I know how rebellious and stiff- necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!

28 Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to testify against them.

Deuteronomy 31:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:26Take 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:26Take this book, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God: that it may be there for a testimony against thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:26Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:26Take this book of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:26Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:26Take 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:26|Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:26'Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:26Take 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 you.