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Deuteronomy 1 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.
2 Normally it takes only eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai to Kadesh-barnea, going by way of Mount Seir.
3 But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say.
4 This took place after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who had ruled in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who had ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
5 While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD's instructions as follows.
6 "When we were at Mount Sinai, the LORD our God said to us, 'You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
7 It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions-- the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.
8 Look, I am giving all this land to you! Go in and occupy it, for it is the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to all their descendants.'"
9 Moses continued, "At that time I told you, 'You are too great a burden for me to carry all by myself.
10 The LORD your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!
11 And may the LORD, the God of your ancestors, multiply you a thousand times more and bless you as he promised!
12 But you are such a heavy load to carry! How can I deal with all your problems and bickering?
13 Choose some well-respected men from each tribe who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will appoint them as your leaders.'
14 "Then you responded, 'Your plan is a good one.'
15 So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten.
16 "At that time I instructed the judges, 'You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions
17 and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don't be afraid of anyone's anger, for the decision you make is God's decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'
18 "At that time I gave you instructions about everything you were to do.
19 "Then, just as the LORD our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
20 I said to you, 'You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the LORD our God is giving us.
21 Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don't be afraid! Don't be discouraged!'
22 "But you all came to me and said, 'First, let's send out scouts to explore the land for us. They will advise us on the best route to take and which towns we should enter.'
23 "This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.
24 They headed for the hill country and came to the valley of Eshcol and explored it.
25 They picked some of its fruit and brought it back to us. And they reported, 'The land the LORD our God has given us is indeed a good land.'
26 "But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to go in.
27 You complained in your tents and said, 'The LORD must hate us. That's why he has brought us here from Egypt-- to hand us over to the Amorites to be slaughtered.
28 Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, "The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there-- the descendants of Anak!"'
29 "But I said to you, 'Don't be shocked or afraid of them!
30 The LORD your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt.
31 And you saw how the LORD your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now he has brought you to this place.'
32 "But even after all he did, you refused to trust the LORD your God,
33 who goes before you looking for the best places to camp, guiding you with a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day.
34 "When the LORD heard your complaining, he became very angry. So he solemnly swore,
35 'Not one of you from this wicked generation will live to see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,
36 except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see this land because he has followed the LORD completely. I will give to him and his descendants some of the very land he explored during his scouting mission.'
37 "And the LORD was also angry with me because of you. He said to me, 'Moses, not even you will enter the Promised Land!
38 Instead, your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will lead the people into the land. Encourage him, for he will lead Israel as they take possession of it.
39 I will give the land to your little ones-- your innocent children. You were afraid they would be captured, but they will be the ones who occupy it.
40 As for you, turn around now and go on back through the wilderness toward the Red Sea. '
41 "Then you confessed, 'We have sinned against the LORD! We will go into the land and fight for it, as the LORD our God has commanded us.' So your men strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be easy to attack the hill country.
42 "But the LORD told me to tell you, 'Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.'
43 "This is what I told you, but you would not listen. Instead, you again rebelled against the LORD's command and arrogantly went into the hill country to fight.
44 But the Amorites who lived there came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased and battered you all the way from Seir to Hormah.
45 Then you returned and wept before the LORD, but he refused to listen.
46 So you stayed there at Kadesh for a long time.
1 These H428 be the words H1697 which H834 Moses H4872 spoke H1696 unto H413 all H3605 Israel H3478 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 in the wilderness, H4057 in the plain H6160 over against H4136 the Red H5489 sea , between H996 Paran, H6290 and Tophel, H8603 and Laban, H3837 and Hazeroth, H2698 and Dizahab. H1774
2 (There are eleven H259 H6240 days H3117 journey from Horeb H4480 H2722 by the way H1870 of mount H2022 Seir H8165 unto H5704 Kadesh- H6947 barnea.)
3 And it came to pass H1961 in the fortieth H705 year, H8141 in the eleventh H6249 H6240 month, H2320 on the first H259 day of the month, H2320 that Moses H4872 spoke H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 according unto all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 had given him in commandment H6680 H853 unto H413 them;
4 After H310 he had slain H5221 H853 Sihon H5511 the king H4428 of the Amorites, H567 which H834 dwelt H3427 in Heshbon, H2809 and Og H5747 the king H4428 of Bashan, H1316 which H834 dwelt H3427 at Astaroth H6252 in Edrei: H154
5 On this side H5676 Jordan, H3383 in the land H776 of Moab, H4124 began H2974 Moses H4872 to declare H874 H853 this H2063 law, H8451 saying, H559
6 The LORD H3068 our God H430 spoke H1696 unto H413 us in Horeb, H2722 saying, H559 Ye have dwelt H3427 long enough H7227 in this H2088 mount: H2022
7 Turn H6437 you , and take your journey, H5265 and go H935 to the mount H2022 of the Amorites, H567 and unto H413 all H3605 the places nigh H7934 thereunto , in the plain, H6160 in the hills, H2022 and in the vale, H8219 and in the south, H5045 and by the sea H3220 side, H2348 to the land H776 of the Canaanites, H3669 and unto Lebanon, H3844 unto H5704 the great H1419 river, H5104 the river H5104 Euphrates. H6578
8 Behold H7200 , I have set H5414 H853 the land H776 before H6440 you : go in H935 and possess H3423 H853 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 unto your fathers, H1 Abraham, H85 Isaac, H3327 and Jacob, H3290 to give H5414 unto them and to their seed H2233 after H310 them.
