And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
And the LORD said to Moses, 'Look, you will die and be buried with your ancestors. After that, this people will turn away from me and chase after the false gods of the foreigners in the land where they're going to live. They will abandon me and break the agreement I made with them.'
God is warning Moses that after his death, the Israelites will abandon their faith and worship the false gods of the nations they'll encounter in the Promised Land.
📚 Historical Context
Moses is nearing the end of his life, and the Israelites are about to enter the Promised Land of Canaan after 40 years in the wilderness. God is preparing Moses for his death while also warning about the spiritual challenges the people will face when they settle among the Canaanite nations with their different religious practices.
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