Deuteronomy:1:20-36
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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 men of you ,
one of a tribe :
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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 .