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Numbers 32:20 - Deuteronomy 7:26

20 Then Moses said to them, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle(A) 21 and if all of you who are armed cross over the Jordan before the Lord until he has driven his enemies out before him(B) 22 then when the land is subdued before the Lord, you may return(C) and be free from your obligation to the Lord and to Israel. And this land will be your possession(D) before the Lord.(E)

23 “But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.(F) 24 Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks,(G) but do what you have promised.(H)

25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We your servants will do as our lord commands.(I) 26 Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.(J) 27 But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight(K) before the Lord, just as our lord says.”

28 Then Moses gave orders about them(L) to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun(M) and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.(N) 29 He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you,(O) you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.(P) 30 But if they do not cross over(Q) with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.(R)

31 The Gadites and Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has said.(S) 32 We will cross over before the Lord into Canaan armed,(T) but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.(U)

33 Then Moses gave to the Gadites,(V) the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh(W) son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites(X) and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan(Y)—the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.(Z)

34 The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,(AA) 35 Atroth Shophan, Jazer,(AB) Jogbehah,(AC) 36 Beth Nimrah(AD) and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.(AE) 37 And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon,(AF) Elealeh(AG) and Kiriathaim,(AH) 38 as well as Nebo(AI) and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah.(AJ) They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

39 The descendants of Makir(AK) son of Manasseh went to Gilead,(AL) captured it and drove out the Amorites(AM) who were there. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites,(AN) the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there. 41 Jair,(AO) a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.[a](AP) 42 And Nobah captured Kenath(AQ) and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah(AR) after himself.(AS)

Stages in Israel’s Journey

33 Here are the stages in the journey(AT) of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt(AU) by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.(AV) At the Lord’s command Moses recorded(AW) the stages in their journey(AX). This is their journey by stages:

The Israelites set out(AY) from Rameses(AZ) on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover.(BA) They marched out defiantly(BB) in full view of all the Egyptians, who were burying all their firstborn,(BC) whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment(BD) on their gods.(BE)

The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.(BF)

They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.(BG)

They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon,(BH) and camped near Migdol.(BI)

They left Pi Hahiroth[b](BJ) and passed through the sea(BK) into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.(BL)

They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped(BM) there.

10 They left Elim(BN) and camped by the Red Sea.[c]

11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.(BO)

12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.(BP)

15 They left Rephidim(BQ) and camped in the Desert of Sinai.(BR)

16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.(BS)

17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.(BT)

18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.(BU)

21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.

28 They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29 They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.(BV)

31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.(BW)

32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.(BX)

34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.(BY)

36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.(BZ)

37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor,(CA) on the border of Edom.(CB) 38 At the Lord’s command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died(CC) on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year(CD) after the Israelites came out of Egypt.(CE) 39 Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40 The Canaanite king(CF) of Arad,(CG) who lived in the Negev(CH) of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42 They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43 They left Punon and camped at Oboth.(CI)

44 They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.(CJ)

45 They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.

46 They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.

47 They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim,(CK) near Nebo.(CL)

48 They left the mountains of Abarim(CM) and camped on the plains of Moab(CN) by the Jordan(CO) across from Jericho.(CP) 49 There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth(CQ) to Abel Shittim.(CR)

50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho(CS) the Lord said to Moses, 51 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,(CT) 52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.(CU) 53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.(CV) 54 Distribute the land by lot,(CW) according to your clans.(CX) To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one.(CY) Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.(CZ)

55 “‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns(DA) in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. 56 And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.(DB)’”

Boundaries of Canaan

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan,(DC) the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance(DD) is to have these boundaries:(DE)

“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin(DF) along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,(DG) cross south of Scorpion Pass,(DH) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.(DI) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,(DJ) where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(DK) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(DL) This will be your boundary on the west.(DM)

“‘For your northern boundary,(DN) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(DO) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(DP) Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

10 “‘For your eastern boundary,(DQ) run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah(DR) on the east side of Ain(DS) and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.[d](DT) 12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

