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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 Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan--that is, 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. | 2(It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.) |
| 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 reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth. |
| 5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying, | 5East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound 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 long enough at this mountain. |
| 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. | 7Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the 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 given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the LORD swore he would give to your fathers--to 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, "You are too heavy a burden for me to carry 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 increased your numbers 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 ancestors, increase you a thousand times 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 problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself? |
| 13Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ | 13Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you." |
| 14And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’ | 14You answered me, "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 leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you--as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials. |
| 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. | 16And I charged your judges at that time, "Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you. |
| 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.’ | 17Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard 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 told you everything 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. | 19Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so 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. | 20Then I said to you, "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 given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be 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 came to me and said, "Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to." |
| 23The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe. | 23The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man 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 Eshkol and explored it. |
| 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.’ | 25Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, "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, "The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. |
| 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 in fear. They say, 'The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.'" |
| 29Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. | 29Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be 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 is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, |
| 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. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place." |
| 32Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God, | 32In spite of this, you did not trust in 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 ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go. |
| 34“And the LORD heard your words and was angered, and he swore, | 34When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore: |
| 35‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers, | 35"No one from this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your ancestors, |
| 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 he set his feet on, 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. | 37Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, "You shall not enter it, either. |
| 38Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. | 38But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it. |
| 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 that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad--they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. |
| 40But as for you, turn, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.’ | 40But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert 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. | 41Then you replied, "We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God commanded us." So every one of you put on his weapons, 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, 'Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated 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 told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the LORD's command and in your arrogance you marched 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. | 44The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down 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. | 45You came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you. |
| 46So you remained at Kadesh many days, the days that you remained there. | 46And so you stayed in Kadesh many days--all the time you spent there. |
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