9 And I spoke H559 unto H413 you at that H1931 time, H6256 saying, H559 I am not able H3201 H3808 to bear H5375 you myself alone: H905
10 The LORD H3068 your God H430 hath multiplied H7235 you, and, behold, H2009 ye are this day H3117 as the stars H3556 of heaven H8064 for multitude. H7230
11 (The LORD H3068 God H430 of your fathers H1 make you a thousand H505 times H6471 so many more H3254 as ye are , and bless H1288 you, as H834 he hath promised H1696 you!)
12 How H349 can I myself alone H905 bear H5375 your encumbrance, H2960 and your burden, H4853 and your strife H7379 ?
13 Take H3051 you wise H2450 men, H376 and understanding, H995 and known H3045 among your tribes, H7626 and I will make H7760 them rulers H7218 over you.
14 And ye answered H6030 me , and said, H559 The thing H1697 which H834 thou hast spoken H1696 is good H2896 for us to do. H6213
15 So I took H3947 H853 the chief H7218 of your tribes, H7626 wise H2450 men, H376 and known, H3045 and made H5414 them heads H7218 over H5921 you, captains H8269 over thousands, H505 and captains H8269 over hundreds, H3967 and captains H8269 over fifties, H2572 and captains H8269 over tens, H6235 and officers H7860 among your tribes. H7626
16 And I charged H6680 H853 your judges H8199 at that H1931 time, H6256 saying, H559 Hear H8085 the causes between H996 your brethren, H251 and judge H8199 righteously H6664 between H996 every man H376 and his brother, H251 and the stranger H1616 that is with him.
17 Ye shall not H3808 respect H5234 persons H6440 in judgment; H4941 but ye shall hear H8085 the small H6996 as well as the great; H1419 ye shall not H3808 be afraid H1481 of the face H4480 H6440 of man; H376 for H3588 the judgment H4941 is God's H430 : and the cause H1697 that H834 is too hard H7185 for H4480 you, bring H7126 it unto H413 me , and I will hear H8085 it.
18 And I commanded H6680 you at that H1931 time H6256 H853 all H3605 the things H1697 which H834 ye should do. H6213
19 And when we departed H5265 from Horeb H4480 H2722 , we went through H1980 H853 all H3605 that H1931 great H1419 and terrible H3372 wilderness, H4057 which H834 ye saw H7200 by the way H1870 of the mountain H2022 of the Amorites, H567 as H834 the LORD H3068 our God H430 commanded H6680 us ; and we came H935 to H5704 Kadesh- H6947 barnea.
20 And I said H559 unto H413 you , Ye are come H935 unto H5704 the mountain H2022 of the Amorites, H567 which H834 the LORD H3068 our God H430 doth give H5414 unto us.
21 Behold H7200 , the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath set H5414 H853 the land H776 before H6440 thee : go up H5927 and possess H3423 it , as H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 of thy fathers H1 hath said H1696 unto thee; fear H3372 not, H408 neither H408 be discouraged. H2865
22 And ye came near H7126 unto H413 me every one H3605 of you , and said, H559 We will send H7971 men H376 before H6440 us , and they shall search us out H2658 H853 the land, H776 and bring H7725 us word H1697 again H853 by what H834 way H1870 we must go up, H5927 and H853 into H413 what H834 cities H5892 we shall come. H935
23 And the saying H1697 pleased me well H3190 H5869 : and I took H3947 twelve H8147 H6240 men H376 of H4480 you, one H259 of a tribe: H7626
24 And they turned H6437 and went up H5927 into the mountain, H2022 and came H935 unto H5704 the valley H5158 of Eshcol, H812 and searched it out H7270 H853 .
25 And they took H3947 of the fruit H4480 H6529 of the land H776 in their hands, H3027 and brought it down H3381 unto H413 us , and brought H7725 us word H1697 again , and said, H559 It is a good H2896 land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 our God H430 doth give H5414 us.
