Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 31:10
Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the elders and leaders after depositing the written law with the priests and Levites. He issues this directive near the end of his leadership, just prior to the nation’s transition into the land.
The words — The text emphasizes בְּ/מֹעֵ֛ד (be./mo.'Ed) for appointed time and מִ/קֵּ֣ץ (mi./Ketz) for end. These terms frame the command within a divinely set calendar and a fixed historical interval.
The thread — The instruction overlaps with the seven-year debt cancellation in Deuteronomy 15:1 and the fifteenth-day gathering in Leviticus 23:34. The text ties economic remission, agricultural cycles, and public reading into one coordinated national event.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to synchronize instruction with fixed calendar markers and economic reset. It demands that the law be delivered to the entire assembly rather than confined to a restricted group.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Cross-references
- Leviticus 23:34 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
- Deuteronomy 15:1 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.