Deuteronomy:1:1-46
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These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness ,
in the plain over against the Red sea ,
between Paran Pa #
ran #,
and Tophel ,
and Laban ,
and Hazeroth ,
and Dizahab Diy .
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There are eleven #
H6240days journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea Qadesh .)
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And it came to pass in the fortieth #
arba #
iym #
year ,
in the eleventh #
H6240month ,
on the first day of the month ,
that Moses spake unto the children of Israel Yisra #
el #,
according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them ;
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After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites ,
which dwelt in Heshbon ,
and Og the king of Bashan ,
which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei #
edre #
iy #:
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On this side Jordan ,
in the land of Moab Mow #
ab #,
began Moses to declare this law ,
saying ,
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The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb ,
saying ,
Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount :
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Turn you ,
and take your journey ,
and go to the mount of the Amorites ,
and unto all the places nigh thereunto ,
in the plain ,
in the hills ,
and in the vale ,
and in the south ,
and by the sea side ,
to the land of the Canaanites K @
na #
aniy #,
and unto Lebanon ,
unto the great river ,
the river Euphrates .
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Behold ,
I have set the land before you :
go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers ,
Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
to give unto them and to their seed after them .
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And I spake unto you at that time ,
saying ,
I am not able to bear you myself alone :
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The LORD your God hath multiplied you ,
and ,
behold ,
ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude .
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The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are ,
and bless you ,
as he hath promised you !)
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How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance ,
and your burden ,
and your strife ?
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Take you wise men ,
and understanding ,
and known among your tribes ,
and I will make them rulers over you .
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And ye answered me ,
and said ,
The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do .
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So I took the chief of your tribes ,
wise men ,
and known ,
and made them heads over you ,
captains over thousands ,
and captains over hundreds me #
ah #,
and captains over fifties ,
and captains over tens ,
and officers among your tribes .
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And I charged your judges at that time ,
saying ,
Hear the causes between your brethren ,
and judge righteously between every man and his brother ,
and the stranger that is with him .
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Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ;
but ye shall hear the small as well as the great ;
ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ;
for the judgment is Gods :
and the cause that is too hard for you ,
bring it unto me ,
and I will hear it .
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And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do .
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And when we departed from Horeb ,
we went through all that great and terrible wilderness ,
which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites ,
as the LORD our God commanded us ;
and we came to Kadeshbarnea Qadesh .
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And I said unto you ,
Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites ,
which the LORD our God doth give unto us .
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Behold ,
the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee :
go up and possess it ,
as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee ;
fear not ,
neither be discouraged .
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And ye came near unto me every one of you ,
and said ,
We will send men before us ,
and they shall search us out the land ,
and bring #
us word again by what way we must go up ,
and into what cities we shall come .
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And the saying pleased me well :
and I took twelve sh @
nayim #
men of you ,
one of a tribe #
H7626 :
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And they turned and went up into the mountain ,
and came unto the valley of Eshcol ,
and searched it out .
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And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands ,
and brought it down unto us ,
and brought #
us word again ,
and said ,
It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us .
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Notwithstanding ye would not go up ,
but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God :
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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 .
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Whither shall we go up ?
our brethren have discouraged our heart ,
saying ,
The people is greater and taller than we ;
the cities are great and walled up to heaven ;
and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there .
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Then I said unto you ,
Dread not ,
neither be afraid of them .
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The LORD your God which goeth before you ,
he shall fight for you ,
according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes ;
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And in the wilderness ,
where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee ,
as a man doth bear his son ,
in all the way that ye went ,
until ye came into this place .
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Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God ,
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Who went in the way before you ,
to search you out a place to pitch your tents in ,
in fire by night ,
to shew you by what way ye should go ,
and in a cloud by day .
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And the LORD heard the voice of your words ,
and was wroth ,
and sware ,
saying ,
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Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land ,
which I sware to give unto your fathers ,
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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 .
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Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes ,
saying ,
Thou also shalt not go in thither .
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But Joshua the son of Nun ,
which standeth before thee ,
he shall go in thither :
encourage him :
for he shall cause Israel to inherit it .
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Moreover your little ones ,
which ye said should be a prey ,
and your children ,
which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil ,
they shall go in thither ,
and unto them will I give it ,
and they shall possess it .
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But as for you ,
turn you ,
and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea .
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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 when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war ,
ye were ready to go up into the hill .
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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 .
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So I spake unto you ;
and ye would not hear ,
but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD ,
and wentpresumptuously up into the hill .
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And the Amorites ,
which dwelt in that mountain ,
came out against you ,
and chased you ,
as bees do ,
and destroyed you in Seir Se #
iyr #,
even unto Hormah .
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And ye returned and wept before the LORD ;
but the LORD would not hearken to your voice ,
nor give ear unto you .
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So ye abode in Kadesh many days ,
according unto the days that ye abode there .