1 These be the words * h1697 which Moses * h4872 spake * h1696 h8765 unto all Israel * h3478 on this side * h5676 Jordan * h3383 in the wilderness * h4057, in the plain * h6160 over against * h4136 the Red * h5489 sea , between Paran * h6290, and Tophel * h8603, and Laban * h3837, and Hazeroth * h2698, and Dizahab * h1774. the Red...: or, Zuph
2 ( There are eleven * h259 * h6240 days * h3117' journey from Horeb * h2722 by the way * h1870 of mount * h2022 Seir * h8165 unto Kadeshbarnea * h6947.)
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth * h705 year * h8141, in the eleventh * h6249 * h6240 month * h2320, on the first * h259 day of the month * h2320, that Moses * h4872 spake * h1696 h8765 unto the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478, according unto all that the LORD * h3068 had given him in commandment * h6680 h8765 unto them;
4 After * h310 he had slain * h5221 h8687 Sihon * h5511 the king * h4428 of the Amorites * h567, which dwelt * h3427 h8802 in Heshbon * h2809, and Og * h5747 the king * h4428 of Bashan * h1316, which dwelt * h3427 h8802 at Astaroth * h6252 in Edrei * h154:
5 On this side * h5676 Jordan * h3383, in the land * h776 of Moab * h4124, began * h2974 h8689 Moses * h4872 to declare * h874 h8763 this law * h8451, saying * h559 h8800,
6 The LORD * h3068 our God * h430 spake * h1696 h8765 unto us in Horeb * h2722, saying * h559 h8800, Ye have dwelt * h3427 h8800 long enough * h7227 in this mount * h2022:
7 Turn * h6437 h8798 you, and take your journey * h5265 h8798, and go * h935 h8798 to the mount * h2022 of the Amorites * h567, and unto all the places nigh * h7934 thereunto, in the plain * h6160, in the hills * h2022, and in the vale * h8219, and in the south * h5045, and by the sea * h3220 side * h2348, to the land * h776 of the Canaanites * h3669, and unto Lebanon * h3844, unto the great * h1419 river * h5104, the river * h5104 Euphrates * h6578. all...: Heb. all his neighbours
8 Behold * h7200 h8798, I have set * h5414 h8804 the land * h776 before * h6440 you: go * h935 h8798 in and possess * h3423 h8798 the land * h776 which the LORD * h3068 sware * h7650 h8738 unto your fathers * h1, Abraham * h85, Isaac * h3327, and Jacob * h3290, to give * h5414 h8800 unto them and to their seed * h2233 after * h310 them. set: Heb. given
9 And I spake * h559 h8799 unto you at that time * h6256, saying * h559 h8800, I am not able * h3201 h8799 to bear * h5375 h8800 you myself alone * h905:
10 The LORD * h3068 your God * h430 hath multiplied * h7235 h8689 you, and, behold, ye are this day * h3117 as the stars * h3556 of heaven * h8064 for multitude * h7230.
11 (The LORD * h3068 God * h430 of your fathers * h1 make you a thousand * h505 times * h6471 so many more as * h3254 h8686 ye are , and bless * h1288 h8762 you, as he hath promised * h1696 h8765 you!)
12 How * h349 can I myself alone bear * h5375 h8799 your cumbrance * h2960, and your burden * h4853, and your strife * h7379?
13 Take * h3051 h8798 you wise * h2450 men * h582, and understanding * h995 h8737, and known * h3045 h8803 among your tribes * h7626, and I will make * h7760 h8799 them rulers * h7218 over you. Take: Heb. Give
14 And ye answered * h6030 h8799 me, and said * h559 h8799, The thing * h1697 which thou hast spoken * h1696 h8765 is good * h2896 for us to do * h6213 h8800.
15 So I took * h3947 h8799 the chief * h7218 of your tribes * h7626, wise * h2450 men * h582, and known * h3045 h8803, and made * h5414 h8799 them heads * h7218 over you, captains * h8269 over thousands * h505, and captains * h8269 over hundreds * h3967, and captains * h8269 over fifties * h2572, and captains * h8269 over tens * h6235, and officers * h7860 h8802 among your tribes * h7626. made: Heb. gave
16 And I charged * h6680 h8762 your judges * h8199 h8802 at that time * h6256, saying * h559 h8800, Hear * h8085 h8800 the causes between your brethren * h251, and judge * h8199 h8804 righteously * h6664 between every man * h376 and his brother * h251, and the stranger * h1616 that is with him.
