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}.

( There are eleven{H259}{H6240} days{H3117}' journey from Horeb{H2722} by the way{H1870} of mount{H2022} Seir{H8165} unto Kadeshbarnea{H6947}.)

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;

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}:

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)},

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}:

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}.

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.

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}:

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}.

(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!)

How{H349} can I myself alone bear{H5375}{(H8799)} your cumbrance{H2960}, and your burden{H4853}, and your strife{H7379}?

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.

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)}.

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}.

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.

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.

And I commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} you at that time{H6256} all the things{H1697} which ye should do{H6213}{(H8799)}.

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}.

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.

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)}.

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)}.

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}:

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)}.

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.

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}:

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.

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.

Then I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto you, Dread{H6206}{(H8799)} not, neither be afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} of them.

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};

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}.

Yet in this thing{H1697} ye did not believe{H539}{(H8688)} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430},

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}.

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)},

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},

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}.

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}.

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.

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.

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}.

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}.

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)}.

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}.

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}.

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.

So ye abode{H3427}{(H8799)} in Kadesh{H6946} many{H7227} days{H3117}, according unto the days{H3117} that ye abode{H3427}{(H8804)} there.