26 Notwithstanding ye would H14 not H3808 go up, H5927 but rebelled against H4784 H853 the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 your God: H430
27 And ye murmured H7279 in your tents, H168 and said, H559 Because the LORD H3068 hated H8135 us , he hath brought us forth H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt, H4714 to deliver H5414 us into the hand H3027 of the Amorites, H567 to destroy H8045 us.
28 Whither H575 shall we H587 go up H5927 ? our brethren H251 have discouraged H4549 H853 our heart, H3824 saying, H559 The people H5971 is greater H1419 and taller H7311 than H4480 we ; the cities H5892 are great H1419 and walled H1219 up to heaven; H8064 and moreover H1571 we have seen H7200 the sons H1121 of the Anakims H6062 there. H8033
29 Then I said H559 unto H413 you, Dread H6206 not, H3808 neither H3808 be afraid H3372 of H4480 them.
30 The LORD H3068 your God H430 which goeth H1980 before H6440 you, he H1931 shall fight H3898 for you , according to all H3605 that H834 he did H6213 for H854 you in Egypt H4714 before your eyes; H5869
31 And in the wilderness, H4057 where H834 thou hast seen H7200 how that H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 bore H5375 thee, as H834 a man H376 doth bear H5375 H853 his son, H1121 in all H3605 the way H1870 that H834 ye went, H1980 until H5704 ye came H935 into H5704 this H2088 place. H4725
32 Yet in this H2088 thing H1697 ye did not H369 believe H539 the LORD H3068 your God, H430
33 Who went H1980 in the way H1870 before H6440 you , to search you out H8446 a place H4725 to pitch your tents H2583 in , in fire H784 by night, H3915 to show H7200 you by what H834 way H1870 ye should go, H1980 and in a cloud H6051 by day. H3119
34 And the LORD H3068 heard H8085 H853 the voice H6963 of your words, H1697 and was wroth, H7107 and swore, H7650 saying, H559
35 Surely H518 there shall not one H376 of these H428 men H376 of this H2088 evil H7451 generation H1755 see H7200 H853 that good H2896 land, H776 which H834 I swore H7650 to give H5414 unto your fathers, H1
36 Save H2108 Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh; H3312 he H1931 shall see H7200 it , and to him will I give H5414 H853 the land H776 that H834 he hath trodden H1869 upon , and to his children, H1121 because H3282 H834 he hath wholly H4390 followed H310 the LORD. H3068
37 Also H1571 the LORD H3068 was angry H599 with me for your sakes, H1558 saying, H559 Thou H859 also H1571 shalt not H3808 go in H935 thither. H8033
38 But Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 which standeth H5975 before H6440 thee, he H1931 shall go in H935 thither: H8033 encourage H2388 him: for H3588 he H1931 shall cause H853 Israel H3478 to inherit H5157 it.
39 Moreover your little ones, H2945 which H834 ye said H559 should be H1961 a prey, H957 and your children, H1121 which H834 in that day H3117 had no knowledge H3045 H3808 between good H2896 and evil, H7451 they H1992 shall go in H935 thither, H8033 and unto them will I give H5414 it , and they H1992 shall possess H3423 it.
40 But as for you, H859 turn H6437 you , and take your journey H5265 into the wilderness H4057 by the way H1870 of the Red H5488 sea. H3220
41 Then ye answered H6030 and said H559 unto H413 me , We have sinned H2398 against the LORD, H3068 we H587 will go up H5927 and fight, H3898 according to all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 our God H430 commanded H6680 us . And when ye had girded on H2296 every man H376 H853 his weapons H3627 of war, H4421 ye were ready H1951 to go up H5927 into the hill. H2022
42 And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me, Say H559 unto them , Go not up H5927 H3808 , neither H3808 fight; H3898 for H3588 I am not H369 among H7130 you; lest H3808 ye be smitten H5062 before H6440 your enemies. H341
43 So I spoke H1696 unto H413 you ; and ye would not H3808 hear, H8085 but rebelled against H4784 H853 the commandment H6310 of the LORD, H3068 and went presumptuously up H5927 H2102 into the hill. H2022
44 And the Amorites, H567 which dwelt H3427 in that H1931 mountain, H2022 came out H3318 against H7125 you , and chased H7291 you, as H834 bees H1682 do, H6213 and destroyed H3807 you in Seir, H8165 even unto H5704 Hormah. H2767
45 And ye returned H7725 and wept H1058 before H6440 the LORD; H3068 but the LORD H3068 would not H3808 hearken H8085 to your voice, H6963 nor H3808 give ear H238 unto H413 you.
46 So ye abode H3427 in Kadesh H6946 many H7227 days, H3117 according unto the days H3117 that H834 ye abode H3427 there .
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