And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
Moses came and spoke all the words of his song in the hearing of all the people of Israel. His speaking set before the whole congregation the complete testimony contained in the song. That public utterance opened his call for them to take the song's words to heart. It also charged them to teach those words to their children, so the warning and witness would continue in the next generation. Together with the law, the testimony of the song was not an empty or useless thing. It was their life, and by obedience to it their days would be prolonged in the land they were about to possess.
Moses came and spoke all the words of his song in the hearing of all the people of Israel. His speaking set before the whole congregation the complete testimony contained in the song. That public utterance opened his call for them to take the song's words to heart. It also charged them to teach those words to their children, so the warning and witness would continue in the next generation. Together with the law, the testimony of the song was not an empty or useless thing. It was their life, and by obedience to it their days would be prolonged in the land they were about to possess.