1 T hese are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan, in the desert, in the Arabah beside Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.

These the words which Moses hath spoken unto all Israel, beyond the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain over-against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-Zahab;

2 I t takes eleven days to travel from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

eleven days' from Horeb, the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-Barnea.

3 O n the first day of the eleventh month in the fortieth year, Moses spoke to the children of Israel. He told them all the Lord said they must do.

And it cometh to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month hath Moses spoken unto the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him concerning them;

4 T his was after he had won the war against Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

after his smiting Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who is dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei,

5 O n the other side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses talked to the people about this Law. He said,

beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, hath Moses begun to explain this law, saying:

6 “ The Lord our God spoke to us at Mount Sinai, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

`Jehovah our God hath spoken unto us in Horeb, saying, Enough to you -- of dwelling in this mount;

7 G et ready to travel now. Go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the valley, in the Negev and by the sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the big river, the river Euphrates.

turn ye and journey for you, and enter the mount of the Amorite, and unto all its neighbouring places, in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Phrat;

8 S ee, I have set the land in front of you. Go in and take for your own the land which the Lord promised to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and to their children after them.’ Leaders of Family Groups

see, I have set before you the land; go in and possess the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them, and to their seed after them.

9 “ At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to take care of you alone.

`And I speak unto you at that time, saying, I am not able by myself to bear you;

10 T he Lord your God has made you become many people. Now you are as many as the stars of heaven.

Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude;

11 M ay the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you 1, 000 times as many as you are. May He bring good to you just as He has promised you!

Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye, a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.

12 H ow can I alone carry the weight of your troubles?

`How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

13 C hoose wise, understanding and able men from your family groups. And I will make them leaders over you.’

Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

14 Y ou answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.’

and ye answer me and say, Good the thing which thou hast spoken -- to do.

15 S o I took the leaders of your family groups, wise and able men. I made them leaders over you, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, and rulers of your family groups.

`And I take the heads of your tribes, men, wise and known, and I appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities, for your tribes.

16 “ Then I said to your judges at that time, ‘Listen to the problems between your brothers. And be right in what you decide between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.

And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren -- then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;

17 D o not show favor as you judge. Listen to the small and the great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, because you are judging for God. Bring to me any problem that is too hard for you, and I will hear it.’

ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

18 I told you at that time all the things you should do. Men Are Sent to Spy Out the Land

and I command you, at that time, all the things which ye do.

19 “ Then we left Mount Sinai. We went through the big desert you saw which fills people with fear, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had told us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.

`And we journey from Horeb, and go all that great and fearful wilderness which ye have seen -- the way of the hill-country of the Amorite, as Jehovah our God hath commanded us, and we come in unto Kadesh-Barnea.

20 I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God will give us.

`And I say unto you, Ye have come in unto the hill-country of the Amorite, which Jehovah our God is giving to us;

21 S ee, the Lord your God has set the land in front of you. Go and take it for your own, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or troubled.’

see, Jehovah thy God hath set before thee the land; go up, possess, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.

22 T hen all of you came to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, to spy out the land for us. They will return and tell us which way we should go and which cities we will come to.’

`And ye come near unto me, all of you, and say, Let us send men before us, and they search for us the land, and they bring us back word the way in which we go up into it, and the cities unto which we come in;

23 W hat you said pleased me. I took twelve of your men, one man for each family group.

and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.

24 T hey went up into the hill country, came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

`And they turn and go up to the hill-country, and come in unto the valley of Eshcol, and spy it,

25 T hey took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. And they told us that it is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

and they take with their hand of the fruit of the land, and bring down unto us, and bring us back word, and say, Good is the land which Jehovah our God is giving to us.

26 “ Yet you would not go up. You went against what the Lord your God told you to do.

`And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God,

27 Y ou complained in your tents, saying, ‘Because the Lord hates us He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to give us to the Amorites to destroy us.

and murmur in your tents, and say, In Jehovah's hating us He hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite -- to destroy us;

28 W here would we be going? Our brothers have made our hearts weak with fear, saying, ‘The people are bigger and taller than we. The cities are large, with walls as high as the heavens. And we have even seen the sons of the Anakim there.’”

whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there.

29 T hen I said to you, ‘Do not be afraid of them.

`And I say unto you, Be not terrified, nor be afraid of them;

30 T he Lord your God Who goes before you will Himself fight for you. He did this for you in Egypt in front of your eyes,

Jehovah your God, who is going before you -- He doth fight for you, according to all that He hath done with you in Egypt before your eyes,

31 a nd in the desert. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way you have walked until you came to this place.’

and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen that Jehovah thy God hath borne thee as a man beareth his son, in all the way which ye have gone, till your coming in unto this place.

32 B ut even so, you did not trust the Lord your God,

`And in this thing ye are not stedfast in Jehovah your God,

33 W ho goes before you on your way. He finds a place for you to set up your tents. He uses fire to show you the way to go during the night. During the day He uses a cloud to lead you. Israel’s Punishment

who is going before you in the way to search out to you a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you in the way in which ye go, and in a cloud by day.

34 “ The Lord heard your words and was angry. He swore,

`And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words, and is wroth, and sweareth, saying,

35 ‘ Not one of these men of these sinful people will see the good land I promised to give your fathers,

Not one of these men of this evil generation doth see the good land which I have sworn to give to your fathers,

36 e xcept Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He will see it. I will give the land on which he has walked to him and his children because he has always followed the Lord.’

save Caleb son of Jephunneh -- he doth see it, and to him I give the land on which he hath trodden, and to his sons, because that he hath been fully after Jehovah.

37 T he Lord was angry with me because of you. He said, ‘Not even you will go in there.

`Also with me hath Jehovah been angry for your sake, saying, Also, thou dost not go in thither;

38 J oshua the son of Nun, who stands in front of you, will go in there. Tell him to be strong, for he will bring Israel into their new land.

Joshua son of Nun, who is standing before thee, he goeth in thither; him strengthen thou; for he doth cause Israel to inherit.

39 A nd your little ones whom you said would be taken by strange hands, and your children who do not yet know the difference between good and bad, will go in there. I will give the land to them. It will be theirs.

`And your infants, of whom ye have said, For a prey they are, and your sons who have not known to-day good and evil, they go in thither, and to them I give it, and they possess it;

40 B ut as for you, turn around and go into the desert by way of the Red Sea.’

and ye, turn for yourselves, and journey toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.

41 “ Then you said to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God told us.’ So every man of you put on his sword and thought it an easy thing to go up into the hill country.

`And ye answer and say unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we -- we go up, and we have fought, according to all that which Jehovah our God hath commanded us; and ye gird on each his weapons of war, and ye are ready to go up into the hill-country;

42 T he Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, “Do not go up or fight. For I am not among you. You would be destroyed by those who hate you.”’

and Jehovah saith unto me, Say to them, Ye do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies.

43 S o I spoke to you but you would not listen. You went against what the Lord told you. In your pride you went up into the hill country.

`And I speak unto you, and ye have not hearkened, and provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country;

44 T hen the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you. They came at you like bees, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.

and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir -- unto Hormah.

45 A nd you returned and cried before the Lord but the Lord did not listen to you.

`And ye turn back and weep before Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not hearkened to your voice, nor hath he given ear unto you;

46 S o you stayed in Kadesh. Many days you stayed there.

and ye dwell in Kadesh many days, according to the days which ye had dwelt.