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Thoughts Moses is near the end of his life and he has brought the people to the threshold of the Promised Land. However, because of the disobedience we read about in Numbers 20:7-12, it will not be Moses who leads them in. As a matter of fact, God will not allow him to even set foot in it.  But after leading these people for forty years, he doesn't just fade away. He has parting words for the people; for Joshua, whom God has appointed to be Moses' replacement; and for the priests.  Moses knew these people, but more than that, God knew these people. Once more, Moses wrote the Law down and told the Levites to keep it beside the Ark of the Covenant. He knew these people, and that they would stray from the Law, and would need to be reminded yet again what God requires.  I believe that Moses felt a heavy burden of responsibility for these people, even when he knew that his time with them was drawing to a close. And I think that is why he wrote the song that we will read next week, which, by the way, wi