1Deuteronomy 1

1These [are] the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on the east side of Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against Suf, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.Select Deuteronomy 1:1

2([There are] eleven days [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.)Select Deuteronomy 1:2

3And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them;Select Deuteronomy 1:3

4After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:Select Deuteronomy 1:4

5On the east side of Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,Select Deuteronomy 1:5

6The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:Select Deuteronomy 1:6

7Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and to all [the places] nigh to it, in the plain, on the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea-side, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates.Select Deuteronomy 1:7

8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.Select Deuteronomy 1:8

9And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:Select Deuteronomy 1:9

10The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.Select Deuteronomy 1:10

11(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!)Select Deuteronomy 1:11

12How can I alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?Select Deuteronomy 1:12

13Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.Select Deuteronomy 1:13

14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken [is] good [for us] to do.Select Deuteronomy 1:14

15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.Select Deuteronomy 1:15

16And 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.Select Deuteronomy 1:16

17Ye 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] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.Select Deuteronomy 1:17

18And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.Select Deuteronomy 1:18

19And 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 Kadesh-barnea.Select Deuteronomy 1:19

20And I said to you, Ye have come to the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give to us.Select Deuteronomy 1:20

21Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up [and] possess [it], as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said to thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.Select Deuteronomy 1:21

22And ye came near to me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall explore the land for us, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.Select Deuteronomy 1:22

23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:Select Deuteronomy 1:23

24And they turned and ascended the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and explored it.Select Deuteronomy 1:24

25And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down to us, and brought us word again, and said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.Select Deuteronomy 1:25

26Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:Select Deuteronomy 1:26

27And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth from the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.Select Deuteronomy 1:27

28Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [are] 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.Select Deuteronomy 1:28

29Then I said to you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.Select Deuteronomy 1:29

30The LORD your God who goeth before you; he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;Select Deuteronomy 1:30

31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.Select Deuteronomy 1:31

32Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,Select Deuteronomy 1:32

33Who went in the way before you, to search out for you a place to pitch your tents [in], in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.Select Deuteronomy 1:33

34And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,Select Deuteronomy 1:34

35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,Select Deuteronomy 1:35

36Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trod upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.Select Deuteronomy 1:36

37Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.Select Deuteronomy 1:37

38[But] Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither. Encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.Select Deuteronomy 1:38

39Moreover, 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 to them will I give it, and they shall possess it.Select Deuteronomy 1:39

40But [as for] you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.Select Deuteronomy 1:40

41Then ye answered and said to 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 ascend the hill.Select Deuteronomy 1:41

42And the LORD said to me, Say to them, Go not up, neither fight; for I [am] not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.Select Deuteronomy 1:42

43So I spoke to you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and presumptuously ascended the hill.Select Deuteronomy 1:43

44And the Amorites, who dwelt on that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] to Hormah.Select Deuteronomy 1:44

45And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear to you.Select Deuteronomy 1:45

46So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days that ye abode [there].Select Deuteronomy 1:46