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Deuteronomy 1
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The Fifth Book of Moses, called [a]Deuteronomy

1 2 A brief rehearsal of things done before, from Horeb unto Kadesh Barnea. 32 Moses reproveth the people for their incredulity. 44 The Israelites are overcome by the Amorites because they fought against the commandment of the Lord.

1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel, on [b]this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain, [c]over against the red sea, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 There are eleven days’ journey from [d]Horeb unto Kadesh Barnea, by the way of mount Seir.

3 And it came to pass in the first day of the eleventh month, in the fortieth year that Moses spake unto the children of Israel according unto all that the Lord hath given him in commandment unto them.

4 After that he had slain [e](A)Sihon the King of the Amorites which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, which dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei.

5 On this side Jordan at the land of Moab [f]began Moses to declare this law, saying,

6 The Lord our God spake unto us in [g]Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount,

7 Turn you and depart, and go unto the mountain of the Amorites, and unto all places near thereunto in the plain, in the mountain, or in the valley: both Southward, and to the Sea side to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon: even unto the great river, the river [h]Perah.

8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and (B)possess that land which the Lord sware, unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and unto their seed after them.

9 ¶ And I spake [i]unto you the same time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

10 The Lord your God hath [j]multiplied you: and behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven in number:

11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you,)

12 How can I alone [k]bear your cumbrance and your charge, and your strife?

13 Bring you men of wisdom and of understanding, and [l]known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you:

14 Then he answered me and said, the thing is good that thou hast commanded us to do.

15 So I took the chief of your tribes, [m]wise and known men, and made them rulers over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifty, and captains over ten, and officers among your tribes.

16 And I charged your Judges that same time, saying, Hear the controversies between your brethren, and (C)judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

17 Ye shall have no respect of person in judgment, (D)but shall hear the small as well as the great: ye shall not fear the face of man: for the judgment is [n]God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring unto me, and I will hear it.

18 Also I commanded you the same time all the things which ye should do.

19 ¶ Then we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness (as ye have seen) by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us: and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

20 And [o]I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.

21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath laid the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee: fear not, neither be discouraged.

22 [p]Then ye came unto me everyone, and said, We will send men before us, to search us out the land, and to bring us word again, what way we must go up by, and unto what cities we shall come.

23 So the saying pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, of every tribe one.

24 (E)Who departed, and went up into the mountain, and came unto the [q]river Eshcol, and searched out the land.

25 And took of the fruit of the land in their hand, and brought it unto us, and brought us word again, and [r]said, It is a good land, which the Lord our God doth give us.

26 Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, but were disobedient unto the commandment of the Lord your God,

27 And murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord [s]hated us, therefore hath he brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, and to destroy us.

28 Whither shall we go up, our [t]brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, The people [are] greater, and taller than we: the cities are great and walled up to heaven: and moreover we have seen the sons of the (F)Anakims there.

29 But I said unto you, Dread not, nor be afraid of them.

30 The Lord your God, [u]who goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did unto you in Egypt before your eyes,

31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way which ye have gone, until ye came unto this place.

32 Yet for all this ye did not believe the Lord your God,

33 (G)Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, that ye might see what way to go, and in a cloud by day.

34 Then the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

35 (H)Surely there shall not one of these men of this forward generation, see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall see it, (I)and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath constantly followed the Lord.

37 (J)Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, (K)Thou also shalt not go in thither,

38 But Joshua the son of Nun which standeth [v]before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

39 Moreover, your [w]children, which ye said should be a prey, and your sons, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40 But as for you, turn back, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the red Sea.

41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, [x]we will go up, and fight, according to all that the Lord our God hath commanded us: and ye armed you every man to the war, and were ready to go up into the mountain.

42 But the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight, (for I am [y]not among you) lest ye fall before your enemies.

43 And when I told you, ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went up into the mountain.

44 Then the Amorites which dwelt in that mountain came out against you, and chased you (as bees used to do) and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

45 And when ye came again, ye wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not [z]hear your voice, nor incline his ears unto you.

