Deuteronomy:1

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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 . * (There are eleven #H6240days journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea Qadesh .) * 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 ; * 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 #: * On this side Jordan , in the land of Moab Mow #ab #, began Moses to declare this law , saying , * The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb , saying , Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount : * 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 . * 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 . * And I spake unto you at that time , saying , I am not able to bear you myself alone : * The LORD your God hath multiplied you , and , behold , ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude . * (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 !) * How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance , and your burden , and your strife ? * Take you wise men , and understanding , and known among your tribes , and I will make them rulers over you . * And ye answered me , and said , The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do . * 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 . * And I said unto you , Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites , which the LORD our God doth give unto us . * 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 . * 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 . * And the saying pleased me well : and I took twelve sh @nayim # men of you , one of a tribe #H7626 : * And they turned and went up into the mountain , and came unto the valley of Eshcol , and searched it out . * 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 . * Notwithstanding ye would not go up , but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God : * 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 . * 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 . * Then I said unto you , Dread not , neither be afraid of them . * 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 ; * 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 . * Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God , * 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 . * And the LORD heard the voice of your words , and was wroth , and sware , saying , * Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land , which I sware to give unto your fathers , * 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 . * Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes , saying , Thou also shalt not go in thither . * 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 . * 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 . * But as for you , turn you , and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea . * 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 . * 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 . * So I spake unto you ; and ye would not hear , but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD , and wentpresumptuously up into the hill . * 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 . * And ye returned and wept before the LORD ; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice , nor give ear unto you . * So ye abode in Kadesh many days , according unto the days that ye abode there .

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