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Deuteronomy chapter 9
English Standard Version
1
"Hear, O Israel: you are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
2
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’
3
Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the
Lord
your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the
Lord
has promised you.
4
"Do not say in your heart, after the
Lord
your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the
Lord
has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the
Lord
is driving them out before you.
5
Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the
Lord
your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the
Lord
swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
6
"Know, therefore, that the
Lord
your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
7
Remember and do not forget how you provoked the
Lord
your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the
Lord
.
8
Even at Horeb you provoked the
Lord
to wrath, and the
Lord
was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.
9
When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the
Lord
made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
10
And the
Lord
gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the
Lord
had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
11
And at the end of forty days and forty nights the
Lord
gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12
Then the
Lord
said to me, ‘Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.’
13
"Furthermore, the
Lord
said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.
14
Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
15
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
16
And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the
Lord
your God. You had made yourselves a golden calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the
Lord
had commanded you.
17
So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.
18
Then I lay prostrate before the
Lord
as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the
Lord
to provoke him to anger.
19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the
Lord
bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the
Lord
listened to me that time also.
20
And the
Lord
was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
21
Then I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.
22
"At Taberah also, and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the
Lord
to wrath.
23
And when the
Lord
sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the
Lord
your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.
24
You have been rebellious against the
Lord
from the day that I knew you.
25
"So I lay prostrate before the
Lord
for these forty days and forty nights, because the
Lord
had said he would destroy you.
26
And I prayed to the
Lord
, ‘O Lord
God
, do not destroy your people and your heritage, whom you have redeemed through your greatness, whom you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin,
28
lest the land from which you brought us say, "Because the
Lord
was not able to bring them into the land that he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness."
29
For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.’
New International Version
1
Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky.
2
The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: "Who can stand up against the Anakites?"
3
But be assured today that the
Lord
your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the
Lord
has promised you.
4
After the
Lord
your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The
Lord
has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the
Lord
is going to drive them out before you.
5
It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the
Lord
your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
6
Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the
Lord
your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
7
Remember this and never forget how you aroused the anger of the
Lord
your God in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the
Lord
.
8
At Horeb you aroused the
Lord
’s wrath so that he was angry enough to destroy you.
9
When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the
Lord
had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.
10
The
Lord
gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the commandments the
Lord
proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.
11
At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the
Lord
gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
12
Then the
Lord
told me, "Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from what I commanded them and have made an idol for themselves."
13
And the
Lord
said to me, "I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!
14
Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they."
15
So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
16
When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the
Lord
your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the
Lord
had commanded you.
17
So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.
18
Then once again I fell prostrate before the
Lord
for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the
Lord
’s sight and so arousing his anger.
19
I feared the anger and wrath of the
Lord
, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the
Lord
listened to me.
20
And the
Lord
was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.
21
Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.
22
You also made the
Lord
angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah.
23
And when the
Lord
sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, he said, "Go up and take possession of the land I have given you." But you rebelled against the command of the
Lord
your God. You did not trust him or obey him.
24
You have been rebellious against the
Lord
ever since I have known you.
25
I lay prostrate before the
Lord
those forty days and forty nights because the
Lord
had said he would destroy you.
26
I prayed to the
Lord
and said, "Sovereign
Lord
, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin.
28
Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the
Lord
was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’
29
But they are your people, your inheritance that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm."
New American Standard Bible
1
Hear, Israel! You are crossing the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities
that are
great and fortified to heaven,
2
a people
who are
great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard
it said,
‘Who can stand against the sons of Anak?’
3
So be aware today that it is the
Lord
your God who is crossing over ahead of you
as
a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and eliminate them quickly, just as the
Lord
has spoken to you.
4
Do not say in your heart when the
Lord
your God has driven them away from you, ‘Because of my righteousness the
Lord
has brought me in to take possession of this land.’ Rather,
it is
because of the wickedness of these nations
that
the
Lord
is dispossessing them before you.
5
It is
not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart
that
you are going in to take possession of their land, but
it is
because of the wickedness of these nations
that
the
Lord
your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to confirm the oath which the
Lord
swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6
Know, then, that
it is
not because of your righteousness
that
the
Lord
your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people.
7
Remember, do not forget how you provoked the
Lord
your God to anger in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the
Lord
.
8
Even at Horeb you provoked the
Lord
to anger, and the
Lord
was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you.
9
When I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the
Lord
made with you, then I remained on the mountain for forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.
10
The
Lord
gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them
were
all the words which the
Lord
had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
11
It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the
Lord
gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12
Then the
Lord
said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly, because your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have behaved corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast metal image for themselves.’
13
The
Lord
also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people.
14
Leave Me alone, that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
15
So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
16
And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the
Lord
your God. You had made for yourselves a cast metal image of a calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way that the
Lord
had commanded you.
17
So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my two hands, and smashed them to pieces before your eyes!
18
Then I fell down before the
Lord
like the first
time,
for forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you had committed by doing what was evil in the sight of the
Lord
, to provoke Him to anger.