46 So ye abode in Kadesh a long time, according to the time that ye had remained before.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 1:1 That is, a second law: so called, because the Law which God gave in mount Sinai, is here repeated, as though it were a new Law: and this book is a commentary or exposition of the ten commandments.
  2. Deuteronomy 1:1 In the country of Moab.
  3. Deuteronomy 1:1 So that the wilderness was between the Sea and this plain of Moab.
  4. Deuteronomy 1:2 In Horeb, or Sinai, forty years before this the Law was given: but because all that were then of age and judgment were now dead, Moses repeateth the same to the youth which either then were not born, or had not judgment.
  5. Deuteronomy 1:4 By these examples of God’s favor, their minds are prepared to receive the Law.
  6. Deuteronomy 1:5 The second time.
  7. Deuteronomy 1:6 In the second year and second month, Num. 10:11.
  8. Deuteronomy 1:7 Or, Euphrates.
  9. Deuteronomy 1:9 By the counsel of Jethro my father-in-law, Exod. 18:19.
  10. Deuteronomy 1:10 Not so much by the course of nature, as miraculously.
  11. Deuteronomy 1:12 Signifying how great a burden it is, to govern the people.
  12. Deuteronomy 1:13 Whose godliness and uprightness is known.
  13. Deuteronomy 1:15 Declaring what sort of men ought to have a public charge, read Exod. 18:31.
  14. Deuteronomy 1:17 And you are his Lieutenants.
  15. Deuteronomy 1:20 So that the fault was in themselves, that they did not sooner possess the inheritance promised.
  16. Deuteronomy 1:22 Read Num. 13:13
  17. Deuteronomy 1:24 Or, valley of the cluster of grapes.
  18. Deuteronomy 1:25 To wit, Caleb, and Joshua: Moses preferreth the better part to the greater, that is, two to ten.
  19. Deuteronomy 1:27 Such was the Jews’ unthankfulness, that they counted God’s especial love, hatred.
  20. Deuteronomy 1:28 The other ten, not Caleb and Joshua.
  21. Deuteronomy 1:30 Declaring that to renounce our own force, and constantly to follow our vocation, and depend on the Lord, is the true boldness, and agreeable to God.
  22. Deuteronomy 1:38 Which ministreth unto thee.
  23. Deuteronomy 1:39 Which were under twenty years old, as Num. 14:31.
  24. Deuteronomy 1:41 This declareth man’s nature, who will do that which God forbiddeth, and will not do that which he commendeth.
  25. Deuteronomy 1:42 Signifying that man hath no strength, but when God is at hand to help him.
  26. Deuteronomy 1:45 Because ye rather showed your hypocrisy, than true repentance: rather lamenting the loss of your brethren, than repenting for your sins.
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The Command to Leave Horeb

1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan(A)—that is, in the Arabah(B)—opposite Suph, between Paran(C) and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab. 2 (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb(D) to Kadesh Barnea(E) by the Mount Seir(F) road.)(G)

3 In the fortieth year,(H) on the first day of the eleventh month,(I) Moses proclaimed(J) to the Israelites all that the Lord had commanded him concerning them. 4 This was after he had defeated Sihon(K) king of the Amorites,(L) who reigned in Heshbon,(M) and at Edrei had defeated Og(N) king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.(O)

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

6 The Lord our God said to us(Q) at Horeb,(R) “You have stayed long enough(S) at this mountain. 7 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites;(T) go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah,(U) in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev(V) and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites(W) and to Lebanon,(X) as far as the great river, the Euphrates.(Y) 8 See, I have given you this land(Z).(AA) Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore(AB) he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

The Appointment of Leaders

9 At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden(AC) for me to carry alone.(AD) 10 The Lord your God has increased(AE) your numbers(AF) so that today you are as numerous(AG) as the stars in the sky.(AH) 11 May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase(AI) you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!(AJ) 12 But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?(AK) 13 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men(AL) 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(AM) the leading men of your tribes,(AN) wise and respected men,(AO) and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders(AP) of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.(AQ) 16 And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge(AR) fairly,(AS) whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.(AT) 17 Do not show partiality(AU) in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone,(AV) for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”(AW) 18 And at that time I told you everything you were to do.(AX)

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(AY) through all that vast and dreadful wilderness(AZ) that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.(BA) 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(BB) of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid;(BC) do not be discouraged.”(BD)

22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy(BE) out the land(BF) 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(BG) 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(BH) and explored it. 25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported,(BI) “It is a good land(BJ) that the Lord our God is giving us.”(BK)

Rebellion Against the Lord

26 But you were unwilling to go up;(BL) you rebelled(BM) against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled(BN) 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(BO) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(BP) there.’”

29 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid(BQ) of them.(BR) 30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight(BS) 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(BT) you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”(BU)

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

34 When the Lord heard(BZ) what you said, he was angry(CA) and solemnly swore:(CB) 35 “No one from this evil generation shall see the good land(CC) I swore to give your ancestors, 36 except Caleb(CD) 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.(CE)”

37 Because of you the Lord became angry(CF) with me also and said, “You shall not enter(CG) it, either. 38 But your assistant, Joshua(CH) son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage(CI) him, because he will lead(CJ) Israel to inherit(CK) it. 39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive,(CL) your children who do not yet know(CM) 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.[a](CN)”

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.’”(CO)

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(CP) and beat you down from Seir(CQ) all the way to Hormah.(CR) 45 You came back and wept before the Lord,(CS) but he paid no attention(CT) to your weeping and turned a deaf ear(CU) to you. 46 And so you stayed in Kadesh(CV) many days—all the time you spent there.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 1:40 Or the Sea of Reeds
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