Deuteronomy 31:14

And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold No parallel passage in Deut. (Deuteronomy 1:42; Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy 3:2; Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 9:13; Deuteronomy 10:1; cp. Deuteronomy 2:3; Deuteronomy 2:17) includes beholdexcept Deuteronomy 31:16.

thy days, etc.] Lit. thy days for dying draw near. Only here and in J, Genesis 47:29, and 1 Kings 2:1.

present yourselves Lit. take your stand, elsewhere in Deut. of standing up to a foe (Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 9:2; Deuteronomy 11:25; Joshua 1:5), but in JE as here of taking up one's position before the presence of God (Exodus 19:17; Exodus 34:5; Numbers 11:16; Numbers 23:3; Numbers 23:15; Joshua 24:1), or before Pharaoh (Exodus 8:16; Exodus 9:13).

tent of meeting Heb. mo-eddenotes what is fixed, ordainedeither, as in Deuteronomy 31:10 (q.v.), of time, or, as here, of place, where by appointment God meets with man, see Exodus 25:22, virtually therefore tent of revelation(Germ. -Offenbarungszelt"); both in E, Exodus 33:7; Numbers 11:16; Numbers 12:4, and no fewer than 132 times in P; not elsewhere in Deut., in which indeed the Tabernacle is mentioned only here.

that I may give him a charge In Deuteronomy 3:28 Moses is commanded to charge Joshua.