17 Ye shall not respect * h5234 h8686 persons * h6440 in judgment * h4941; but ye shall hear * h8085 h8799 the small * h6996 as well as the great * h1419; ye shall not be afraid * h1481 h8799 of the face * h6440 of man * h376; for the judgment * h4941 is God's * h430: and the cause * h1697 that is too hard * h7185 h8799 for you, bring * h7126 h8686 it unto me, and I will hear * h8085 h8804 it. respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces
18 And I commanded * h6680 h8762 you at that time * h6256 all the things * h1697 which ye should do * h6213 h8799.
19 And when we departed * h5265 h8799 from Horeb * h2722, we went through * h3212 h8799 all that great * h1419 and terrible * h3372 h8737 wilderness * h4057, which ye saw * h7200 h8804 by the way * h1870 of the mountain * h2022 of the Amorites * h567, as the LORD * h3068 our God * h430 commanded * h6680 h8765 us; and we came * h935 h8799 to Kadeshbarnea * h6947.
20 And I said * h559 h8799 unto you, Ye are come * h935 h8804 unto the mountain * h2022 of the Amorites * h567, which the LORD * h3068 our God * h430 doth give * h5414 h8802 unto us.
21 Behold * h7200 h8798, the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 hath set * h5414 h8804 the land * h776 before * h6440 thee: go up * h5927 h8798 and possess * h3423 h8798 it , as the LORD * h3068 God * h430 of thy fathers * h1 hath said * h1696 h8765 unto thee; fear * h3372 h8799 not, neither be discouraged * h2865 h8735.
22 And ye came near * h7126 h8799 unto me every one of you, and said * h559 h8799, We will send * h7971 h8799 men * h582 before * h6440 us, and they shall search us out * h2658 h8799 the land * h776, and bring * h7725 us word * h1697 again * h7725 h8686 by what way * h1870 we must go up * h5927 h8799, and into what cities * h5892 we shall come * h935 h8799.
23 And the saying * h1697 pleased me well * h3190 h8799 * h5869: and I took * h3947 h8799 twelve * h8147 * h6240 men * h582 of you, one * h259 of a tribe * h376 * h7626:
24 And they turned * h6437 h8799 and went up * h5927 h8799 into the mountain * h2022, and came * h935 h8799 unto the valley * h5158 of Eshcol * h812, and searched it out * h7270 h8762.
25 And they took * h3947 h8799 of the fruit * h6529 of the land * h776 in their hands * h3027, and brought it down * h3381 h8686 unto us, and brought * h7725 us word * h1697 again * h7725 h8686, and said * h559 h8799, It is a good * h2896 land * h776 which the LORD * h3068 our God * h430 doth give * h5414 h8802 us.
26 Notwithstanding ye would * h14 h8804 not go up * h5927 h8800, but rebelled * h4784 h8686 against the commandment * h6310 of the LORD * h3068 your God * h430:
27 And ye murmured * h7279 h8735 in your tents * h168, and said * h559 h8799, Because the LORD * h3068 hated * h8135 us, he hath brought us forth * h3318 h8689 out of the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714, to deliver * h5414 h8800 us into the hand * h3027 of the Amorites * h567, to destroy * h8045 h8687 us.
28 Whither shall we go up * h5927 h8802? our brethren * h251 have discouraged * h4549 h8689 our heart * h3824, saying * h559 h8800, The people * h5971 is greater * h1419 and taller * h7311 h8802 than we; the cities * h5892 are great * h1419 and walled up * h1219 h8803 to heaven * h8064; and moreover we have seen * h7200 h8804 the sons * h1121 of the Anakims * h6062 there. discouraged: Heb. melted
29 Then I said * h559 h8799 unto you, Dread * h6206 h8799 not, neither be afraid * h3372 h8799 of them.
30 The LORD * h3068 your God * h430 which goeth * h1980 h8802 before * h6440 you, he shall fight * h3898 h8735 for you, according to all that he did * h6213 h8804 for you in Egypt * h4714 before your eyes * h5869;
31 And in the wilderness * h4057, where thou hast seen * h7200 h8804 how that the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430 bare * h5375 h8804 thee, as a man * h376 doth bear * h5375 h8799 his son * h1121, in all the way * h1870 that ye went * h1980 h8804, until ye came * h935 h8800 into this place * h4725.
