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Deuteronomy
New Living Translation → Darby Bible Translation

These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valleya near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain, opposite to Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Normally it takes only eleven days to travel from Mount Sinaib to Kadesh-barnea, going by way of Mount Seir.

There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month,c Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say.

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Jehovah had given him in command to them;

This took place after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth.

after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Ashtaroth [and] at Edrei.

While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD’s instructions as follows.

On this side the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to unfold this law, saying,

“When we were at Mount Sinai, the LORD our God said to us, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

Jehovah our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have stayed long enough in this mountain.

It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions — the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills,d the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.

Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the neighbouring places in the plain, in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and by the seaside, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

Look, I am giving all this land to you! Go in and occupy it, for it is the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to all their descendants.’”

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

Moses continued, “At that time I told you, ‘You are too great a burden for me to carry all by myself.

And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone.

The LORD your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!

Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

And may the LORD, the God of your ancestors, multiply you a thousand times more and bless you as he promised!

Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you as he hath said unto you!

But you are such a heavy load to carry! How can I deal with all your problems and bickering?

How can I myself alone sustain your wear, and your burden, and your strife?

Choose some well-respected men from each tribe who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will appoint them as your leaders.’

Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.

“Then you responded, ‘Your plan is a good one.’

And ye answered me, and said, The thing that thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.

So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten.

So I took the chiefs of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them chiefs over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers for your tribes.

“At that time I instructed the judges, ‘You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions

And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and him also that sojourneth with him.

and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don’t be afraid of anyone’s anger, for the decision you make is God’s decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.’

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: 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 matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

“At that time I gave you instructions about everything you were to do.

And I commanded you at that time all the things that ye should do.

“Then, just as the LORD our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,

And we departed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw, on the way to the mountain of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the LORD our God is giving us.

And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth us.

Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don’t be afraid! Don’t be discouraged!’

Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

“But you all came to me and said, ‘First, let’s send out scouts to explore the land for us. They will advise us on the best route to take and which towns we should enter.’

And ye came near to me all of you, and said, We will send men before us, who shall examine the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and of the cities to which we shall come.

“This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.

And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.

They headed for the hill country and came to the valley of Eshcol and explored it.

And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

They picked some of its fruit and brought it back to us. And they reported, ‘The land the LORD our God has given us is indeed a good land.’

And they took of the fruit of the land in their hand, and brought it down unto us, and brought us answer, and said, The land is good that Jehovah our God hath given us.

“But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to go in.

But ye would not go up, and rebelled against the word of Jehovah your God;

You complained in your tents and said, ‘The LORD must hate us. That’s why he has brought us here from Egypt — to hand us over to the Amorites to be slaughtered.

and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah 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.

Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there — the descendants of Anak!”’

Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, [They are] a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

“But I said to you, ‘Don’t be shocked or afraid of them!

And I said unto you, Be not afraid, neither fear them;

The LORD your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt.

Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

And you saw how the LORD your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now he has brought you to this place.’

and in the wilderness where thou hast seen that Jehovah thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came to this place.

“But even after all he did, you refused to trust the LORD your God,

But In this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,

who goes before you looking for the best places to camp, guiding you with a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day.

who went in the way before you, to search you out a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.

“When the LORD heard your complaining, he became very angry. So he solemnly swore,

And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,

‘Not one of you from this wicked generation will live to see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,

None among these men, this evil generation, shall in any wise see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers!

except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see this land because he has followed the LORD completely. I will give to him and his descendants some of the very land he explored during his scouting mission.’

Except 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 Jehovah.

“And the LORD was also angry with me because of you. He said to me, ‘Moses, not even you will enter the Promised Land!

Also Jehovah was angry with me on your account, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

Instead, your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will lead the people into the land. Encourage him, for he will lead Israel as they take possession of it.

Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

I will give the land to your little ones — your innocent children. You were afraid they would be captured, but they will be the ones who occupy it.

And your little ones, of whom ye said, They shall be a prey, and your children, who this day know neither good nor evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

As for you, turn around now and go on back through the wilderness toward the Red Sea.e’

But ye, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

“Then you confessed, ‘We have sinned against the LORD! We will go into the land and fight for it, as the LORD our God has commanded us.’ So your men strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be easy to attack the hill country.

And ye answered And said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, We will go up And fight, according to all that Jehovah our God hath commanded us. And ye girded on Every man his weapons of war, And ye would go presumptuously up the hill.

“But the LORD told me to tell you, ‘Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.’

And Jehovah said to me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

“This is what I told you, but you would not listen. Instead, you again rebelled against the LORD’s command and arrogantly went into the hill country to fight.

And I spoke unto you, but ye would not hear, and ye rebelled against the word of Jehovah, and acted presumptuously, and went up the hill.

But the Amorites who lived there came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased and battered you all the way from Seir to Hormah.

And the Amorite that dwelt on that hill came out against you, and chased you, like as bees do, and cut you in pieces in Seir, as far as Hormah.

Then you returned and wept before the LORD, but he refused to listen.

And ye returned and wept before Jehovah, but Jehovah would not listen to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

So you stayed there at Kadesh for a long time.

And ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].

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