Deuteronomy 1
1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain of the Jordan River valley over against Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
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 eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.
It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of mount Seir.
3 It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the people of Israel, telling them all that Yahweh commanded him concerning 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 This was after Yahweh had attacked Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth at Edrei.
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 the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to announce these instructions, saying,
beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:
6 “Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have lived long enough in this hill country.
The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying: 'Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain;
7 Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the places near there in the plain of the Jordan River valley, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Negev, and by the seashore—the land of the Canaanites, and in Lebanon as far as the great river, the 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 Look, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land that Yahweh swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—to give to them and to their descendants 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 I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to carry you myself alone.
And I spoke unto you at that time, saying: 'I am not able to bear you myself alone;
10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, look, you are today as the multitude of the stars of heaven.
the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. —
11 May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised 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 But how can I myself alone carry your loads, your burdens, and your disputes?
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 Take wise men, understanding men, and men of good repute from each tribe, and I will make them heads 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 You answered me and said, 'The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.'
And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.'
15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and men of good repute, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe.
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 I commanded your judges at that time, saying, 'Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who 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 will not show partiality to anyone in a dispute; you will hear the small and the great alike. You will not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. The dispute that is too hard for you, you will bring 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 I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 We journeyed away from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw, on our way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
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 I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God is giving to us.
And I said unto you: 'Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God giveth unto us.
21 Look, Yahweh your God has set the land before you; go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; do not be afraid, neither be discouraged.'
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 Every one of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word about the way by which we should attack, and about the cities to which we will come.'
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 The advice pleased me well; I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe.
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;
24 They turned and went up into the hill country, came to the Valley of Eshkol, and scouted it.
and they turned and went up into the mountains, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
25 They took some of the produce of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. They also brought us word and said, 'It is a good land that Yahweh our God is giving to 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 refused to attack, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God.
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God;
27 You complained in your tents and said, “It is because Yahweh hated us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand 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 Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'”
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 Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, neither be afraid of them.
Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 Yahweh your God, who goes before you, he will fight for you, like everything that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
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 also in the wilderness, where you have seen how Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, everywhere you went 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 Yet in spite of this word you did not believe Yahweh your God,
Yet in this thing ye do not believe the LORD your God,
33 who went before you on the way to find a place for you to make camp, in fire by night and in 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 Yahweh heard the sound of your words and was angry; he swore and said,
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying:
35 'Surely not one of these men of this evil generation will see the good land that I swore to give to your ancestors,
'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 save Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it. To him I will give the land that he has stepped on, and to his children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh.'
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 Also Yahweh was angry with me because of you, saying, 'You also will not go in there;
Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying: Thou also shalt not go in thither;
38 Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, he will go in there; encourage him, for he will lead 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 Moreover, your little children, the ones you said would be victims, who today have no knowledge of good or evil—they will go in there. To them I will give it, and they will possess 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 But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness along the way to the Sea of Reeds.'
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'
41 Then you answered and said to me, 'We have sinned against Yahweh; we will go up and fight, and we will follow all that Yahweh our God has commanded us to do.' Every man among you put on his weapons of war, and you were ready to attack the hill country.
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 Yahweh said to me, 'Say to them, “Do not attack and do not fight, for I will not be with you, and you will be defeated by 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 I spoke to you in this way, but you did not listen. You rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh; you were arrogant and attacked the hill country.
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 But the Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you and chased you like bees, and struck you down in Seir, as far as Hormah.
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 You returned and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh did not listen to your voice, nor did he pay attention to you.
And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
46 So you stayed in Kadesh many days, all the days that you stayed there.
So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
