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1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

2It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.

3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them,

3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.

4after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.

4This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,

5On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:

6“The LORD our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

6The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

7Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

7Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

8See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’

8See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”

9“At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself.

9At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.

10The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.

10The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

11May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!

11May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.

12How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?

12But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?

13Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

13Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

14And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’

14And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”

15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.

15So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.

16And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.

16At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

17You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’

17Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

18And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.

18And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do.

19“Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.

19And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,

20And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.

20I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.

21See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’

21See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

22Then all of you came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’

22Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”

23The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.

23The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

24And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.

24They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.

25And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.’

25They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”

26“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

26But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

27And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the LORD hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

27You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.

28Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’

28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’ ”

29Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.

29So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them!

30The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt

31and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

31and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”

32Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God,

32But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,

33who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.

33who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.

34“And the LORD heard your words and was angered, and he swore,

34When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

35‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers,

35“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,

36except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the LORD!’

36except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”

37Even with me the LORD was angry on your account and said, ‘You also shall not go in there.

37The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.

38Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

38Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

39And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

39And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.

40But as for you, turn, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.’

40But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”

41“Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD. We ourselves will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ And every one of you fastened on his weapons of war and thought it easy to go up into the hill country.

41“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

42And the LORD said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in your midst, lest you be defeated before your enemies.’

42But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”

43So I spoke to you, and you would not listen; but you rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.

43So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.

44Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah.

44Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

45And you returned and wept before the LORD, but the LORD did not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

45And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

46So you remained at Kadesh many days, the days that you remained there.

46For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.

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