“1 These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side
Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red [sea],
between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2
([There are] eleven days’ [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir
unto Kadeshbarnea.) 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the
eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Moses spake unto
the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him
in commandment unto them; 4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the
Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt
at Astaroth in Edrei: 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began
Moses to declare this law, saying, 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in
Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn you, and
take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all
[the places] nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the
vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the
Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land
which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to
give unto them and to their seed after them.”
“9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear
you myself alone: 10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold,
ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The LORD God
of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye [are], and
bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your
cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and
understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers
over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast
spoken [is] good [for us] to do. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes,
wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and
captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged
your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your
brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and
the stranger [that is] with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in
judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall
not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God’s: and the
cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.”
“19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great
and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the
Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites,
which the LORD our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the LORD thy God
hath set the land before thee: go up [and] possess [it], as the LORD God
of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. 22
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men
before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word
again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. 23
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a
tribe: 24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto
the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 25 And they took of the fruit
of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought
us word again, and said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth
give us. 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God: 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and
said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the
land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy
us. 28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,
saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are]
great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the
Anakims there. 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of
them. 30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for
you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 31
And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God
bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went,
until ye came into this place. 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe
the LORD your God, 33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out
a place to pitch your tents [in], in fire by night, to shew you by what
way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 34 And the LORD heard the voice
of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 35 Surely there shall
not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I
sware to give unto your fathers, 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he
shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon,
and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. 37 Also
the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not
go in thither. 38 [But] Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before
thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel
to inherit it. 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a
prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good
and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and
they shall possess it. 40 But [as for] you, turn you, and take your
journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 41 Then ye
answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go
up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And
when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go
up into the hill. 42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not
up, neither fight; for I [am] not among you; lest ye be smitten before
your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but
rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up
into the hill. 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came
out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir,
[even] unto Hormah. 45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the
LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 So ye
abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode
[there].” (De 1:1-46 AV)
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