Song of Moses

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The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament text
biblical hymn
biblical passage
poem
addresses people of Israel
attributedTo Moses
canonicalStatus part of the Pentateuch
part of the Torah
closingEmphasis call to set heart on all the words of the law
commandedBy God
describes God as Rock
God's compassion on His people
God's judgment on Israel
Israel's apostasy
foundIn Christian Old Testament
Hebrew Bible
function covenantal witness
instruction for future generations
warning to Israel
genre covenant lawsuit
didactic poetry
hymn
invokes earth
heaven
language Biblical Hebrew
literaryForm parallelism
locatedInBookChapter Deuteronomy 32
mentionedIn Deuteronomy 31:19
Deuteronomy 31:21
Deuteronomy 31:22
partOf Book of Deuteronomy
precedes Moses' blessing in Deuteronomy 33
purpose to be memorized by the Israelites
to be taught to the Israelites
to testify when Israel turns away
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scripturalRole summary of covenant history
witness against Israel
theme God's faithfulness
Israel's unfaithfulness
covenant
divine judgment
divine mercy
remembrance of God's acts
warning
usedIn Christian preaching and teaching
Jewish liturgical and interpretive tradition

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Book of Deuteronomy
contains
Blessing of Moses
followsText

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