Deuteronomy 1

1 This is the record of what Moses told all the Israelites during their time in the desert to the east of the Jordan. They were in the Arabah near Suph, between Paran on the one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.

These [are] the words which he spoke Moses to all Israel on [the] other side of the Jordan in the wilderness in the desert plain opposite to Suph between Paran and between Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Di Zahab.

2 (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by the road that passes Mount Seir.)

[is] one [plus] Ten day[s] from Horeb [the] way of [the] mountain of Seir to Kadesh Barnea.

3 On the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year, Moses recounted to the Israelites everything that the Lord had instructed him to tell them.

And it was in forty year in [the] one [plus] ten month on [day] one of the month he spoke Moses to [the] people of Israel according to all that he had commanded Yahweh him to them.

4 This happened after he defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and then at Edrei after he defeated Og king of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth.

After had defeated he Sihon [the] king of the Amorite[s] who [was] dwelling in Heshbon and Og [the] king of Bashan who [was] dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei.

5 Speaking on the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain these instructions, saying:

On [the] other side of the Jordan in [the] land of Moab he undertook Moses he made clear the law this saying.

6 The Lord our God told us at Horeb: “You have remained here beside this mountain for long enough.

Yahweh God our he spoke to us at Horeb saying [is] enough for you remaining at the mountain this.

7 Continue your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites and all their neighbors, into the Jordan Valley, into the hill country, into the foothills, into the Negev, and along the coast to the country of the Canaanites up to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

Turn - and set out for yourselves and go [the] hill country of the Amorite[s] and to all neighbors its in the desert plain in the hill country and in the Shephelah and in the Negev and on [the] coast of the sea [the] land of the Canaanite[s] and Lebanon to the river great [the] river of Euphrates.

8 Look, I'm giving this land to you. Go and take ownership of the land that the Lord promised he would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants who would follow them.”

See I set before you the land go and take possession of the land which he swore Yahweh to ancestors your to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob to give to them and to offspring their after them.

9 That's when I told you, “I can't take responsibility for all of you by myself.

And I said to you at the time that saying not I am able to alone me to bear you.

10 The Lord your God has increased your numbers so much that today there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.

Yahweh God your he has increased you and here you this day [are] like [the] stars of the heavens for multitude.

11 May the Lord, the God of your forefathers, multiply you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised.

Yahweh [the] God of ancestors your may he add to you like you a thousand times and may he bless you just as he spoke to you.

12 But how can I take on all your troubles, burdens, and arguments just by myself?

How? will I bear to alone me burden your and burden your and dispute[s] your.

13 You must choose for yourselves wise, experienced men with good judgment from each of your tribes, and I will put them in charge as your leaders.”

Provide for yourselves men wise and understanding and known to tribes your so I may appoint them chiefs your.

14 You replied to me, saying, “Your proposal is a good one.”

And you answered me and you said [is] good the word which you have spoken to do.

15 So I summoned your tribal leaders, men with good judgment, and put them in charge of you, as commanders and officials for your tribes. Some were responsible for thousands, some for hundreds, some for fifties, and some for tens.

And I took [the] chiefs of tribes your men wise and known and I appointed them chiefs over you leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds and leaders of fifties and leaders of tens and officials of tribes your.

16 At the same time I gave strict instructions to your judges: “Hear the cases brought between your brothers, and make sure you are fair when you judge between a man and his brother or a foreigner living among you.

And I commanded judges your at the time that saying hear between countrymen your and you will judge righteousness between anyone and between countryman his and between sojourner his.

17 Don't show any favoritism when you judge—treat the powerful and the common people just the same. Don't let anyone intimidate you, because judgment is done on God's behalf. Bring me any case that is too hard for you, and I will hear it.”

Not you will pay regard to faces in judgment as the small as the great you will listen! not you will be afraid of anyone for the judgment [belongs] to God it and the matter which it will be [too] hard for you you will bring near! to me and I will hear it.

18 This was also the time I instructed you about everything you had to do.

And I commanded you at the time that all the things which you will do!

19 Following the orders of the Lord our God, we left Horeb and set off towards the hill country of the Amorites, passing through the whole of the large and terrifying desert that you yourselves have experienced. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,

And we set out from Horeb and we walked all the wilderness great and awesome that which you saw [the] way of [the] hill country of the Amorite[s] just as he had commanded Yahweh God our us and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

20 I explained to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving to us.

And I said to you you have come to [the] hill country of the Amorite[s] which Yahweh God our [is] about to give to us.

21 Look, the Lord your God has given you the land! Go and take ownership of the land as the Lord, the God of your forefathers, has told you. Don't be frightened or terrified.”

See he sets Yahweh God your before you the land go up take possession of [it] just as he spoke Yahweh [the] God of ancestors your to you may not you be afraid and may not you be dismayed.

22 Then you all came to me and suggested, “Let's send men on ahead to explore the land and report back to us about what route to take and which towns we'll come across.”

And you drew near! to me all of you and you said let us send out men before us so they may spy out for us the land so they may bring back us word the way which we will go up on it and the cities which we will go to them.