13 Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot(DU) as an inheritance.(DV) The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes, 14 because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.(DW) 15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua(DX) son of Nun. 18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help(DY) assign the land.(DZ) 19 These are their names:(EA)

Caleb(EB) son of Jephunneh,

from the tribe of Judah;(EC)

20 Shemuel son of Ammihud,

from the tribe of Simeon;(ED)

21 Elidad son of Kislon,

from the tribe of Benjamin;(EE)

22 Bukki son of Jogli,

the leader from the tribe of Dan;

23 Hanniel son of Ephod,

the leader from the tribe of Manasseh(EF) son of Joseph;

24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan,

the leader from the tribe of Ephraim(EG) son of Joseph;

25 Elizaphan son of Parnak,

the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;(EH)

26 Paltiel son of Azzan,

the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

27 Ahihud son of Shelomi,

the leader from the tribe of Asher;(EI)

28 Pedahel son of Ammihud,

the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

29 These are the men the Lord commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.(EJ)

Towns for the Levites

35 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,(EK) the Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in(EL) from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands(EM) around the towns. Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.(EN)

“The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits[e] from the town wall. Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits[f](EO) on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.(EP)

Cities of Refuge(EQ)

“Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee.(ER) In addition, give them forty-two other towns. In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands. The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.”(ES)

Then the Lord said to Moses: 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,(ET) 11 select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone(EU) accidentally(EV) may flee. 12 They will be places of refuge from the avenger,(EW) so that anyone accused of murder(EX) may not die before they stand trial before the assembly.(EY) 13 These six towns you give will be your cities of refuge.(EZ) 14 Give three on this side of the Jordan and three in Canaan as cities of refuge. 15 These six towns will be a place of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners residing among them, so that anyone who has killed another accidentally can flee there.

16 “‘If anyone strikes someone a fatal blow with an iron object, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.(FA) 17 Or if anyone is holding a stone and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death. 18 Or if anyone is holding a wooden object and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood(FB) shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death.(FC) 20 If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at them intentionally(FD) so that they die 21 or if out of enmity one person hits another with their fist so that the other dies, that person is to be put to death;(FE) that person is a murderer. The avenger of blood(FF) shall put the murderer to death when they meet.

22 “‘But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally(FG) 23 or, without seeing them, drops on them a stone heavy enough to kill them, and they die, then since that other person was not an enemy and no harm was intended, 24 the assembly(FH) must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. 25 The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest,(FI) who was anointed(FJ) with the holy oil.(FK)

26 “‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled 27 and the avenger of blood finds them outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder. 28 The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.

29 “‘This is to have the force of law(FL) for you throughout the generations to come,(FM) wherever you live.(FN)

30 “‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(FO)

31 “‘Do not accept a ransom(FP) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.

32 “‘Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.

33 “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,(FQ) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 Do not defile the land(FR) where you live and where I dwell,(FS) for I, the Lord, dwell among the Israelites.’”

Inheritance of Zelophehad’s Daughters(FT)

36 The family heads of the clan of Gilead(FU) son of Makir,(FV) the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph,(FW) came and spoke before Moses and the leaders,(FX) the heads of the Israelite families. They said, “When the Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot,(FY) he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad(FZ) to his daughters. Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away. When the Year of Jubilee(GA) for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our ancestors.”

Then at the Lord’s command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: “What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right. This is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within their father’s tribal clan. No inheritance(GB) in Israel is to pass from one tribe to another, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal inheritance of their ancestors. Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan,(GC) so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of their ancestors. No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.”