19
For I was afraid of the anger and the rage with which the
Lord
was angry with you so as to destroy you; but the
Lord
listened to me that time as well.
20
The
Lord
was also angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.
21
And I took your sinful
thing
which you had made, the calf, and burned it in the fire and crushed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the stream that came down from the mountain.
22
Then at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah you kept provoking the
Lord
to anger.
23
And when the
Lord
sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,’ you rebelled against the command of the
Lord
your God; you neither trusted Him nor listened to His voice.
24
You have been rebellious toward the
Lord
since the day I knew you.
25
So I fell down before the
Lord
for the forty days and nights, which I did because the
Lord
said He would destroy you.
26
And I prayed to the
Lord
and said, ‘Lord
God
, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand!
27
Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not turn Your attention to the stubbornness of this people, or to their wickedness, or their sin.
28
Otherwise, the
people of the
land from which You brought us will say, 'Since the
Lord
was not able to bring them into the land which He had promised them, and since He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness!'
29
Yet they are Your people, and Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm.’
Christian Standard Bible
1
"Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and drive out nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
2
The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them and you have heard it said about them, ‘Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?’
3
But understand that today the
Lord
your God will cross over ahead of you as a consuming fire; he will devastate and subdue them before you. You will drive them out and destroy them swiftly, as the
Lord
has told you.
4
When the
Lord
your God drives them out before you, do not say to yourself, ‘The
Lord
brought me in to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.’ Instead, the
Lord
will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
5
You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the
Lord
your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfill the promise he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6
Understand that the
Lord
your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.
7
"Remember and do not forget how you provoked the
Lord
your God in the wilderness. You have been rebelling against the
Lord
from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place.
8
You provoked the
Lord
at Horeb, and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.
9
When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant the
Lord
made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat food or drink water.
10
On the day of the assembly the
Lord
gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by God’s finger. The exact words were on them, which the
Lord
spoke to you from the fire on the mountain.
11
The
Lord
gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant, at the end of the forty days and forty nights.
12
"The
Lord
said to me, ‘Get up and go down immediately from here. For your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast image for themselves.’
13
The
Lord
also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.
14
Leave me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’
15
"So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.
16
I saw how you had sinned against the
Lord
your God; you had made a calf image for yourselves. You had quickly turned from the way the
Lord
had commanded for you.
17
So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
18
I fell down like the first time in the presence of the
Lord
for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the
Lord
’s sight and angering him.
19
I was afraid of the fierce anger the
Lord
had directed against you, because he was about to destroy you. But again the
Lord
listened to me on that occasion.
20
The
Lord
was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time also.
21
I took the sinful calf you had made and burned it. I crushed it, thoroughly grinding it to powder as fine as dust, and threw its dust into the stream that came down from the mountain.
22
"You continued to provoke the
Lord
at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.
23
When the
Lord
sent you from Kadesh-barnea, he said, ‘Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the
Lord
your God. You did not believe or obey him.
24
You have been rebelling against the
Lord
ever since I have known you.
25
"I fell down in the presence of the
Lord
forty days and forty nights because the
Lord
had threatened to destroy you.
26
I prayed to the
Lord
: Lord
God
, do not annihilate your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.
27
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.
28
Otherwise, those in the land you brought us from will say, ‘Because the
Lord
wasn’t able to bring them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
29
But they are your people, your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and outstretched arm.
New Living Translation
1
Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!
2
The people are strong and tall — descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You’ve heard the saying, ‘Who can stand up to the Anakites?’
3
But recognize today that the
Lord
your God is the one who will cross over ahead of you like a devouring fire to destroy them. He will subdue them so that you will quickly conquer them and drive them out, just as the
Lord
has promised.
4
After the
Lord
your God has done this for you, don’t say in your hearts, ‘The
Lord
has given us this land because we are such good people!’ No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way.
5
It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land. The
Lord
your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6
You must recognize that the
Lord
your God is not giving you this good land because you are good, for you are not — you are a stubborn people.
7
Remember and never forget how angry you made the
Lord
your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him.
8
Even at Mount Sinai you made the
Lord
so angry he was ready to destroy you.
9
This happened when I was on the mountain receiving the tablets of stone inscribed with the words of the covenant that the
Lord
had made with you. I was there for forty days and forty nights, and all that time I ate no food and drank no water.
10
The
Lord
gave me the two tablets on which God had written with his own finger all the words he had spoken to you from the heart of the fire when you were assembled at the mountain.
11
At the end of the forty days and nights, the
Lord
handed me the two stone tablets inscribed with the words of the covenant.
12
Then the
Lord
said to me, ‘Get up! Go down immediately, for the people you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted gold and made an idol for themselves!’
13
The
Lord
also said to me, ‘I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.
14
Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.’
15
So while the mountain was blazing with fire I turned and came down, holding in my hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.
16
There below me I could see that you had sinned against the
Lord
your God. You had melted gold and made a calf idol for yourselves. How quickly you had turned away from the path the
Lord
had commanded you to follow!
17
So I took the stone tablets and threw them to the ground, smashing them before your eyes.
