Deuteronomy 32:44

"And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel; and he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe and do, even all the words of this law. For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it."

"Which I testify to you this day ..." (Deuteronomy 32:46). Here is the true Biblical definition of "testifying." It means the teaching, through repetition, of the commandments of God, along with exhortations that the people should obey. If this is compared with some of the trivia that is called "testifying" in some group meetings current today, it will be seen how far short of true testifying such things really are.

Note the name "Hoshea". This was the name that Moses himself gave Joshua (Exodus 17:9). And whether Moses himself personally wrote these final words, or if they were added shortly after Moses' death by Joshua, the deep attachment of the two men for each other is strongly suggested by the use of this special name given by Moses to the new leader of Israel.

"This is your life ..." Indeed it is the life of every person ever born that he should know the will of the Lord and obey it. In the last analysis, there is an infinite futility in every life lived apart from the will of the Creator. If one lives out his days on earth without coming to know God, "having tasted of the heavenly gift, and made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the age to come" (Hebrews 6:4-5), then such a person might as well have never lived at all!