29Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.
Moses had responded to their unbelief by exhorting them once again not to fear, as he did in Deuteronomy 1:21. He calls this to mind on the plains of Moab in order to encourage and warn the people about what is to come.
29 Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.