1These are the words{H1697} which Moses{H4872} spake{H1696} unto all Israel{H3478} beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} in the wilderness,{H4057} in the Arabah{H6160} over against{H4136} Suph,{H5489} between Paran,{H6290} and Tophel,{H8603} and Laban,{H3837} and Hazeroth,{H2698} and Di-zahab.{H1774}
2It is eleven{H259} days'{H3117} [journey] from Horeb{H2722} by the way{H1870} of mount{H2022} Seir{H8165} unto Kadesh-barnea.{H6947}
3And it came to pass in the fortieth{H705} year,{H8141} in the eleventh{H6249} month,{H2320} on the first{H259} day of the month,{H2320} that Moses{H4872} spake{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} according unto all that Jehovah{H3068} had given him in commandment{H6680} unto them;
4after{H310} he had smitten{H5221} Sihon{H5511} the king{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} who dwelt{H3427} in Heshbon,{H2809} and Og{H5747} the king{H4428} of Bashan,{H1316} who dwelt{H3427} in Ashtaroth,{H6252} at Edrei.{H154}
5Beyond{H5676} the Jordan,{H3383} in the land{H776} of Moab,{H4124} began{H2974} Moses{H4872} to declare{H874} this law,{H8451} saying,{H559}
6Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} spake{H1696} unto us in Horeb,{H2722} saying,{H559} Ye have dwelt{H3427} long enough{H7227} in this mountain:{H2022}
7turn{H6437} you, and take your journey,{H5265} and go{H935} to the hill-country{H2022} of the Amorites,{H567} and unto all [the places] nigh{H7934} thereunto, in the Arabah,{H6160} in the hill-country,{H2022} and in the lowland,{H8219} and in the South,{H5045} and by the{H3220} sea-shore,{H2348} the land{H776} of the Canaanites,{H3669} and Lebanon,{H3844} as far as the great{H1419} river,{H5104} the river{H5104} Euphrates.{H6578}
8Behold,{H7200} I have set{H5414} the land{H776} before{H6440} you: go{H935} in and possess{H3423} the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} sware{H7650} unto your fathers,{H1} to Abraham,{H85} to Isaac,{H3327} and to Jacob,{H3290} to give{H5414} unto them and to their seed{H2233} after{H310} them.
9And I spake{H559} unto you at that time,{H6256} saying,{H559} I am not able{H3201} to bear{H5375} you myself alone:{H905}
10Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} hath multiplied{H7235} you, and, behold, ye are this day{H3117} as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064} for multitude.{H7230}
11Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of your fathers,{H1} make you a thousand{H505} times{H6471} as many as{H3254} ye are, and bless{H1288} you, as he hath promised{H1696} you!
12How{H349} can I myself alone bear{H5375} your cumbrance,{H2960} and your burden,{H4853} and your strife?{H7379}
13Take{H3051} you wise{H2450} men,{H582} and understanding,{H995} and known,{H3045} according to your tribes,{H7626} and I will make{H7760} them heads{H7218} over you.
14And ye answered{H6030} me, and said,{H559} The thing{H1697} which thou hast spoken{H1696} is good{H2896} [for us] to do.{H6213}
15So I took{H3947} the heads{H7218} of your tribes,{H7626} wise{H2450} men,{H582} and known,{H3045} and made{H5414} them heads{H7218} over you, captains{H8269} of thousands,{H505} and captains{H8269} of hundreds,{H3967} and captains{H8269} of fifties,{H2572} and captains{H8269} of tens,{H6235} and officers,{H7860} according to your tribes.{H7626}
16And I charged{H6680} your judges{H8199} at that time,{H6256} saying,{H559} Hear{H8085} [the causes] between your brethren,{H251} and judge{H8199} righteously{H6664} between a man{H376} and his brother,{H251} and the sojourner{H1616} that is with him.
17Ye shall not respect{H5234} persons{H6440} in judgment;{H4941} ye shall hear{H8085} the small{H6996} and the great{H1419} alike; ye shall not be afraid{H1481} of the face{H6440} of man;{H376} for the judgment{H4941} is God's:{H430} and the cause{H1697} that is too hard{H7185} for you ye shall bring{H7126} unto me, and I will hear{H8085} it.
18And I commanded{H6680} you at that time{H6256} all the things{H1697} which ye should do.{H6213}
19And we journeyed{H5265} from Horeb,{H2722} and went through{H3212} all that great{H1419} and terrible{H3372} wilderness{H4057} which ye saw,{H7200} by the way{H1870} to the hill-country{H2022} of the Amorites,{H567} as Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} commanded{H6680} us; and we came{H935} to Kadesh-barnea.{H6947}
20And I said{H559} unto you, Ye are come{H935} unto the hill-country{H2022} of the Amorites,{H567} which Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} giveth{H5414} unto us.
