Deuteronomy 1
1 These [are] the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert towards the west near the Red Sea, between Pharan Tophol, and Lobon, and Aulon, and the gold works.
THESE ARE the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel beyond the Jordan; in the wilderness, in the Arabah, over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
2 [It is] a journey of eleven days from Choreb to mount Seir as far as Cades Barne.
It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of mount Seir.
3 And it came to pass in the forties year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, Moses spoke to all the children of Israel, according to all things which the Lord commanded him for them:
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
4 after he had struck Seon king of the Amorites who lived in Esebon, and Og the king of Basan who lived in Astaroth and in Edrain;
after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei;
5 beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:
6 The Lord your God spoke to us in Choreb, saying, Let it suffice you to have lived [so long] in this mountain.
The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying: 'Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain;
7 Turn you and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and [go] to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore; the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
8 Behold, [God] has delivered the land before you; go in and inherit the land, which I sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them and to their seed after them.
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.'
9 And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able by myself to bear you.
And I spoke unto you at that time, saying: 'I am not able to bear you myself alone;
10 The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are today as the stars of heaven for multitude.
the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. —
11 The Lord God of your fathers add to you a thousand-fold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.
The LORD, the 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 shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 Take to yourselves wise and understanding and prudent men for your tribes, and I will set your leaders over you.
Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.'
14 And you answered me and said, The thing which you have told us [is] good to do.
And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.'
15 So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and officers to your judges.
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe.
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [causes] between your brethren, and judge rightly between a man and [his] brother, and the stranger that is with him.
And I charged your judges at that time, saying: 'Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17 You shall not have respect to persons in judgement, you shall judge small and great equally; you shall not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgement is God's; and whatever matter shall be too hard for you, you shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of any man; for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.'
18 And I charged upon you at that time all the commands which you shall perform.
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 And we departed from Choreb, and went through all that great wilderness and terrible, which you saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as the Lord our God charged us, and we came as far as Cades Barne.
And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and dreadful wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
20 And I said to you, You have come as far as the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God gives to you:
And I said unto you: 'Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God giveth unto us.
21 behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid.
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.'
22 And you all came to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and let them go up to the land for us; and let them bring back to us a report of the way by which we shall go up, and of the cities into which we shall enter.
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said: 'Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us back word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.'
23 And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;
24 And they turned and went up to the mountain, and they came as far as the valley of the cluster, and surveyed it.
and they turned and went up into the mountains, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
25 And they took in their hands of the fruit of the land, and brought it to you, and said, The land is good which the Lord our God gives us.
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us back word, and said: 'Good is the land which the LORD our God giveth unto us.'
26 Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God.
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God;
27 And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us.
and ye murmured in your tents, and said: 'Because the LORD hated us, He hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
28 Whither do we go up? and your brethren drew away your heart, saying, [It is a] great nation and populous, and mightier than we; and [there are] cities great and walled up to heaven: moreover we saw there the sons of the giants.
Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying: The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'
29 And I said to you, Fear not, neither be you afraid of them;
Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 the Lord your God who goes before your face, he shall fight against them together with you effectually, according to all that he wrought for you in the land of Egypt;
The LORD your God who goeth before you, He shall fight for you, according to all that He did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31 and in this wilderness which you saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite; how the Lord your God will bear you as a nursling, as if any man should nurse his child, through all the way which you have gone until you came to this place.
and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.
32 And in this matter you believed not the Lord our God,
Yet in this thing ye do not believe the LORD your God,
33 who goes before you in the way to choose you a place, guiding you in fire by night, showing you the way by which you go, and a cloud by day.
Who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in: in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.'
34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and being greatly provoked he sware, saying,
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying:
35 Not one of these men shall see this good land, which I sware to their fathers,
'Surely there shall not one of these men, even this evil generation, see the good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers,
36 except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, he shall see it; and to him I will give the land on which he went up, and to his sons, because he attended to the things of the Lord.
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children; because he hath wholly followed the LORD.'
37 And the Lord was angry with me for your sake, saying, Neither shall you by any means enter therein.
Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying: Thou also shalt not go in thither;
38 Joshua the son of Naue, who stands by you, he shall enter in there; do you strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39 And every young child who this day knows not good or evil, —they shall enter therein, and to them I will give it, and they shall inherit it.
Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
40 And you turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'
41 And you answered and said, We have sinned before the Lord our God; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us: and having taken every one his weapons of war, and being gathered together, you went up to the mountain.
Then ye answered and said unto me: 'We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us.' And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and deemed it a light thing to go up into the hill-country.
42 And the Lord said to me, Tell them, You shall not go up, neither shall you fight, for I am not with you; thus shall you not be destroyed before your enemies.
And the LORD said unto me: 'Say unto them: Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.'
43 And I spoke to you, and you did not listen to me; and you transgressed the commandment of the Lord; and you forced your way and went up into the mountain.
So I spoke unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.
44 And the Amorite who lived in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you as bees do, and wounded you from Seir to Herma.
And the Amorites, that dwell in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.
45 And you sat down and wept before the Lord our God, and the Lord listened not to your voice, neither did he take heed to you.
And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
46 And you lived in Cades many days, as many days as you lived [there].
So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
