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Chapter 1
- 1:1
- 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.
- 1:2
- (There
are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto
Kadeshbarnea.)
- 1:3
- 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;
- 1:4
- 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:
- 1:5
- On this
side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law,
saying,
- 1:6
- The LORD
our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in
this mount:
- 1:7
- 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.
- 1:8
- 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.
- 1:9
- And I
spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself
alone:
- 1:10
- The LORD
your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the
stars of heaven for multitude.
- 1:11
- (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!)
- 1:12
- How can I
myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
- 1:13
- Take you
wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will
make them rulers over you.
- 1:14
- And ye
answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us
to do.
- 1:15
- 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.
- 1:16
- 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.
- 1:17
- 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.
- 1:18
- And I
commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
- 1:19
- 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.
- 1:20
- And I
said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which
the LORD our God doth give unto us.
- 1:21
- 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.
- 1:22
- 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.
- 1:23
- And the
saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
- 1:24
- And they
turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of
Eshcol, and searched it out.
- 1:25
- 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.
- 1:26
- Notwithstanding
ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD
your God:
- 1:27
- 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.
- 1:28
- 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.
- 1:29
- Then I
said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
- 1:30
- 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;
- 1:31
- 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.
- 1:32
- Yet in
this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
- 1:33
- 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.
- 1:34
- And the
LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
- 1:35
- Surely
there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good
land, which I sware to give unto your fathers.
- 1:36
- 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.
- 1:37
- Also the
LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go
in thither.
- 1:38
- 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.
- 1:39
- 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.
- 1:40
- But as
for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the
way of the Red sea.
- 1:41
- 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.
- 1:42
- 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.
- 1:43
- 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.
- 1:44
- 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.
- 1:45
- And ye
returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to
your voice, nor give ear unto you.
- 1:46
- So ye
abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode
there.
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