OTNT

Deut 1


1:1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the desert east of the Jordan–that is, in the Arabah–opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.

1:2 (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)

1:3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.

1:4 This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

1:5 East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:

1:6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

1:7 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates.

1:8 See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore he would give to your fathers–to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob–and to their descendants after them.”

1:9 At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.

1:10 The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky.

1:11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!

1:12 But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?

1:13 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

1:14 You answered me, “What you propose to do is good.”

1:15 So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you–as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.

1:16 And I charged your judges at that time: Hear the disputes between your brothers and judge fairly, whether the case is between brother Israelites or between one of them and an alien.

1:17 Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.

1:18 And at that time I told you everything you were to do.

1:19 Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful desert that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.

1:20 Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.

1:21 See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

1:22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”

1:23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.

1:24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and explored it.

1:25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”

1:26 But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

1:27 You grumbled 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.

1:28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’”

1:29 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.

1:30 The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,

1:31 and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”

1:32 In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God,

1:33 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

1:34 When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore:

1:35 “Not a man of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your forefathers,

1:36 except Caleb 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.”

1:37 Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, “You shall not enter it, either.

1:38 But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.

1:39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad–they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.

1:40 But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.”

1:41 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.

1:42 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.’”

1:43 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.

1:44 The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.

1:45 You came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you.

1:46 And so you stayed in Kadesh many days–all the time you spent there.

1:1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

1:2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by the way that leads to Mount Seir.

1:3 And in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah had commanded him for them,

1:4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.

1:5 Across the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses set himself to expound this law, saying,

1:6 Jehovah our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.

1:7 Turn and set out, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland, and in the Negev and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

1:8 See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which Jehovah swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and to their seed after them.

1:9 And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you alone.

1:10 Jehovah your God has multiplied you, and now today you are as the stars of heaven in multitude.

1:11 Jehovah, the God of your fathers, add to you a thousandfold ones like you and bless you as He has promised you!

1:12 How can I alone bear the trouble and burden of you and your strife?

1:13 Choose for yourselves men who are wise and prudent and well-attested, according to your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.

1:14 And you answered me and said, The thing that you have said to do is good.

1:15 So I took the leaders of your tribes, men who were wise and well-attested, and I made them leaders over you, captains over thousands and captains over hundreds and captains over fifties and captains over tens and officials for your tribes.

1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the sojourner with him.

1:17 You shall not respect persons in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear the face of man, for judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me; and I will hear it.

1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.

1:19 And we set out from Horeb, and we went through all that great and awesome wilderness, which you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

1:20 And I said to you, You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God is giving us.

1:21 See, Jehovah your God has set the land before you; go up, possess it, as Jehovah the God of your fathers has spoken to you. Do not fear, neither be dismayed.

1:22 Then all of you came near to me and said, Let us send men before us that they may search out the land for us and bring back to us word concerning the way by which we should go up and the cities into which we should go.

1:23 And the thing pleased me, so I took twelve men from among you, one for each tribe.

1:24 And they turned and went up into the hill country, and they came to the Valley of Eshcol; and they spied out the land.

1:25 And in their hands they took some of the fruit of the land, and they brought it down to us. And they brought word back to us and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God is giving us.

1:26 Yet you would not go up. Rather you rebelled against the word of Jehovah your God;

1:27 And you murmured in your tents and said, Because Jehovah hates us, He has brought us out from the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites in order to destroy us.

1:28 Where shall we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are big and fortified up to heaven; and furthermore we have seen the children of the Anakim there.

1:29 Then I said to you, Do not be terrified, neither be afraid of them.

1:30 Jehovah your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you according to all that He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

1:31 And in the wilderness, where you have seen that Jehovah your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.

1:32 Yet in spite of this word you did not believe in Jehovah your God,

1:33 Who went before you in the way, to seek out for you a place for you to camp, in the fire by night to show you by which way you should go and in the cloud by day.

1:34 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and He became furious and swore, saying,

1:35 Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall by any means see the good land which I have sworn to give to your fathers,

1:36 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it. And to him I will give the land on which he has trodden, and to his children, because he has fully followed Jehovah.

1:37 With me also Jehovah was angry on your account, saying, You also shall not enter there;

1:38 Joshua the son of Nun, who attends to you, he shall enter there. Strengthen him, for it is he who will cause Israel to inherit it.

1:39 Moreover your little ones, who you said would be prey, and your children, who this day do not know good and evil, they shall enter there. And to them I will give it, and they will possess it.

1:40 But as for you, turn and set out into the wilderness by the way that leads to the Red Sea.

1:41 Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we ourselves will go up and fight according to all that Jehovah our God has commanded us. And you girded yourselves, every man with his weapons of war, and thought it a light thing to go up to the hill country.

1:42 And Jehovah said to me, Say to them, You shall not go up and fight, for I am not among you, so that you are not struck down before your enemies.

1:43 So I spoke to you, but you did not listen; rather, you rebelled against the word of Jehovah and went up presumptuously to the hill country.

1:44 And the Amorites who dwell in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do; and they beat you back in Seir as far as Hormah.

1:45 And you returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.

1:46 So you remained in Kadesh for many days, as many days as you remained.