Deuteronomy 1 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Deuteronomy 2

¹Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.

KJVThen we turned^H6437^(H8799), and took our journey^H5265^(H8799) into the wilderness^H4057 by the way^H1870 of the Red^H5488 sea^H3220, as the LORD^H3068 spake^H1696^(H8765) unto me: and we compassed^H5437^(H8799) mount^H2022 Seir^H8165 many^H7227 days^H3117.

² Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 spake^H559^(H8799) unto me, saying^H559^(H8800),

³ “You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward.

KJVYe have compassed^H5437^(H8800) this mountain^H2022 long enough^H7227: turn^H6437^(H8798) you northward^H6828.

⁴ Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful.

KJVAnd command^H6680^(H8761) thou the people^H5971, saying^H559^(H8800), Ye are to pass^H5674^(H8802) through the coast^H1366 of your brethren^H251 the children^H1121 of Esau^H6215, which dwell^H3427^(H8802) in Seir^H8165; and they shall be afraid^H3372^(H8799) of you: take ye good^H3966 heed^H8104^(H8738) unto yourselves therefore:

⁵ Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

KJVMeddle^H1624^(H8691) not with them; for I will not give^H5414^(H8799) you of their land^H776, no, not so much as a foot^H7272 breadth^H4096^H3709; because I have given^H5414^(H8804) mount^H2022 Seir^H8165 unto Esau^H6215 for a possession^H3425.

⁶ You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.’”

KJVYe shall buy^H7666^(H8799) meat^H400 of them for money^H3701, that ye may eat^H398^(H8804); and ye shall also buy^H3739^(H8799) water^H4325 of them for money^H3701, that ye may drink^H8354^(H8804).

⁷ For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, Yahweh your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath blessed^H1288^(H8765) thee in all the works^H4639 of thy hand^H3027: he knoweth^H3045^(H8804) thy walking^H3212^(H8800) through this great^H1419 wilderness^H4057: these forty^H705 years^H8141 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath been with thee; thou hast lacked^H2637^(H8804) nothing^H1697.

⁸ So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

KJVAnd when we passed^H5674^(H8799) by from our brethren^H251 the children^H1121 of Esau^H6215, which dwelt^H3427^(H8802) in Seir^H8165, through the way^H1870 of the plain^H6160 from Elath^H359, and from Eziongaber^H6100, we turned^H6437^(H8799) and passed^H5674^(H8799) by the way^H1870 of the wilderness^H4057 of Moab^H4124.

⁹ Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Distress^H6696^(H8799) not the Moabites^H4124, neither contend^H1624^(H8691) with them in battle^H4421: for I will not give^H5414^(H8799) thee of their land^H776 for a possession^H3425; because I have given^H5414^(H8804) Ar^H6144 unto the children^H1121 of Lot^H3876 for a possession^H3425.

¹⁰ (The Emim lived there before, a great and numerous people, and tall as the Anakim.

KJVThe Emims^H368 dwelt^H3427^(H8804) therein in times past^H6440, a people^H5971 great^H1419, and many^H7227, and tall^H7311^(H8802), as the Anakims^H6062;

¹¹ These also are considered to be Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

KJVWhich^H1992 also were accounted^H2803^(H8735) giants^H7497, as the Anakims^H6062; but the Moabites^H4125 call^H7121^(H8799) them Emims^H368.

¹² The Horites also lived in Seir in the past, but the children of Esau succeeded them. They destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place, as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)

KJVThe Horims^H2752 also dwelt^H3427^(H8804) in Seir^H8165 beforetime^H6440; but the children^H1121 of Esau^H6215 succeeded^H3423^(H8799) them, when they had destroyed^H8045^(H8686) them from before^H6440 them, and dwelt^H3427^(H8799) in their stead; as Israel^H3478 did^H6213^(H8804) unto the land^H776 of his possession^H3425, which the LORD^H3068 gave^H5414^(H8804) unto them.

¹³ “Now rise up and cross over the brook Zered.” We went over the brook Zered.

KJVNow rise up^H6965^(H8798), said I, and get you over^H5674^(H8798) the brook^H5158 Zered^H2218. And we went over^H5674^(H8799) the brook^H5158 Zered^H2218.

¹⁴ The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea until we had come over the brook Zered were thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the middle of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them.

KJVAnd the space^H3117 in which we came^H1980^(H8804) from Kadeshbarnea^H6947, until we were come over^H5674^(H8804) the brook^H5158 Zered^H2218, was thirty^H7970 and eight^H8083 years^H8141; until all the generation^H1755 of the men^H582 of war^H4421 were wasted out^H8552^(H8800) from among^H7130 the host^H4264, as the LORD^H3068 sware^H7650^(H8738) unto them.

¹⁵ Moreover Yahweh’s hand was against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp, until they were consumed.

KJVFor indeed the hand^H3027 of the LORD^H3068 was against them, to destroy^H2000^(H8800) them from among^H7130 the host^H4264, until they were consumed^H8552^(H8800).

