What is the context?
Moses speaks the whole song aloud to the assembly of Israel. This sentence connects the command to teach a lasting witness with the song that follows in chapter 32.
The single verse is an introduction, so its meaning depends on those adjoining passages. It does not give the song’s contents or authorize assigning a separate symbolic meaning to the act of beginning it.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley’s preceding notes explain the song’s role as a continuing witness, while the USCCB presentation places this sentence under the introduction to the Song of Moses. Reading forward preserves that function and keeps the verse from becoming an isolated instruction about every form of singing.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
No deeper study linked yet.