Verse Lens · Context pointer
Deuteronomy 31:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
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Role in This Section
Deuteronomy 31:10 sets public reading at the seven-year release during Booths.
Read It With
- Deuteronomy 31:9–13
Read Deuteronomy 31:10 with 31:9–13. It sets public reading at the seven-year release during Booths. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Moses writes the Torah, gives it to priests and elders, and commands public reading at Booths in the release year so men, women, children, and resident strangers hear, learn, fear, and teach the next generation.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Deuteronomy 31:9–13 — Torah Is Read to the Whole Assembly Every Seven YearsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Deuteronomy 31:9–13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech and legal clauses, poetic lines, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Deut.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 31:9–13
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