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1  These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2  (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

3  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

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

5  On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

6  The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

7  Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

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

9  And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

10  The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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!)

12  How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

13  Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

14  And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

15  So 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.

16  And 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.

17  Ye 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 it unto me, and I will hear it.

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

19  And 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 Kadeshbarnea.

20  And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

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

22  And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

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

24  And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

25  And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

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

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

28  Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is 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.

29  Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

30  The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

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

32  Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,

33  Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

34  And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

35  Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

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

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

38  But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

39  Moreover 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 unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40  But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

41  Then ye answered and said unto 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 go up into the hill.

42  And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

43  So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

44  And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

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

46  So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

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1  These bee the woordes which Moses spake vnto all Israel, on this side Iordane in the wildernes, in the plaine ouer against the Red sea, betweene Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2  (There are eleuen daies iourney from Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, vnto Kadesh Barnea.)

3  And it came to passe in the fourtieth yeere, in the eleuenth moneth, on the first day of the moneth, that Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, according vnto all that the Lord had giuen him in commandement vnto them:

4  After hee had slaine Sihon the King of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the King of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth, in Edrei.

5  On this side Iordane, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

6  The Lord our God spake vnto vs in Horeb, saying, Ye haue dwelt long ynough in this mount:

7  Turne you, and take your iourney, and goe to the mount of the Amorites, and vnto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plaine, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the South, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and vnto Lebanon, vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.

8  Behold, I haue set the land before you: Goe in, and possesse the land, which the Lord sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, to giue vnto them, and to their seed after them.

9  ¶ And I spake vnto you at that time, saying, I am not able to beare you my selfe alone:

10  The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and beholde, you are this day as the starres of heauen for multitude.

11  (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you as he hath promised you.)

12  How can I my selfe alone beare your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

13  Take ye wise men, and vnderstanding, and knowen among your tribes, and I will make them rulers ouer you.

14  And ye answered me, and saide, The thing which thou hast spoken, is good for vs to doe.

15  So I tooke the chiefe of your tribes, wise men, and knowen, and made them heads ouer you, captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, and captaines ouer fifties, and captaines ouer tennes, and officers among your tribes.

16  And I charged your Iudges at that time, saying, Heare the causes betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother, & the stranger that is with him.

17  Ye shall not respect persons in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: you shall not bee afraid of the face of man, for the iudgment is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it vnto me, and I will heare it.

18  And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should doe.

19  ¶ And when wee departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wildernes, which you saw by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded vs: and wee came to Kadesh Barnea.

20  And I said vnto you, Ye are come vnto the mountaine of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth giue vnto vs.

21  Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: Goe vp, and possesse it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said vnto thee: Feare not, neither be discouraged.

22  ¶ And ye came neere vnto mee euery one of you, and said, We will send men before vs, and they shall search vs out the land, and bring vs word againe, by what way we must goe vp, and into what cities we shall come.

23  And the saying pleased mee well: and I tooke twelue men of you, one of a tribe.

24  And they turned and went vp into the mountaine, and came vnto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

25  And they tooke of the fruit of the land in their handes, and brought it downe vnto vs, and brought vs worde againe, and said, It is a good lande which the Lord our God doeth giue vs.

26  Notwithstanding, ye would not goe vp, but rebelled against the commandement of the Lord your God.

27  And ye murmured in your tents and said, Because the Lord hated vs, he hath brought vs forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy vs:

28  Whither shall wee goe vp? our brethren haue discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller then we, the cities are great, and walled vp to heauen, and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.

29  Then I said vnto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

30  The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that hee did for you in Egypt before your eyes:

31  And in the wildernes, where thou hast seene how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth beare his sonne, in all the way that ye went, vntil ye came into this place.

32  Yet in this thing ye did not beleeue the Lord your God,

33  Who went in the way before you to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should goe, and in a cloud by day.

34  And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

35  Surely there shall not one of these men of this euill generation see that good land, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers:

36  Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, he shall see it, and to him will I giue the land that he hath troden vpon, and to his children, because hee hath wholly followed the Lord.

37  Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not goe in thither.

38  But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall goe in thither. Encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherite it.

39  Moreouer, your litle ones, which ye said should be a pray, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge betweene good and euil, they shall goe in thither; and vnto them will I giue it, and they shall possesse it.

40  But as for you, turne ye, and take your iourney into the wildernesse, by the way of the Red sea.

41  Then ye answered, and said vnto mee, Wee haue sinned against the Lord, we will goe vp and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded vs. And when ye had girded on euery man his weapons of warre, yee were ready to goe vp into the hill.

42  And the Lord said vnto me, Say vnto them, Goe not vp, neither fight, for I am not among you: least ye be smitten before your enemies.

43  So I spake vnto you, and you would not heare, but rebelled against the commandement of the Lord, and went presumptuously vp into the hill.

44  And the Amorites which dwelt in that mountaine, came out against you, and chased you, as Bees doe, and destroyed you in Seir, euen vnto Hormah.

45  And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voyce, nor giue eare vnto you.

46  So yee abode in Kadesh many dayes, according vnto the dayes that ye abode there.