10 So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. 11 Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah(GD)—married their cousins on their father’s side. 12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s tribe and clan.(GE)

13 These are the commands and regulations the Lord gave through Moses(GF) to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.(GG)

The Command to Leave Horeb

These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan(GH)—that is, in the Arabah(GI)—opposite Suph, between Paran(GJ) and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab. (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb(GK) to Kadesh Barnea(GL) by the Mount Seir(GM) road.)(GN)

In the fortieth year,(GO) on the first day of the eleventh month,(GP) Moses proclaimed(GQ) to the Israelites all that the Lord had commanded him concerning them. This was after he had defeated Sihon(GR) king of the Amorites,(GS) who reigned in Heshbon,(GT) and at Edrei had defeated Og(GU) king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.(GV)

East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab,(GW) Moses began to expound this law, saying:

The Lord our God said to us(GX) at Horeb,(GY) “You have stayed long enough(GZ) at this mountain. Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites;(HA) go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah,(HB) in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev(HC) and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites(HD) and to Lebanon,(HE) as far as the great river, the Euphrates.(HF) See, I have given you this land(HG).(HH) Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore(HI) he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

The Appointment of Leaders

At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden(HJ) for me to carry alone.(HK) 10 The Lord your God has increased(HL) your numbers(HM) so that today you are as numerous(HN) as the stars in the sky.(HO) 11 May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase(HP) you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!(HQ) 12 But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?(HR) 13 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men(HS) from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

14 You answered me, “What you propose to do is good.”

15 So I took(HT) the leading men of your tribes,(HU) wise and respected men,(HV) and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders(HW) of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.(HX) 16 And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge(HY) fairly,(HZ) whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.(IA) 17 Do not show partiality(IB) in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone,(IC) for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”(ID) 18 And at that time I told you everything you were to do.(IE)

Spies Sent Out

19 Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites(IF) through all that vast and dreadful wilderness(IG) that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.(IH) 20 Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. 21 See, the Lord your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession(II) of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid;(IJ) do not be discouraged.”(IK)

22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy(IL) out the land(IM) for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”

23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected(IN) twelve of you, one man from each tribe. 24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol(IO) and explored it. 25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported,(IP) “It is a good land(IQ) that the Lord our God is giving us.”(IR)

Rebellion Against the Lord

26 But you were unwilling to go up;(IS) you rebelled(IT) against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled(IU) in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller(IV) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(IW) there.’”

29 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid(IX) of them.(IY) 30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight(IZ) for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, 31 and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried(JA) you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”(JB)

32 In spite of this,(JC) you did not trust(JD) in the Lord your God, 33 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day,(JE) to search(JF) out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

34 When the Lord heard(JG) what you said, he was angry(JH) and solemnly swore:(JI) 35 “No one from this evil generation shall see the good land(JJ) I swore to give your ancestors, 36 except Caleb(JK) son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly.(JL)

37 Because of you the Lord became angry(JM) with me also and said, “You shall not enter(JN) it, either. 38 But your assistant, Joshua(JO) son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage(JP) him, because he will lead(JQ) Israel to inherit(JR) it. 39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive,(JS) your children who do not yet know(JT) good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. 40 But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[g](JU)

41 Then you replied, “We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us.” So every one of you put on his weapons, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

42 But the Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.’”(JV)

43 So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the Lord’s command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country. 44 The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees(JW) and beat you down from Seir(JX) all the way to Hormah.(JY) 45 You came back and wept before the Lord,(JZ) but he paid no attention(KA) to your weeping and turned a deaf ear(KB) to you. 46 And so you stayed in Kadesh(KC) many days—all the time you spent there.

Wanderings in the Wilderness

Then we turned back and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea,[h](KD) as the Lord had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.(KE)

Then the Lord said to me, “You have made your way around this hill country long enough;(KF) now turn north. Give the people these orders:(KG) ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau,(KH) who live in Seir.(KI) They will be afraid(KJ) of you, but be very careful. Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own.(KK) You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”

The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched(KL) over your journey through this vast wilderness.(KM) These forty years(KN) the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.(KO)

So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from(KP) the Arabah(KQ) road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber,(KR) and traveled along the desert road of Moab.(KS)

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar(KT) to the descendants of Lot(KU) as a possession.”

10 (The Emites(KV) used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.(KW) 11 Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites,(KX) but the Moabites called them Emites. 12 Horites(KY) used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did(KZ) in the land the Lord gave them as their possession.)

