Holman Christian Standard Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

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

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

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

3In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses told the Israelites everything the LORD had commanded him to say to them.

3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD had commanded him to give to them,

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

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 Edrei.

5Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:"

5Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law, saying,

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

6"The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

7Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites and their neighbors in the Arabah, the hill country, the Judean foothills, the Negev and the sea coast--to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon as far as the Euphrates River.

7'Turn and set 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 Negev and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

8See, I have set the land before you. Enter and take possession of the land the LORD swore to give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their future descendants.'"

8'See, I have placed the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and their descendants after them.'

9I said to you at that time: I can't bear the responsibility for you on my own.

9"I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.

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

10'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

11May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as He promised you.

11'May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!

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

12'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?

13Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders."

13'Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'

14You replied to me, 'What you propose to do is good.'"

14"You answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'

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

15"So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and appointed them heads over you, leaders of thousands and of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, and officers for your tribes.

16I commanded your judges at that time: Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge rightly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

16"Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, 'Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.

17Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.

17'You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.'

18At that time I commanded you about all the things you were to do."

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

19We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the LORD our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,

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

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

20"I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites which the LORD our God is about to give us.

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

21'See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.'

22Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let's send men ahead of us, so that they may explore the land for us and bring us back a report about the route we should go up and the cities we will come to.'

22"Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall enter.'

23The plan seemed good to me, so I selected 12 men from among you, one man for each tribe.

23"The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.

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

24"They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol and spied it out.

25They took some of the fruit from the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us back a report: 'The land the LORD our God is giving us is good.'"

25"Then they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought us back a report and said, 'It is a good land which the LORD our God is about to give us.'

26But you were not willing to go up, rebelling against the command of the LORD your God.

26"Yet you were not willing to go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;

27You grumbled in your tents and said, 'The LORD brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites so they would destroy us, because He hated us.

27and you 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 destroy us.

28Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us, saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'"

28'Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, "The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there."'

29So I said to you: Don't be terrified or afraid of them!

29"Then I said to you, 'Do not be shocked, nor fear them.

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

30'The LORD your God who goes before you will Himself fight on your behalf, just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

31And you saw in the wilderness how the LORD your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place.

31and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place.'

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

32"But for all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,

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

33who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go.

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

34"Then the LORD heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying,

35None of these men in this evil generation will see the good land I swore to give your fathers,

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

36except Caleb the 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 completely.'"

36except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his sons I will give the land on which he has set foot, because he has followed the LORD fully.'

37The LORD was angry with me also because of you and said: 'You will not enter there either.

37"The LORD was angry with me also on your account, saying, 'Not even you shall enter there.

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

38'Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter there; encourage him, for he will cause Israel to inherit it.

39Your little children, whom you said would be plunder, your sons who don't know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it.

39'Moreover, your little ones who you said would become a prey, and your sons, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it.

40But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.'"

40'But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'

41You answered me, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight just as the LORD our God commanded us.' Then each of you put on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country."

41"Then you said to me, 'We have sinned against the LORD; we will indeed go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' And every man of you girded on his weapons of war, and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country.

42But the LORD said to me, 'Tell them: Don't go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from being defeated by your enemies.'

42"And the LORD said to me, 'Say to them, "Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be defeated before your enemies."'

43So I spoke to you, but you didn't listen. You rebelled against the LORD's command and defiantly went up into the hill country.

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

44Then the Amorites who lived there came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir as far as Hormah.

44"The Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.

45When you returned, you wept before the LORD, but He didn't listen to your requests or pay attention to you.

45"Then you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.

46For this reason you stayed in Kadesh as long as you did."

46"So you remained in Kadesh many days, the days that you spent there.

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