Deuteronomy 1:6-8

The Voice

Moses now explains to the current generation of Israelites what the Lord has done for them, so the Israelites can confidently give their full allegiance to this One God, who has already proven Himself as their protector and guide. Even today it’s helpful for us to remember God’s faithfulness to earlier generations in our own families and nations. Our confidence in God is strengthened most when we recall how He has worked directly in our own lives to protect, provide for, and guide us.

Moses: ⁶The Eternal, our True God, spoke to us back at Horeb. He told us, “You’ve stayed long enough at this mountain! ⁷Break camp, and head up into the Amorite highlands, into the territories of all their neighbors—into the arid valley,^[a] the hills, the lowlands, the southern desert,^[b] and the Mediterranean seacoast. Go into the land of the Canaanites, as far north as Lebanon and all the way east to the great Euphrates River. ⁸Look! I’ve brought you right to the edge of the land that I, the Eternal, swore I’d give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them. Go in, and take possession of it!”