23 It seemed like a good plan to me, so I chose twelve of your men, one from each tribe.

And it was good in view my the thing and I took from you two [plus] ten men a man one to the tribe.

24 They set off and went up into the hill country as far as the Valley of Eshcol, exploring the land.

And they turned and they went up the hill country towards and they came to [the] wadi of Eshcol and they spied out it.

25 They brought back some of the country's fruit, carrying it down to us, and gave us the report: “The Lord our God is giving us good land.”

And they took in hand their some of [the] fruit of the land and they brought [it] down to us and they brought back us word and they said [is] good the land which Yahweh God our [is] about to give to us.

26 But you didn't want to go. You rebelled against the instructions of the Lord your God.

And not you were willing to go up and you rebelled toward [the] mouth of Yahweh God your.

27 You complained while you were in your tents and said, “It's because the Lord hates us that he led us out of Egypt in order to hand us over to the Amorites to be wiped out.

And you murmured in tents your and you said in [the] hatred of Yahweh us he brought out us from [the] land of Egypt to give us in [the] hand of the Amorite[s] to destroy us.

28 Where are we going? Our brothers terrified us because they told us: ‘The people are bigger and taller than us; the towns are large, with high walls that reach the sky. We even saw the descendants of the giant Anak there!’”

Where? - [are] we going up countrymen our they have made melt heart our saying [the] people [is] great and lofty more than us [the] cities [are] large and fortified in the heavens and also [the] descendants of [the] Anakites we saw there.

29 So I told you, “Don't be frightened or scared of them!

And I said to you not you must be terrified! and not you must be afraid! from them.

30 The Lord your God who leads your way will fight for you in the same way you saw him do for you in Egypt.

Yahweh God your [is] the [one who] goes before you he he will fight for you according to all that he did with you in Egypt to eyes your.

31 He did the same in the desert—you saw how the Lord your God carried you like a father carries his son during your whole journey until you arrived here.”

And in the wilderness where you saw that he carried you Yahweh God your just as he carries anyone child his on all the journey which you walked until came you to the place this.

32 Despite all this, you didn't trust the Lord your God,

And in the thing this not you [were] trusting in Yahweh God your.

33 who led you on the journey, present in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, looking to find a place for you to camp and to show you the way to go.

Who went before you on the journey to seek out for you a place to camp you in the fire - night to show you the way which you will go on it and in the cloud by day.

34 When the Lord heard what you were saying, he got angry and swore an oath:

And he heard Yahweh [the] sound of words your and he was angry and he swore an oath saying.

35 “Not a single one of this evil generation will see the good land I promised to give your forefathers,

If he will see anyone among the men these the generation evil this the land good which I swore to give to ancestors your.

36 except Caleb, son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he explored, because he was completely committed to the Lord.”

Except Caleb [the] son of Jephunneh he he will see it and to him I will give the land which he has trodden on it and to sons his because that he filled after Yahweh.

37 The Lord also got angry with me because of you. He told me, “Even you won't enter the country.

Also with me he was angry Yahweh on account of you saying also you not you will go there.

38 However, Joshua, son of Nun, your assistant, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will help Israel to occupy the land.

Joshua ([the] son of *L(abh)*) Nun who stands before you he he will go there towards him encourage for he he will give as an inheritance it Israel.

39 Your small children that you claimed would become prisoners, your children who at the time didn't know good from evil, they will be the ones to enter the land that I will give them, and they will occupy it.

And little one[s] your who you said plunder he will become and children your who not they know this day good and evil they they will go there towards and to them I will give it and they they will take possession of it.

40 But now turn around and head back into the desert on the road that leads to the Red Sea.”

And you turn yourselves and set out the wilderness towards [the] way of [the] sea of reed[s].

41 But you answered and told me, “We have sinned against the Lord! We will go and we will fight and we will do everything the Lord our God has ordered us to do.” Then you all picked up your weapons and prepared for battle thinking it would be easy to go and fight in the hill country.

And you answered - and you said to me we have sinned to Yahweh we we will go up and we will fight according to all that he has commanded us Yahweh God our and you girded on everyone [the] weapons of war his and you regarded as easy to go up the hill country towards.

42 But the Lord instructed me, “Order them not to go and fight because I won't be with you to prevent you from being defeated by your enemies.”

And he said Yahweh to me say to them not you must go up and not you must fight for not I [will be] in midst your and not you will be defeated before enemies your.

43 I told you this, but you refused to listen. You defied the instructions of the Lord and arrogantly went to fight in the hill country.

And I spoke to you and not you listened and you rebelled against [the] mouth of Yahweh and you acted presumptuously and you went up the hill country towards.

44 Then the Amorites living there in the hills came and attacked you. They chased after you like a swarm of bees, killing you all the way from Seir to Hormah.

And he came out the Amorite[s] who was dwelling in the hill country that to meet you and they pursued you just as they do bees and they scattered you in Seir to Hormah.

45 You came back to camp and wept before the Lord, but he refused to listen to what you said or to pay attention to you.

And you returned and you wept before Yahweh and not he listened Yahweh to voice your and not he gave ear to you.

46 You stayed there in Kadesh for a long time.

And you remained at Kadesh days many like the days which you remained.