9Deuteronomy 9

CHAP. IX. / 1 Moses diswadeth them from the opinion of their owne righteousnesse, by rehearsing their seuerall rebellions.

1Heare, O Israel, thou art to passe ouer Iordan this day, to goe in, to possesse nations greater & mightier then thy selfe, Cities great, and fenced vp to heauen,Select Deuteronomy 9:1

2A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak?Select Deuteronomy 9:2

3Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he, which goeth ouer before thee, as a consuming fire: he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them downe before thy face: So shalt thou driue them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said vnto thee.Select Deuteronomy 9:3

4Speake not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousnesse the Lord hath brought mee in to possesse this land: but for the wickednesse of these nations, the Lord doeth driue them out from before thee.Select Deuteronomy 9:4

5Not for thy righteousnesse, or for the vprightnesse of thine heart, doest thou goe to possesse their land: But for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord thy God doeth driue them out from before thee, and that he may performe the word which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Iacob.Select Deuteronomy 9:5

6Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giueth thee not this good land to possesse it, for thy righteousnesse; for thou art a stiffe-necked people.Select Deuteronomy 9:6

7Remember and forget not, how thou prouokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wildernesse: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, vntill ye came vnto this place, yee haue bene rebellious against the Lord.Select Deuteronomy 9:7

8Also in Horeb yee prouoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you, to haue destroyed you.Select Deuteronomy 9:8

9When I was gone vp into the mount, to receiue the Tables of stone, euen the Tables of the Couenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount fortie dayes, and fortie nights, I neither did eate bread, nor drinke water:Select Deuteronomy 9:9

10And the Lord deliuered vnto me two Tables of stone, written with the finger of God, and on them was written according to all the words which the Lord spake with you in the mount, out of the midst of fire, in the day of the assembly.Select Deuteronomy 9:10

11And it came to passe at the end of fortie dayes, and fortie nights, that the Lord gaue mee the two Tables of stone, euen the Tables of the Couenant.Select Deuteronomy 9:11

12And the Lord said vnto mee, Arise, get thee downe quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought foorth out of Egypt, haue corrupted themselues: they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they haue made them a molten image.Select Deuteronomy 9:12

13Furthermore, the Lord spake vnto me, saying, I haue seene this people, and behold, it is a stifnecked people.Select Deuteronomy 9:13

14Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from vnder heauen: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater then they.Select Deuteronomy 9:14

15So I turned and came downe from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two Tables of the Couenant were in my two hands.Select Deuteronomy 9:15

16And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calfe: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.Select Deuteronomy 9:16

17And I tooke the two Tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.Select Deuteronomy 9:17

18And I fell downe before the Lord, as at the first, fortie dayes and fortie nights, I did neither eate bread nor drinke water, because of all your sinnes which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to prouoke him to anger.Select Deuteronomy 9:18

19(For I was afraid of the anger, and whot displeasure wherewith the Lord was wroth against you, to destroy you.) But the Lord hearkned vnto me at that time also.Select Deuteronomy 9:19

20And the Lord was very angry with Aaron, to haue destroyed him: And I prayed for Aaron also the same time.Select Deuteronomy 9:20

21And I tooke your sinne, the calfe which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, euen vntill it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount.Select Deuteronomy 9:21

22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-Hattaauah, ye prouoked the Lord to wrath.Select Deuteronomy 9:22

23Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Goe vp and possesse the land which I haue giuen you, then you rebelled against the commandement of the Lord your God, and ye beleeued him not, nor hearkened to his voyce.Select Deuteronomy 9:23

24You haue bin rebellious against the Lord, from the day that I knew you.Select Deuteronomy 9:24

25Thus I fell downe before the Lord fourtie dayes, and fourtie nights, as I fel downe at the first, because the Lord had said, he would destroy you.Select Deuteronomy 9:25

26I prayed therefore vnto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatnes, which thou hast brought foorth out of Egypt, with a mightie hand.Select Deuteronomy 9:26

27Remember thy seruants, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, looke not vnto the stubburnnesse of this people, nor to their wickednes, nor to their sinne:Select Deuteronomy 9:27

28Lest the land whence thou broughtest vs out, say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which hee promised them, and because hee hated them, hee hath brought them out, to slay them in the wildernesse.Select Deuteronomy 9:28

29Yet they are thy people, and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out by thy mightie power, and by thy stretched out arme.Select Deuteronomy 9:29