18
Then, as before, I threw myself down before the
Lord
for forty days and nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of the great sin you had committed by doing what the
Lord
hated, provoking him to anger.
19
I feared that the furious anger of the
Lord
, which turned him against you, would drive him to destroy you. But again he listened to me.
20
The
Lord
was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him, too. But I prayed for Aaron, and the
Lord
spared him.
21
I took your sin — the calf you had made — and I melted it down in the fire and ground it into fine dust. Then I threw the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.
22
You also made the
Lord
angry at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.
23
And at Kadesh-barnea the
Lord
sent you out with this command: ‘Go up and take over the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the
Lord
your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him.
24
Yes, you have been rebelling against the
Lord
as long as I have known you.
25
That is why I threw myself down before the
Lord
for forty days and nights — for the
Lord
said he would destroy you.
26
I prayed to the
Lord
and said, ‘O Sovereign
Lord
, do not destroy them. They are your own people. They are your special possession, whom you redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and your strong hand.
27
Please overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
28
If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say, 'The Israelites died because the
Lord
wasn’t able to bring them to the land he had promised to give them.' Or they might say, 'He destroyed them because he hated them; he deliberately took them into the wilderness to slaughter them.'
29
But they are your people and your special possession, whom you brought out of Egypt by your great strength and powerful arm.’
King James Version
1
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
2
A 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!
3
Understand therefore this day, that the
Lord
thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the
Lord
hath said unto thee.
4
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the
Lord
thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the
Lord
hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the
Lord
doth drive them out from before thee.
5
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the
Lord
thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the
Lord
sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6
Understand therefore, that the
Lord
thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
7
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the
Lord
thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the
Lord
.
8
Also in Horeb ye provoked the
Lord
to wrath, so that the
Lord
was angry with you to have destroyed you.
9
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the
Lord
made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
10
And the
Lord
delivered unto 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 the fire in the day of the assembly.
11
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the
Lord
gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
12
And the
Lord
said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
13
Furthermore the
Lord
spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
14
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
15
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
16
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the
Lord
your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the
Lord
had commanded you.
17
And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
18
And I fell down before the
Lord
, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the
Lord
, to provoke him to anger.
19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the
Lord
was wroth against you to destroy you. But the
Lord
hearkened unto me at that time also.
20
And the
Lord
was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
21
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
22
And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the
Lord
to wrath.
23
Likewise when the
Lord
sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the
Lord
your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
24
Ye have been rebellious against the
Lord
from the day that I knew you.
25
Thus I fell down before the
Lord
forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the
Lord
had said he would destroy you.
26
I prayed therefore unto the
Lord
, and said, O Lord
God
, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
28
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the
Lord
was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
29
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
New King James Version
1
“Hear, O Israel: You
are
to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
2
a people great and tall, the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know, and
of whom
you heard
it said,
‘Who can stand before the descendants of Anak?’
3
Therefore understand today that the
Lord
your God
is
He who goes over before you
as
a consuming fire. He will destroy them and bring them down before you; so you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the
Lord
has said to you.
4
“Do not think in your heart, after the
Lord
your God has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness the
Lord
has brought me in to possess this land’; but
it is
because of the wickedness of these nations
that
the
Lord
is driving them out from before you.
5
It is
not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart
that
you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations
that
the
Lord
your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the
Lord
swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6
Therefore understand that the
Lord
your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you
are
a stiff-necked people.
7
“Remember! Do not forget how you provoked the
Lord
your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the
Lord
.
8
Also in Horeb you provoked the
Lord
to wrath, so that the
Lord
was angry
enough
with you to have destroyed you.
9
When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the
Lord
made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
10
Then the
Lord
delivered to me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them
were
all the words which the
Lord
had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
11
And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights,
that
the
Lord
gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12
“Then the
Lord
said to me, ‘Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molded image.’
13
“Furthermore the
Lord
spoke to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people.
14
Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
15
“So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant
were
in my two hands.
16
And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the
Lord
your God—had made for yourselves a molded calf! You had turned aside quickly from the way which the
Lord
had commanded you.
17
Then I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.
18
And I fell down before the
Lord
, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the
Lord
, to provoke Him to anger.
19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the
Lord
was angry with you, to destroy you. But the
Lord
listened to me at that time also.
20
And the
Lord
was very angry with Aaron
and
would have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
21
Then I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it
and
ground
it
very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.
22
“Also at Taberah and Massah and Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the
Lord
to wrath.
23
Likewise, when the
Lord
sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, ‘Go up and possess the land which I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the
Lord
your God, and you did not believe Him nor obey His voice.
24
You have been rebellious against the
Lord
from the day that I knew you.
25
“Thus I prostrated myself before the
Lord
; forty days and forty nights I kept prostrating myself, because the
Lord
had said He would destroy you.
26
Therefore I prayed to the
Lord
, and said: ‘O Lord
God
, do not destroy Your people and Your inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27
Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look on the stubbornness of this people, or on their wickedness or their sin,
28
lest the land from which You brought us should say, “Because the
Lord
was not able to bring them to the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”
29
Yet they
are
Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your outstretched arm.’
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