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Deuteronomy 1:2-28
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 1
2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. 3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, in accordance with everything that the LORD had commanded him to declare to them, 4 after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. 5 Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this Law, saying,
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'The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
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Turn and set out on your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Negev, by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
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See, I have placed the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants after them.’
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'And I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘I am not able to endure you alone.
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The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.
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May the LORD, the God of your fathers increase you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you, just as He has promised you!
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How can I alone endure the burden and weight of you and your strife?
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Obtain for yourselves men who are wise, discerning, and informed from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
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And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’
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So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and informed men, and appointed them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.
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'Then I ordered your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen and judge righteously between a person and his fellow countryman, or the stranger who is with him.
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You are not to show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You are not to be afraid of any person, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too difficult for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’
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At that time I commanded you all the things that you were to do.
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'Then we set out from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the LORD our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
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And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is about to give us.
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See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’
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'Then all of you approached me and said, ‘Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may spy out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up, and the cities which we should enter.’
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The plan pleased me, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
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Then they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
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And they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. They also brought us back a report and said, ‘The land that the LORD our God is about to give us is good.’
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'Yet you were unwilling to go up; instead you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;
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and you grumbled in your tents and said, ‘Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to hand us over to the Amorites to destroy us.
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Where can we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, by saying, 'The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.'?’
King James Version
Chapter 1
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.
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And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
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The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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(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!)
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How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
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Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
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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.
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And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
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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.
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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.
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And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
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And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
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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.
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Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
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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.
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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.
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 1
2 It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir. 3 In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him to say to them. 4 This was after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei. 5 Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
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"The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb: 'You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
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Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites and their neighbors in the Arabah, the hill country, the Judean foothills, the Negev and the sea coast--to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon as far as the great river, the Euphrates River.
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See, I have set the land before you. Enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their future descendants.'
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"I said to you at that time: I can't bear the responsibility for you on my own.
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The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky.
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May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as he promised you.
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But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?
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Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.
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"You replied to me, 'What you propose to do is good.'
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"So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: commanders for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.
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I commanded your judges at that time: Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge rightly between a man and his brother or his resident alien.
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Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.
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At that time I commanded you about all the things you were to do.
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"We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
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I said to you: You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.
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See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
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"Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let's send men ahead of us, so that they may explore the land for us and bring us back a report about the route we should go up and the cities we will come to.'
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The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.
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They left and went up into the hill country and came to Eshcol Valley, scouting the land.
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They took some of the fruit from the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us back a report: 'The land the Lord our God is giving us is good.'
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"But you were not willing to go up. You rebelled against the command of the Lord your God.
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You grumbled in your tents and said, 'The Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites in order to destroy us, because he hates us.
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Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart, saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'
New Living Translation
Chapter 1
2 Normally it takes only eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai to Kadesh-barnea, going by way of Mount Seir. 3 But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say. 4 This took place after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who had ruled in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who had ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
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While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD's instructions as follows.
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'When we were at Mount Sinai, the LORD our God said to us, 'You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
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It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions--the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.
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Look, I am giving all this land to you! Go in and occupy it, for it is the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to all their descendants.''
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Moses continued, 'At that time I told you, 'You are too great a burden for me to carry all by myself.
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The LORD your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!
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And may the LORD, the God of your ancestors, multiply you a thousand times more and bless you as he promised!
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But you are such a heavy load to carry! How can I deal with all your problems and bickering?
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Choose some well-respected men from each tribe who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will appoint them as your leaders.'
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'Then you responded, 'Your plan is a good one.'
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So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten.
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'At that time I instructed the judges, 'You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions
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and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don't be afraid of anyone's anger, for the decision you make is God's decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'
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'At that time I gave you instructions about everything you were to do.
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'Then, just as the LORD our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
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I said to you, 'You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the LORD our God is giving us.
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Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don't be afraid! Don't be discouraged!'
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'But you all came to me and said, 'First, let's send out scouts to explore the land for us. They will advise us on the best route to take and which towns we should enter.'
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'This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.
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They headed for the hill country and came to the valley of Eshcol and explored it.
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They picked some of its fruit and brought it back to us. And they reported, 'The land the LORD our God has given us is indeed a good land.'
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'But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to go in.
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You complained in your tents and said, 'The LORD must hate us. That's why he has brought us here from Egypt--to hand us over to the Amorites to be slaughtered.
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Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, 'The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there--the descendants of Anak!''
English Standard Version
Chapter 1
2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. 3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them, 4 after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. 5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying, 6 “The LORD our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’
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“At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself.
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The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.
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May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!
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How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?
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Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
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And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’
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So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.
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And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.
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You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’
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And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.
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“Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.
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And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
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See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’
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Then all of you came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’
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The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.
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And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.
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And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.’
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“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
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And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the LORD hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
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Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’
New International Version
Chapter 1
2 (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)
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In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
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This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
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East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:
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The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
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Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates.
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See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the LORD swore he would give to your fathers--to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--and to their descendants after them.'
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At that time I said to you, 'You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.
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The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11
May the LORD, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!
12
But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?
13
Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.'
14
You answered me, 'What you propose to do is good.'
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So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you--as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.
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And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.
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Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.'
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And at that time I told you everything you were to do.
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Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.
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Then I said to you, 'You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
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See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.'
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Then all of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.'
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The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.
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They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.
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Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, 'It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.'
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But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
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You grumbled in your tents and said, 'The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.
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Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, 'The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.''
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