rsv Deuteronomy:1:26-43 SEEK
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Yet you would not go up ,
but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God ;
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and you murmured in your tents ,
and said , `
Because the LORD hated us he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt ,
to give us into the hand of the Amorites ,
to destroy us .
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Whither are we going up ?
Our brethren have made our hearts melt ,
saying , "
The people are greater and taller than we ;
the cities are great and fortified up to heaven ;
and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there ."'
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Then I said to you , `
Do not be in dread or afraid of them .
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The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you ,
just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes ,
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and in the wilderness ,
where you have seen how the LORD your God bore you ,
as a man bears his son ,
in all the way that you went until you came to this place .'
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Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God ,
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who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents ,
in fire by night ,
to show you by what way you should go ,
and in the cloud by day .
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And the LORD heard your words ,
and was angered ,
and he swore ,
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Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers ,
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except Caleb the son of Jephun '
neh ;
he shall see it ,
and to him and to his children I will give the land upon which he has trodden ,
because he has wholly followed the LORD !'
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The LORD was angry with me also on your account ,
and said , `
You also shall not go in there ;
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Joshua the son of Nun ,
who stands before you ,
he shall enter ;
encourage him ,
for he shall cause Israel to inherit it .
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Moreover your little ones ,
who you said would become a prey ,
and your children ,
who this day have no knowledge of good or evil ,
shall go in there ,
and to them I will give it ,
and they shall possess it .
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But as for you ,
turn ,
and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea .'
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Then you answered me , `
We have sinned against the LORD ;
we will go up and fight ,
just as the LORD our God commanded us .'
And every man of you girded on his weapons of war ,
and thought it easy to go up into the hill country .
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And the LORD said to me , `
Say to them ,
Do not go up or fight ,
for I am not in the midst of you ;
lest you be defeated before your enemies .'
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So I spoke to you ,
and you would not hearken ;
but you rebelled against the command of the LORD ,
and were presumptuous and went up into the hill country .