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These be the words[H1697] which Moses[H4872]spake[H1696] unto all Israel[H3478] on this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383] in the wilderness[H4057], in the plain[H6160] over against[H4136] the Red[H5489] sea, between Paran[H6290], and Tophel[H8603], and Laban[H3837], and Hazeroth[H2698], and Dizahab[H1774].
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( There are eleven[H259]days[H3117]' journey from Horeb[H2722] by the way[H1870] of mount[H2022]Seir[H8165] unto Kadeshbarnea[H6947].)
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And it came to pass in the fortieth[H705]year[H8141], in the eleventh[H6249]month[H2320], on the first[H259] day of the month[H2320], that Moses[H4872]spake[H1696] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], according unto all that the LORD[H3068] had given him in commandment[H6680] unto them;
4After[H310] he had slain[H5221]Sihon[H5511] the king[H4428] of the Amorites[H567], which dwelt[H3427] in Heshbon[H2809], and Og[H5747] the king[H4428] of Bashan[H1316], which dwelt[H3427] at Astaroth[H6252] in Edrei[H154]:
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On this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383], in the land[H776] of Moab[H4124], began[H2974]Moses[H4872] to declare[H874] this law[H8451], saying[H559],
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The LORD[H3068] our God[H430]spake[H1696] unto us in Horeb[H2722], saying[H559], Ye have dwelt[H3427] long enough[H7227] in this mount[H2022]:
7Turn[H6437] you, and take your journey[H5265], and go[H935] to the mount[H2022] of the Amorites[H567], and unto all the places nigh[H7934] thereunto, in the plain[H6160], in the hills[H2022], and in the vale[H8219], and in the south[H5045], and by the sea[H3220]side[H2348], to the land[H776] of the Canaanites[H3669], and unto Lebanon[H3844], unto the great[H1419]river[H5104], the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578].
8Behold[H7200], I have set[H5414] the land[H776]before[H6440] you: go[H935] in and possess[H3423] the land[H776] which the LORD[H3068]sware[H7650] unto your fathers[H1], Abraham[H85], Isaac[H3327], and Jacob[H3290], to give[H5414] unto them and to their seed[H2233]after[H310] them.
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And I spake[H559] unto you at that time[H6256], saying[H559], I am not able[H3201] to bear[H5375] you myself alone[H905]:
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The LORD[H3068] your God[H430] hath multiplied[H7235] you, and, behold, ye are this day[H3117] as the stars[H3556] of heaven[H8064] for multitude[H7230].
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(The LORD[H3068]God[H430] of your fathers[H1] make you a thousand[H505]times[H6471] so many more as[H3254] ye are, and bless[H1288] you, as[H3254] he hath promised[H1696] you!)
12How[H349] can I myself alone bear[H5375] your cumbrance[H2960], and your burden[H4853], and your strife?[H7379]
13Take[H3051] you wise[H2450]men[H582], and understanding[H995], and known[H3045] among your tribes[H7626], and I will make[H7760] them rulers[H7218] over you.
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And ye answered[H6030] me, and said[H559], The thing[H1697] which thou hast spoken[H1696] is good[H2896] for us to do[H6213].
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So I took[H3947] the chief[H7218] of your tribes[H7626], wise[H2450]men[H582], and known[H3045], and made[H5414] them heads[H7218] over you, captains[H8269] over thousands[H505], and captains[H8269] over hundreds[H3967], and captains[H8269] over fifties[H2572], and captains[H8269] over tens[H6235], and officers[H7860] among your tribes[H7626].
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And I charged[H6680] your judges[H8199] at that time[H6256], saying[H559], Hear[H8085] the causes between your brethren[H251], and judge[H8199]righteously[H6664] between every man[H376] and his brother[H251], and the stranger[H1616] that is with him.
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Ye shall not respect[H5234]persons[H6440] in judgment[H4941]; but ye shall hear[H8085] the small[H6996] as well as the great[H1419]; ye shall not be afraid[H1481] of the face[H6440] of man[H376]; for the judgment[H4941] is God's: and the cause[H1697] that is too hard[H7185] for you, bring[H7126] it unto me, and I will hear[H8085] it.
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And I commanded[H6680] you at that time[H6256] all the things[H1697] which ye should do[H6213].
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And when we departed[H5265] from Horeb[H2722], we went through[H3212] all that great[H1419] and terrible[H3372]wilderness[H4057], which ye saw[H7200] by the way[H1870] of the mountain[H2022] of the Amorites[H567], as the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]commanded[H6680] us; and we came[H935] to Kadeshbarnea[H6947].
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And I said[H559] unto you, Ye are come[H935] unto the mountain[H2022] of the Amorites[H567], which the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] doth give[H5414] unto us.
21Behold[H7200], the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath set[H5414] the land[H776]before[H6440] thee: go up[H5927] and possess[H3423] it, as the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of thy fathers[H1] hath said[H1696] unto thee; fear[H3372] not, neither be discouraged[H2865].
