Moses Writes the Teachings

⁹ So Moses wrote down these ·teachings [laws; instructions] and gave them to the priests and all the elders of Israel. (The priests are the sons of Levi, who carry the Ark of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; Ex. 25:10] with the Lord.) Then Moses commanded them: “Read these teachings for all Israel to hear at the end of every seven years, which is the year ·to cancel what people owe [of remission; 15:1–12]. Do it during the ·Feast [Festival] of ·Shelters [Booths; Tabernacles; Ex. 23:16; 34:22; Lev. 23:33–36], when all the Israelites will come to appear before the Lord your God and stand at the place he will choose [12:4–7]. ¹² ·Gather [Assemble] all the people: the men, women, children, and ·foreigners [resident aliens] living in your ·towns [^Lgates] so that they can listen and learn to ·respect [fear] the Lord your God and carefully obey everything in this ·law [teaching; instruction]. ¹³ Since their children do not know ·this law [^Lit], they must hear it. They must learn to ·respect [fear] the Lord your God for as long as they live in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to take ·for your own [as your possession].”