13 And the Lord said, “Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.(LA)” So we crossed the valley.

14 Thirty-eight years(LB) passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea(LC) until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation(LD) of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.(LE) 15 The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated(LF) them from the camp.

16 Now when the last of these fighting men among the people had died, 17 the Lord said to me, 18 “Today you are to pass by the region of Moab at Ar.(LG) 19 When you come to the Ammonites,(LH) do not harass them or provoke them to war,(LI) for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.(LJ)

20 (That too was considered a land of the Rephaites,(LK) who used to live there; but the Ammonites called them Zamzummites. 21 They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.(LL) The Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place. 22 The Lord had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir,(LM) when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day. 23 And as for the Avvites(LN) who lived in villages as far as Gaza,(LO) the Caphtorites(LP) coming out from Caphtor[i](LQ) destroyed them and settled in their place.)

Defeat of Sihon King of Heshbon

24 “Set out now and cross the Arnon Gorge.(LR) See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite,(LS) king of Heshbon, and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage(LT) him in battle. 25 This very day I will begin to put the terror(LU) and fear(LV) of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble(LW) and be in anguish because of you.”

26 From the Desert of Kedemoth(LX) I sent messengers to Sihon(LY) king of Heshbon offering peace(LZ) and saying, 27 “Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left.(MA) 28 Sell us food to eat(MB) and water to drink for their price in silver. Only let us pass through on foot(MC) 29 as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us—until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us.” 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the Lord(MD) your God had made his spirit stubborn(ME) and his heart obstinate(MF) in order to give him into your hands,(MG) as he has now done.

31 The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”(MH)

32 When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle(MI) at Jahaz, 33 the Lord our God delivered(MJ) him over to us and we struck him down,(MK) together with his sons and his whole army. 34 At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed[j](ML) them—men, women and children. We left no survivors. 35 But the livestock(MM) and the plunder(MN) from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. 36 From Aroer(MO) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead,(MP) not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave(MQ) us all of them. 37 But in accordance with the command of the Lord our God,(MR) you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites,(MS) neither the land along the course of the Jabbok(MT) nor that around the towns in the hills.

Defeat of Og King of Bashan

Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan(MU) with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.(MV) The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid(MW) of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down,(MX) leaving no survivors.(MY) At that time we took all his cities.(MZ) There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom(NA) in Bashan.(NB) All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. We completely destroyed[k] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying[l](NC) every city—men, women and children. But all the livestock(ND) and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites(NE) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.(NF) (Hermon is called Sirion(NG) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)(NH) 10 We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah(NI) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(NJ) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[m] It is still in Rabbah(NK) of the Ammonites.)

Division of the Land

12 Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer(NL) by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns. 13 The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh.(NM) (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites.(NN) 14 Jair,(NO) a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites;(NP) it was named(NQ) after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.[n]) 15 And I gave Gilead to Makir.(NR) 16 But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River,(NS) which is the border of the Ammonites. 17 Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah,(NT) from Kinnereth(NU) to the Sea of the Arabah(NV) (that is, the Dead Sea(NW)), below the slopes of Pisgah.

18 I commanded you at that time: “The Lord your God has given(NX) you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites.(NY) 19 However, your wives,(NZ) your children and your livestock(OA) (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you, 20 until the Lord gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”

Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

21 At that time I commanded Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. The Lord will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. 22 Do not be afraid(OB) of them;(OC) the Lord your God himself will fight(OD) for you.”

23 At that time I pleaded(OE) with the Lord: 24 “Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness(OF) and your strong hand. For what god(OG) is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works(OH) you do?(OI) 25 Let me go over and see the good land(OJ) beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.(OK)

26 But because of you the Lord was angry(OL) with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah(OM) and look west and north and south and east.(ON) Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross(OO) this Jordan.(OP) 28 But commission(OQ) Joshua, and encourage(OR) and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across(OS) and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.” 29 So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.(OT)

Obedience Commanded

Now, Israel, hear the decrees(OU) and laws I am about to teach(OV) you. Follow them so that you may live(OW) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. Do not add(OX) to what I command you and do not subtract(OY) from it, but keep(OZ) the commands(PA) of the Lord your God that I give you.

