Then
Moses wrote down this law,1
and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of
the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. Moses
commanded them:
“Every seventh year, in the scheduled year of remission,2 during the festival of booths, when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.3 Assemble the people—men, women, and children, as well as the aliens residing in your towns—so that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God and to observe diligently all the words of this law,4 and so that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear theLord your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”
“Every seventh year, in the scheduled year of remission,2 during the festival of booths, when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.3 Assemble the people—men, women, and children, as well as the aliens residing in your towns—so that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God and to observe diligently all the words of this law,4 and so that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear theLord your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”
1
Simply says he wrote it down, not specifying inspiration of any
action of God. Though that's a lot to write! This part seems to
refer to those 20-odd chapters of “law”, not the whole Torah.
2
Emphasizing the practice of the year of remission one more time.
3
Only doing this once every seven years would make it a huge event.
4
Again, obeying the law is the center of everything.
Take-home: Provision is make for a regular public reading of the entire law to the entire nation, to make clear that all Israelites will always need to know and obey it.
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