32 Yet in this thing * h1697 ye did not believe * h539 h8688 the LORD * h3068 your God * h430,
33 Who went * h1980 h8802 in the way * h1870 before * h6440 you, to search you out * h8446 h8800 a place * h4725 to pitch your tents * h2583 h8800 in , in fire * h784 by night * h3915, to shew * h7200 h8687 you by what way * h1870 ye should go * h3212 h8799, and in a cloud * h6051 by day * h3119.
34 And the LORD * h3068 heard * h8085 h8799 the voice * h6963 of your words * h1697, and was wroth * h7107 h8799, and sware * h7650 h8735, saying * h559 h8800,
35 Surely there shall not one * h376 of these men * h582 of this evil * h7451 generation * h1755 see * h7200 h8799 that good * h2896 land * h776, which I sware * h7650 h8738 to give * h5414 h8800 unto your fathers * h1,
36 Save * h2108 Caleb * h3612 the son * h1121 of Jephunneh * h3312; he shall see * h7200 h8799 it, and to him will I give * h5414 h8799 the land * h776 that * h834 he hath trodden upon * h1869 h8804, and to his children * h1121, because he hath wholly * h4390 h8765 followed * h310 the LORD * h3068. wholly...: Heb. fulfilled to go after
37 Also the LORD * h3068 was angry * h599 h8694 with me for your sakes * h1558, saying * h559 h8800, Thou also shalt not go * h935 h8799 in thither * h8033.
38 But Joshua * h3091 the son * h1121 of Nun * h5126, which standeth * h5975 h8802 before * h6440 thee, he shall go in * h935 h8799 thither: encourage * h2388 h8761 him: for he shall cause Israel * h3478 to inherit * h5157 h8686 it.
39 Moreover your little ones * h2945, which ye said * h559 h8804 should be a prey * h957, and your children * h1121, which in that day * h3117 had no knowledge * h3045 h8804 between good * h2896 and evil * h7451, they shall go in * h935 h8799 thither, and unto them will I give * h5414 h8799 it, and they shall possess * h3423 h8799 it.
40 But as for you, turn * h6437 h8798 you, and take your journey * h5265 h8798 into the wilderness * h4057 by the way * h1870 of the Red * h5488 sea * h3220.
41 Then ye answered * h6030 h8799 and said * h559 h8799 unto me, We have sinned * h2398 h8804 against the LORD * h3068, we will go up * h5927 h8799 and fight * h3898 h8738, according to all that the LORD * h3068 our God * h430 commanded * h6680 h8765 us. And when ye had girded * h2296 h8799 on every man * h376 his weapons * h3627 of war * h4421, ye were ready * h1951 h8686 to go up * h5927 h8800 into the hill * h2022.
42 And the LORD * h3068 said * h559 h8799 unto me, Say * h559 h8798 unto them, Go not up * h5927 h8799, neither fight * h3898 h8735; for I am not among * h7130 you; lest ye be smitten * h5062 h8735 before * h6440 your enemies * h341 h8802.
43 So I spake * h1696 h8762 unto you; and ye would not hear * h8085 h8804, but rebelled * h4784 h8686 against the commandment * h6310 of the LORD * h3068, and went * h5927 presumptuously * h2102 h8686 up * h5927 h8799 into the hill * h2022. went...: Heb. ye were presumptuous, and went up
44 And the Amorites * h567, which dwelt * h3427 h8802 in that mountain * h2022, came out * h3318 h8799 against * h7125 h8800 you, and chased * h7291 h8799 you, as bees * h1682 do * h6213 h8799, and destroyed * h3807 h8686 you in Seir * h8165, even unto Hormah * h2767.
45 And ye returned * h7725 h8799 and wept * h1058 h8799 before * h6440 the LORD * h3068; but the LORD * h3068 would not hearken * h8085 h8804 to your voice * h6963, nor give ear * h238 h8689 unto you.
46 So ye abode * h3427 h8799 in Kadesh * h6946 many * h7227 days * h3117, according unto the days * h3117 that ye abode * h3427 h8804 there .