You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.(PB) The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

See, I have taught(PC) you decrees and laws(PD) as the Lord my God commanded(PE) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering(PF) to take possession of it. Observe(PG) them carefully, for this will show your wisdom(PH) and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”(PI) What other nation is so great(PJ) as to have their gods near(PK) them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws(PL) as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

Only be careful,(PM) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach(PN) them to your children(PO) and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,(PP) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn(PQ) to revere(PR) me as long as they live in the land(PS) and may teach(PT) them to their children.” 11 You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain(PU) while it blazed with fire(PV) to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.(PW) 12 Then the Lord spoke(PX) to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form;(PY) there was only a voice.(PZ) 13 He declared to you his covenant,(QA) the Ten Commandments,(QB) which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. 14 And the Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws(QC) you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

Idolatry Forbidden

15 You saw no form(QD) of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb(QE) out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,(QF) 16 so that you do not become corrupt(QG) and make for yourselves an idol,(QH) an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, 17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,(QI) 18 or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. 19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(QJ) the moon and the stars(QK)—all the heavenly array(QL)—do not be enticed(QM) into bowing down to them and worshiping(QN) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,(QO) out of Egypt,(QP) to be the people of his inheritance,(QQ) as you now are.

21 The Lord was angry with me(QR) because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance. 22 I will die in this land;(QS) I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.(QT) 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant(QU) of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol(QV) in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,(QW) a jealous God.(QX)

25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt(QY) and make any kind of idol,(QZ) doing evil(RA) in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses(RB) against you(RC) this day that you will quickly perish(RD) from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The Lord will scatter(RE) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive(RF) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods(RG) of wood and stone,(RH) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.(RI) 29 But if from there you seek(RJ) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(RK) and with all your soul.(RL) 30 When you are in distress(RM) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(RN) you will return(RO) to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful(RP) God; he will not abandon(RQ) or destroy(RR) you or forget(RS) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

The Lord Is God

32 Ask(RT) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;(RU) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.(RV) Has anything so great(RW) as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? 33 Has any other people heard the voice of God[o] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?(RX) 34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,(RY) by testings,(RZ) by signs(SA) and wonders,(SB) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(SC) or by great and awesome deeds,(SD) like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.(SE) 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice(SF) to discipline(SG) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. 37 Because he loved(SH) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(SI) 38 to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance,(SJ) as it is today.

39 Acknowledge(SK) and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.(SL) 40 Keep(SM) his decrees and commands,(SN) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well(SO) with you and your children after you and that you may live long(SP) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

Cities of Refuge(SQ)

41 Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, 42 to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally(SR) killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life. 43 The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth(SS) in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

Introduction to the Law

44 This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. 45 These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt 46 and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon(ST) king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. 48 This land extended from Aroer(SU) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[p](SV) (that is, Hermon(SW)), 49 and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea,[q] below the slopes of Pisgah.

The Ten Commandments(SX)

Moses summoned all Israel and said:

Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws(SY) I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. The Lord our God made a covenant(SZ) with us at Horeb.(TA) It was not with our ancestors[r] that the Lord made this covenant, but with us,(TB) with all of us who are alive here today.(TC) The Lord spoke(TD) to you face to face(TE) out of the fire(TF) on the mountain. (At that time I stood between(TG) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid(TH) of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt,(TI) out of the land of slavery.(TJ)

“You shall have no other gods before[s] me.

“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.(TK) You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents(TL) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,(TM) 10 but showing love to a thousand(TN) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.(TO)

11 “You shall not misuse the name(TP) of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(TQ)

12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy,(TR) as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day(TS) is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant,(TT) nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.(TU) 15 Remember that you were slaves(TV) in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand(TW) and an outstretched arm.(TX) Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

16 “Honor your father(TY) and your mother,(TZ) as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long(UA) and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “You shall not murder.(UB)

18 “You shall not commit adultery.(UC)

19 “You shall not steal.(UD)

20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.(UE)

21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(UF)

22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness;(UG) and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets(UH) and gave them to me.

