22 Therefore, Moses wrote the canticle, and he taught it to the sons of Israel.
23 And the Lord instructed Joshua, the son of Nun, and he said: "Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead the sons of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with you."
24 Therefore, after Moses had written the words of this law in a volume, and had finished it,
25 he instructed the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying:
26 "Take this book, and place it inside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there as a testimony against you.
27 For I know your contentiousness and your very stiff neck. Even while I am still living and entering with you, you have always acted with contention against the Lord. How much more so when I will be dead?
28 Gather to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.