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The Command to Leave Horeb
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.
It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
Now it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him as commandments to them,
In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to them,
after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.
On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,
“The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.
“The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’
Leaders Appointed
“At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself.
“At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself.
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude.
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.
May the Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you as He has promised you!
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!
How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?
How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?
Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have told us to do is good.’
And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.
“Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.
And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.
You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’
You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’
And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.
Israel’s Refusal to Enter the Land
“So we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the Lord our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea.
“So we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the Lord our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea.
Israel’s Refusal to Enter the Land
“Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.
“Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.
And I said to you, ‘You have come to the mountains of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.
And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.
Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.’
See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’
“And every one of you came near to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us, and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we shall come.’
Then all of you came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’
“The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.
And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.
They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought back word to us, saying, ‘It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.’
And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.’
“Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God;
“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God.
and you complained in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’
“Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them.
Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.
The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’
and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’
Yet, for all that, you did not believe the Lord your God,
Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the Lord your God,
who went in the way before you to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day.
who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.
The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion
“And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and took an oath, saying,
“And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and took an oath, saying,
The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion
“And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore,
“And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore,
‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers,
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the Lord!’
The Lord was also angry with me for your sakes, saying, ‘Even you shall not go in there.
Even with me the Lord was angry on your account and said, ‘You also shall not go in there.
Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
‘Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.’
But as for you, turn, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.’
“Then you answered and said to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord; we will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And when everyone of you had girded on his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the mountain.
“Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We ourselves will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And every one of you fastened on his weapons of war and thought it easy to go up into the hill country.
“And the Lord said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.” ’
And the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in your midst, lest you be defeated before your enemies.’
So I spoke to you, and you would not listen; but you rebelled against the command of the Lord and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
And the Amorites who dwelt in that mountain came out against you and chased you as bees do, and drove you back from Seir to Hormah.
Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah.
Then you returned and wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.
And you returned and wept before the Lord, but the Lord did not listen to your voice or give ear to you.