21Behold,{H7200} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath set{H5414} the land{H776} before{H6440} thee: go up,{H5927} take possession,{H3423} as Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of thy fathers,{H1} hath spoken{H1696} unto thee; fear{H3372} not, neither be dismayed.{H2865}
22And ye came near{H7126} unto me every one of you, and said,{H559} Let us send{H7971} men{H582} before{H6440} us, that they may search{H2658} the land{H776} for us, and bring{H7725} us word{H1697} again{H7725} of the way{H1870} by which we must go up,{H5927} and the cities{H5892} unto which we shall come.{H935}
23And the thing{H1697} pleased me well;{H3190} and I took{H3947} twelve{H8147} men{H582} of you, one{H259} man for every tribe:{H376}
24and they turned{H6437} and went up{H5927} into the hill-country,{H2022} and came{H935} unto the valley{H5158} of Eshcol,{H812} and spied it out.{H7270}
25And they took{H3947} of the fruit{H6529} of the land{H776} in their hands,{H3027} and brought it down{H3381} unto us, and brought{H7725} us word{H1697} again,{H7725} and said,{H559} It is a good{H2896} land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} giveth{H5414} unto us.
26Yet ye would{H14} not go up,{H5927} but rebelled{H4784} against the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} your God:{H430}
27and ye murmured{H7279} in your tents,{H168} and said,{H559} Because Jehovah{H3068} hated{H8135} us, he hath brought us forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} to deliver{H5414} us into the hand{H3027} of the Amorites,{H567} to destroy{H8045} us.
28Whither are we going up?{H5927} our brethren{H251} have made our heart{H3824} to melt,{H4549} saying,{H559} The people{H5971} are greater{H1419} and taller{H7311} than we; the cities{H5892} are great{H1419} and fortified up{H1219} to heaven;{H8064} and moreover we have seen{H7200} the sons{H1121} of the Anakim{H6062} there.
29Then I said{H559} unto you, Dread{H6206} not, neither be afraid{H3372} of them.
30Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} who goeth{H1980} before{H6440} you, he will fight{H3898} for you, according to all that he did{H6213} for you in Egypt{H4714} before your eyes,{H5869}
31and in the wilderness,{H4057} where thou hast seen{H7200} how that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} bare{H5375} thee, as a man{H376} doth bear{H5375} his son,{H1121} in all the way{H1870} that ye went,{H1980} until ye came{H935} unto this place.{H4725}
32Yet in this thing{H1697} ye did not believe{H539} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430}
33who went{H1980} before{H6440} you in the way,{H1870} to seek you out{H8446} a place{H4725} to pitch your tents{H2583} in, in fire{H784} by night,{H3915} to show{H7200} you by what way{H1870} ye should go,{H3212} and in the cloud{H6051} by day.{H3119}
34And Jehovah{H3068} heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} of your words,{H1697} and was wroth,{H7107} and sware,{H7650} saying,{H559}
35Surely there shall not one{H376} of these men{H582} of this evil{H7451} generation{H1755} see{H7200} the good{H2896} land,{H776} which I sware{H7650} to give{H5414} unto your fathers,{H1}
36save{H2108} Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh:{H3312} he shall see{H7200} it; and to him will I give{H5414} the land{H776} that{H834} he hath trodden upon,{H1869} and to his children,{H1121} because he hath wholly{H4390} followed{H310} Jehovah.{H3068}
37Also Jehovah{H3068} was angry{H599} with me for your sakes,{H1558} saying,{H559} Thou also shalt not go{H935} in thither:{H8033}
38Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun,{H5126} who standeth{H5975} before{H6440} thee, he shall go in{H935} thither: encourage{H2388} thou him; for he shall cause Israel{H3478} to inherit{H5157} it.
39Moreover your little ones,{H2945} that ye said{H559} should be a prey,{H957} and your children,{H1121} that this day{H3117} have no knowledge{H3045} of good{H2896} or evil,{H7451} they shall go in{H935} thither, and unto them will I give{H5414} it, and they shall possess{H3423} it.
40But as for you, turn{H6437} you, and take your journey{H5265} into the wilderness{H4057} by the way{H1870} to the Red{H5488} Sea.{H3220}
41Then ye answered{H6030} and said{H559} unto me, We have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah,{H3068} we will go up{H5927} and fight,{H3898} according to all that Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} commanded{H6680} us. And ye girded{H2296} on every man{H376} his weapons{H3627} of war,{H4421} and were forward{H1951} to go up{H5927} into the hill-country.{H2022}
42And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Say{H559} unto them, Go not up,{H5927} neither fight;{H3898} for I am not among{H7130} you; lest ye be smitten{H5062} before{H6440} your enemies.{H341}
43So I spake{H1696} unto you, and ye hearkened{H8085} not; but ye rebelled{H4784} against the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah,{H3068} and were presumptuous,{H2102} and went{H5927} up{H5927} into the hill-country.{H2022}
44And the Amorites,{H567} that dwelt{H3427} in that hill-country,{H2022} came out{H3318} against{H7125} you, and chased{H7291} you, as bees{H1682} do,{H6213} and beat{H3807} you down in Seir,{H8165} even unto Hormah.{H2767}
45And ye returned{H7725} and wept{H1058} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068} but Jehovah{H3068} hearkened{H8085} not to your voice,{H6963} nor gave ear{H238} unto you.
46So ye abode{H3427} in Kadesh{H6946} many{H7227} days,{H3117} according unto the days{H3117} that ye abode{H3427} [there].