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And ye came near[H7126] unto me every one of you, and said[H559], We will send[H7971]men[H582]before[H6440] us, and they shall search us out[H2658] the land[H776], and bring[H7725] us word[H1697]again[H7725] by what way[H1870] we must go up[H5927], and into what cities[H5892] we shall come[H935].
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And the saying[H1697] pleased me well[H3190]: and I took[H3947]twelve[H8147]men[H582] of you, one[H259] of a tribe[H376]:
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And they turned[H6437] and went up[H5927] into the mountain[H2022], and came[H935] unto the valley[H5158] of Eshcol[H812], and searched it out[H7270].
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And they took[H3947] of the fruit[H6529] of the land[H776] in their hands[H3027], and brought[H7725] it down[H3381] unto us, and brought[H7725] us word[H1697]again[H7725], and said[H559], It is a good[H2896]land[H776] which the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] doth give[H5414] us.
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Notwithstanding ye would[H14] not go up[H5927], but rebelled[H4784] against the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]:
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And ye murmured[H7279] in your tents[H168], and said[H559], Because the LORD[H3068]hated[H8135] us, he hath brought us forth[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], to deliver[H5414] us into the hand[H3027] of the Amorites[H567], to destroy[H8045] us.
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Whither shall we go up?[H5927] our brethren[H251] have discouraged[H4549] our heart[H3824], saying[H559], The people[H5971] is greater[H1419] and taller[H7311] than we; the cities[H5892] are great[H1419] and walled up[H1219] to heaven[H8064]; and moreover we have seen[H7200] the sons[H1121] of the Anakims[H6062] there.
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Then I said[H559] unto you, Dread[H6206] not, neither be afraid[H3372] of them.
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The LORD[H3068] your God[H430] which goeth[H1980]before[H6440] you, he shall fight[H3898] for you, according to all that he did[H6213] for you in Egypt[H4714]before[H6440] your eyes[H5869];
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And in the wilderness[H4057], where thou hast seen[H7200] how that the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]bare[H5375] thee, as a man[H376] doth bear[H5375] his son[H1121], in all the way[H1870] that ye went[H1980], until ye came[H935] into this place[H4725].
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Yet in this thing[H1697] ye did not believe[H539] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430],
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Who went[H1980] in the way[H1870]before[H6440] you, to search you out[H8446] a place[H4725] to pitch your tents[H2583] in, in fire[H784] by night[H3915], to shew[H7200] you by what way[H1870] ye should go[H3212], and in a cloud[H6051] by day[H3119].
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And the LORD[H3068]heard[H8085] the voice[H6963] of your words[H1697], and was wroth[H7107], and sware[H7650], saying[H559],
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Surely there shall not one[H376] of these men[H582] of this evil[H7451]generation[H1755]see[H7200] that good[H2896]land[H776], which I sware[H7650] to give[H5414] unto your fathers[H1],
36Save[H2108]Caleb[H3612] the son[H1121] of Jephunneh[H3312]; he shall see[H7200] it, and to him will I give[H5414] the land[H776]that[H834] he hath trodden upon[H1869], and to his children[H1121], because he hath wholly[H4390]followed[H310] the LORD[H3068].
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Also the LORD[H3068] was angry[H599] with me for your sakes[H1558], saying[H559], Thou also shalt not go[H935] in thither[H8033].
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But Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], which standeth[H5975]before[H6440] thee, he shall go in[H935] thither: encourage[H2388] him: for he shall cause Israel[H3478] to inherit[H5157] it.
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Moreover your little ones[H2945], which ye said[H559] should be a prey[H957], and your children[H1121], which in[H935] that day[H3117] had no knowledge[H3045] between good[H2896] and evil[H7451], they shall go in[H935] thither, and unto them will I give[H5414] it, and they shall possess[H3423] it.
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But as for you, turn[H6437] you, and take your journey[H5265] into the wilderness[H4057] by the way[H1870] of the Red[H5488]sea[H3220].
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Then ye answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto me, We have sinned[H2398] against the LORD[H3068], we will go up[H5927] and fight[H3898], according to all that the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]commanded[H6680] us. And when ye had girded[H2296] on every man[H376] his weapons[H3627] of war[H4421], ye were ready[H1951] to go up[H5927] into the hill[H2022].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Say[H559] unto them, Go not up[H5927], neither fight[H3898]; for I am not among[H7130] you; lest ye be smitten[H5062]before[H6440] your enemies[H341].
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So I spake[H1696] unto you; and ye would not hear[H8085], but rebelled[H4784] against the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068], and went[H5927]presumptuously[H2102]up[H5927] into the hill[H2022].
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And the Amorites[H567], which dwelt[H3427] in that mountain[H2022], came out[H3318]against[H7125] you, and chased[H7291] you, as bees[H1682]do[H6213], and destroyed[H3807] you in Seir[H8165], even unto Hormah[H2767].
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And ye returned[H7725] and wept[H1058]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]; but the LORD[H3068] would not hearken[H8085] to your voice[H6963], nor give ear[H238] unto you.
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So ye abode[H3427] in Kadesh[H6946]many[H7227]days[H3117], according unto the days[H3117] that ye abode[H3427] there.