Deu 1 | ABEn | STEP | These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan, in the wilderness towards the west, neighboring the red sea, between Paran Tophel and Laban, and Canyons, and Place Abounding in Gold.

Deuteronomy 1

CHAPTER 1 Moses Speaks to the Israelites

1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan, in the wilderness towards the west, neighboring the red sea, between Paran Tophel and Laban, and Canyons, and Place Abounding in Gold. 2 [²eleven ³days ⁴from ⁵Horeb ¹It is a journey] by mount Seir unto Kadesh Barnea. 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, day one of the month, Moses spoke to all the sons of Israel according to all as much as the lord gave charge to him for them, 4 after the striking of Sihon king of the Amorites, the ones dwelling in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, the one dwelling in Astaroth and in Edrei. 5 On the other side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to make clear this law, saying, 6 The lord your God spoke to you in Horeb, saying, Let it be enough for you to dwell in this mountain! 7 [²turn ³and ⁴depart ¹You], and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and to all the ones adjacent to the wilderness, to the mountain, and the plain, and to the south, and the coast land of the Canaanites, and Antilebanon, unto the river of the great Euphrates! 8 Behold! I have delivered up before you the land. Having entered, inherit the land! which I swore by an oath to your fathers, to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them. 9 And I said to you in that time, saying, I will not be able alone to bear you, 10 the lord your God multiplied you. And behold, you are today as the stars of the heaven in multitude. 11 The lord God of your fathers may he add to you as you are a thousand times more, and bless you in so far as he spoke to you! 12 How shall I be able alone to bear your toil, and support you, and your disputes?

Moses Appoints Leaders

13 Appoint to yourselves [²men ¹wise], and having knowledge, and discerning among your tribes! And I will ordain them over you as your leaders. 14 And you answered to me, and said, [³is good ¹The ²saying] which you spoke to do. 15 And I took from you [²men ¹wise], and having knowledge, and discerning for your tribes. And I ordained them to take the lead over you -- commanders of thousands, and commanders of hundreds, and commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens, and judicial recorders for your judges. 16 And I gave charge to your judges in that time, saying, Hold a hearing between your brethren, and judge justly between a man and between his brother, and between the foreigner with him! 17 You shall not discriminate for a person in a judgment; concerning the small and according to the great you shall judge equally. In no way shall you avoid justice by accepting the person of a man, for the judgment is of God. And the matter which ever might be hard for you, you shall bear it to me, and I shall hear it. 18 And I gave charge to you at that time all the words which you shall do. 19 And departing from out of Horeb, we went through all [⁵wilderness ²great ³and ⁴dreadful ¹that], which you beheld by the way of the mountain of the Amorite, in so far as [³gave charge ¹the lord ²our God] to us; and we came unto Kadesh Barnea. 20 And I said to you, You came unto the mountain of the Amorite, the one the lord our God gives to you. 21 Behold! [³has delivered up ⁶to you ¹the lord ²your God ⁷before ⁸your face ⁴the ⁵land]. Ascending, you inherit it! in which manner [⁴spoke ¹the lord ²God ³of your fathers] to you. You should not fear nor be timid. 22 And [²came forward ³to me ¹you all], and said, You should send men in front of us, and let them explore [³for us ¹the ²land], and let them announce to us an answer for the way through which we shall ascend by it! and the cities into which we shall enter into them. 23 And [³was pleasing ⁴before ⁵me ¹the ²saying]. And I took from you twelve men -- [²man ¹one] according to tribe. 24 And turning they ascended into the mountain, and came unto Ravine of Cluster, and they spied it. 25 And they took in their hands of the fruit of the land, and carried it to you, and said, [³is good ¹The ²land] which the lord our God gives to us. 26 And you did not want to ascend, but you resisted persuasion against the word of the lord your God. 27 And you complained in your tents, and said, Because the lord detested us he led us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, and to utterly destroy us. 28 Where do we ascend? And our brethren caused [²to abstain ¹our heart], saying, [⁴nation ¹It is a great ²and ³populous], and mightier than we; and [²cities ¹great], and walled unto the heaven; moreover also [²sons ³of giants ¹we saw] there. 29 And I said to you, Do not be alarmed, nor fear from them! 30 The lord your God, the one going forth before your face, he will join in making war against them with you, according to all as much as he did for you in the land of Egypt, 31 and in this wilderness which you beheld, how as [³nurtured ⁴you ¹the lord ²your God], as if any [²should nurture ¹man] his son, according to all the way into which you were gone, until you came unto this place. 32 And in this word you did not entrust to the lord your God, 33 who goes forth in front of you in the way, to choose for you a place, guiding you by fire at night, showing to you the way by which you go by it, and with a cloud by day.

Caleb and Joshua Inherit the Land

34 And the lord heard the voice of your words, and he being provoked swore by an oath, saying, 35 Shall [⁵see ¹any ⁴men ²of these ³wicked] [³land ²good ¹this] which I swore by an oath to their fathers, no. 36 except Caleb son of Jephunneh, this one shall see it; and to this one I shall give the land upon which he mounted, and to his sons, because of joining [⁴to himself ¹the things ²of ³the lord]. 37 And [³at me ²was enraged ¹the lord] because of you, saying, Nor should you in any way enter there. 38 Joshua son of Nun, the one standing beside you, this one shall enter there; you strengthen him! for he shall allot it to Israel and your children, which you said [²for ³ravaging ¹to be]. 39 And every [²child ¹new], whoever does not know today good or bad, this one shall enter there, and to these I shall give it, and to them they shall inherit it. 40 And you, in turning, encamped in the wilderness, the way near the red sea. 41 And you answered and said to me, We sinned before the lord our God; we, in ascending, shall wage war according to all as much as [³gave charge ¹the lord ²our God] to us. And [²taking up ¹each] the items for his warfare, and gathering together, ascended into the mountain. 42 And the lord said to me, Say to them, You shall not ascend, nor wage war, [³not ¹for ²I am] with you; and in no way shall you be broken before your enemies. 43 And I spoke to you, and you did not listen to me, and you violated the word of the lord, and pressing forward you ascended unto the mountain. 44 And [⁶came forth ¹the ²Amorite ³dwelling ⁴in ⁵that mountain] to meet you. And they pursued you as do the bees, and pierced you from Seir until Hormah. 45 And sitting you wept before the lord your God, and [²did not ³listen to ¹the lord] your voice, nor took heed to you. 46 And you laid in wait in Kadesh [²days ¹many], as many [²as ³at some other time ¹days] you laid in wait.