Deuteronomy 1

The Command to Leave Horeb

1These 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.H1697H4872H1696H3478H5676H3383H4057H6160H4136H5489H6290H8603H3837H2698H17742(It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)H259H6240H3117H2722H1870H2022H8165H69473In 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.H705H8141H6249H6240H2320H259H2320H4872H1696H1121H3478H3068H66804This 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.H310H5221H5511H4428H567H3427H2809H5747H4428H1316H3427H6252H1545East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:H5676H3383H776H4124H2974H4872H874H8451H5596The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain.H3068H430H1696H2722H559H3427H7227H20227Break 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.H6437H5265H935H2022H567H7934H6160H2022H8219H5045H3220H2348H776H3669H3844H1419H5104H5104H65788See, 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."H7200H5414H776H6440H935H3423H776H3068H7650H1H85H3327H3290H5414H2233H310

The Appointment of Leaders

9At that time I said to you, "You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.H559H6256H559H3201H5375H90510The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky.H3068H430H7235H3117H3556H8064H723011May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!H3068H430H1H505H6471H3254H1288H169612But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?H349H5375H2960H4853H737913Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you."H3051H2450H582H995H3045H7626H7760H721814You answered me, "What you propose to do is good."H6030H559H1697H1696H2896H621315So 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.H3947H7218H7626H2450H582H3045H5414H7218H8269H505H8269H3967H8269H2572H8269H6235H7860H762616And 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.H6680H8199H6256H559H8085H251H8199H6664H376H251H161617Do 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.H5234H6440H4941H8085H6996H1419H1481H6440H376H4941H430H1697H7185H7126H808518And at that time I told you everything you were to do.H6680H6256H1697H6213

Spies Sent Out

19Then, 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.H5265H2722H3212H1419H3372H4057H7200H1870H2022H567H3068H430H6680H935H694720Then I said to you, "You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.H559H935H2022H567H3068H430H541421See, 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."H7200H3068H430H5414H776H6440H5927H3423H3068H430H1H1696H3372H286522Then 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."H7126H559H7971H582H6440H2658H776H7725H1697H7725H1870H5927H5892H93523The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.H1697H3190H5869H3947H8147H6240H582H259H376H762624They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and explored it.H6437H5927H2022H935H5158H812H727025Taking 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."H3947H6529H776H3027H3381H7725H1697H7725H559H2896H776H3068H430H5414

Rebellion Against the Lord

26But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.H14H5927H4784H6310H3068H43027You 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.H7279H168H559H3068H8135H3318H776H4714H5414H3027H567H804528Where 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.'"H5927H251H4549H3824H559H5971H1419H7311H5892H1419H1219H8064H7200H1121H606229Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.H559H6206H337230The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,H3068H430H1980H6440H3898H6213H4714H586931and 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."H4057H7200H3068H430H5375H376H5375H1121H1870H1980H935H472532In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God,H1697H539H3068H43033who 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.H1980H1870H6440H8446H4725H2583H784H3915H7200H1870H3212H6051H311934When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore:H3068H8085H6963H1697H7107H7650H55935"Not a man of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your forefathers,H376H582H7451H1755H7200H2896H776H7650H5414H136except 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."H2108H3612H1121H3312H7200H5414H776H834H1869H1121H4390H310H306837Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, "You shall not enter it, either.H3068H599H1558H559H935H803338But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.H3091H1121H5126H5975H6440H935H2388H3478H515739And 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.H2945H559H957H1121H3117H3045H2896H7451H935H5414H342340But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea."H6437H5265H4057H1870H5488H322041Then 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.H6030H559H2398H3068H5927H3898H3068H430H6680H2296H376H3627H4421H1951H5927H202242But 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.'"H3068H559H559H5927H3898H7130H5062H6440H34143So 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.H1696H8085H4784H6310H3068H5927H2102H5927H202244The 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.H567H3427H2022H3318H7125H7291H1682H6213H3807H8165H276745You came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you.H7725H1058H6440H3068H3068H8085H6963H23846And so you stayed in Kadesh many days—all the time you spent there.H3427H6946H7227H3117H3117H3427