23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders(UI) came to me. 24 And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us(UJ) his glory and his majesty,(UK) and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.(UL) 25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer.(UM) 26 For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?(UN) 27 Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says.(UO) Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”(UP)

28 The Lord heard you when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, “I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good.(UQ) 29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me(UR) and keep all my commands(US) always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!(UT)

30 “Go, tell them to return to their tents. 31 But you stay here(UU) with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.”

32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you;(UV) do not turn aside to the right or to the left.(UW) 33 Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you,(UX) so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days(UY) in the land that you will possess.

Love the Lord Your God

These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear(UZ) the Lord your God as long as you live(VA) by keeping all his decrees and commands(VB) that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.(VC) Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey(VD) so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly(VE) in a land flowing with milk and honey,(VF) just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised(VG) you.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[t](VH) Love(VI) the Lord your God with all your heart(VJ) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(VK) These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(VL) Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(VM) Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(VN) Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(VO)

10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,(VP) 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig,(VQ) and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,(VR) 12 be careful that you do not forget(VS) the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

13 Fear the Lord(VT) your God, serve him only(VU) and take your oaths(VV) in his name.(VW) 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; 15 for the Lord your God(VX), who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test(VY) as you did at Massah. 17 Be sure to keep(VZ) the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.(WA) 18 Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight,(WB) so that it may go well(WC) with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, 19 thrusting out all your enemies(WD) before you, as the Lord said.

20 In the future, when your son asks you,(WE) “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.(WF) 22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23 But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. 24 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God,(WG) so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.(WH) 25 And if we are careful to obey all this law(WI) before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.(WJ)

Driving Out the Nations

When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess(WK) and drives out before you many nations(WL)—the Hittites,(WM) Girgashites,(WN) Amorites,(WO) Canaanites, Perizzites,(WP) Hivites(WQ) and Jebusites,(WR) seven nations larger and stronger than you— and when the Lord your God has delivered(WS) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(WT) them totally.[u](WU) Make no treaty(WV) with them, and show them no mercy.(WW) Do not intermarry with them.(WX) Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods,(WY) and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy(WZ) you. This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles[v](XA) and burn their idols in the fire.(XB) For you are a people holy(XC) to the Lord your God.(XD) The Lord your God has chosen(XE) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(XF)

The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(XG) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(XH) of all peoples.(XI) But it was because the Lord loved(XJ) you and kept the oath he swore(XK) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand(XL) and redeemed(XM) you from the land of slavery,(XN) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord your God is God;(XO) he is the faithful God,(XP) keeping his covenant of love(XQ) to a thousand generations(XR) of those who love him and keep his commandments.(XS) 10 But

those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction;
    he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.(XT)

11 Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.

12 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors.(XU) 13 He will love you and bless you(XV) and increase your numbers.(XW) He will bless the fruit of your womb,(XX) the crops of your land—your grain, new wine(XY) and olive oil(XZ)—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(YA) 14 You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young.(YB) 15 The Lord will keep you free from every disease.(YC) He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt,(YD) but he will inflict them on all who hate you.(YE) 16 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.(YF) Do not look on them with pity(YG) and do not serve their gods,(YH) for that will be a snare(YI) to you.

17 You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?(YJ) 18 But do not be afraid(YK) of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.(YL) 19 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand(YM) and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.(YN) 20 Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet(YO) among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. 21 Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you,(YP) is a great and awesome God.(YQ) 22 The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little.(YR) You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. 23 But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.(YS) 24 He will give their kings(YT) into your hand,(YU) and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you;(YV) you will destroy them.(YW) 25 The images of their gods you are to burn(YX) in the fire. Do not covet(YY) the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared(YZ) by it, for it is detestable(ZA) to the Lord your God. 26 Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction.(ZB) Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.

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