¹⁶ So, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

KJVSo it came to pass, when all the men^H582 of war^H4421 were consumed^H8552^(H8804) and dead^H4191^(H8800) from among^H7130 the people^H5971,

¹⁷ Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

KJVThat the LORD^H3068 spake^H1696^(H8762) unto me, saying^H559^(H8800),

¹⁸ “You are to pass over Ar, the border of Moab, today.

KJVThou art to pass over^H5674^(H8802) through Ar^H6144, the coast^H1366 of Moab^H4124, this day^H3117:

¹⁹ When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.”

KJVAnd when thou comest nigh^H7126^(H8804) over against^H4136 the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983, distress^H6696^(H8799) them not, nor meddle^H1624^(H8691) with them: for I will not give^H5414^(H8799) thee of the land^H776 of the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 any possession^H3425; because I have given^H5414^(H8804) it unto the children^H1121 of Lot^H3876 for a possession^H3425.

²⁰ (That also is considered a land of Rephaim. Rephaim lived there in the past, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

KJV(That also was accounted^H2803^(H8735) a land^H776 of giants^H7497: giants^H7497 dwelt^H3427^(H8804) therein in old time^H6440; and the Ammonites^H5984 call^H7121^(H8799) them Zamzummims^H2157;

²¹ a great people, many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them from before Israel, and they succeeded them, and lived in their place,

KJVA people^H5971 great^H1419, and many^H7227, and tall^H7311^(H8802), as the Anakims^H6062; but the LORD^H3068 destroyed^H8045^(H8686) them before^H6440 them; and they succeeded^H3423^(H8799) them, and dwelt^H3427^(H8799) in their stead:

²² as he did for the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day.

KJVAs he did^H6213^(H8804) to the children^H1121 of Esau^H6215, which dwelt^H3427^(H8802) in Seir^H8165, when he destroyed^H8045^(H8689) the Horims^H2752 from before^H6440 them; and they succeeded^H3423^(H8799) them, and dwelt^H3427^(H8799) in their stead even unto this day^H3117:

²³ Then the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza: the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.)

KJVAnd the Avims^H5761 which dwelt^H3427^(H8802) in Hazerim^H2699, even unto Azzah^H5804, the Caphtorims^H3732, which came forth^H3318^(H8802) out of Caphtor^H3731, destroyed^H8045^(H8689) them, and dwelt^H3427^(H8799) in their stead.)

²⁴ “Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

KJVRise ye up^H6965^(H8798), take your journey^H5265^(H8798), and pass over^H5674^(H8798) the river^H5158 Arnon^H769: behold^H7200^(H8798), I have given^H5414^(H8804) into thine hand^H3027 Sihon^H5511 the Amorite^H567, king^H4428 of Heshbon^H2809, and his land^H776: begin^H2490^(H8685) to possess^H3423^(H8798) it, and contend^H1624^(H8690) with him in battle^H4421.

²⁵ Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.”

KJVThis day^H3117 will I begin^H2490^(H8686) to put^H5414^(H8800) the dread^H6343 of thee and the fear^H3374 of thee upon the nations^H6440^H5971 that are under the whole heaven^H8064, who shall hear^H8085^(H8799) report^H8088 of thee, and shall tremble^H7264^(H8804), and be in anguish^H2342^(H8804) because of thee^H6440.

²⁶ I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

KJVAnd I sent^H7971^(H8799) messengers^H4397 out of the wilderness^H4057 of Kedemoth^H6932 unto Sihon^H5511 king^H4428 of Heshbon^H2809 with words^H1697 of peace^H7965, saying^H559^(H8800),

²⁷ “Let me pass through your land. I will go along by the highway. I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.

KJVLet me pass^H5674^(H8799) through thy land^H776: I will go^H3212^(H8799) along by the high way^H1870^H1870, I will neither turn^H5493^(H8799) unto the right hand^H3225 nor to the left^H8040.

²⁸ You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet,

KJVThou shalt sell^H7666^(H8686) me meat^H400 for money^H3701, that I may eat^H398^(H8804); and give^H5414^(H8799) me water^H4325 for money^H3701, that I may drink^H8354^(H8804): only I will pass through^H5674^(H8799) on my feet^H7272;

²⁹ as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me, until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.”

KJV(As the children^H1121 of Esau^H6215 which dwell^H3427^(H8802) in Seir^H8165, and the Moabites^H4125 which dwell^H3427^(H8802) in Ar^H6144, did^H6213^(H8804) unto me;) until I shall pass over^H5674^(H8799) Jordan^H3383 into the land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) us.

³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.

KJVBut Sihon^H5511 king^H4428 of Heshbon^H2809 would^H14^(H8804) not let us pass^H5674^(H8687) by him: for the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hardened^H7185^(H8689) his spirit^H7307, and made his heart^H3824 obstinate^H553^(H8765), that he might deliver^H5414^(H8800) him into thy hand^H3027, as appeareth this day^H3117.

³¹ Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Behold^H7200^(H8798), I have begun^H2490^(H8689) to give^H5414^(H8800) Sihon^H5511 and his land^H776 before^H6440 thee: begin^H2490^(H8685) to possess^H3423^(H8798), that thou mayest inherit^H3423^(H8800) his land^H776.

³² Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.

KJVThen Sihon^H5511 came out^H3318^(H8799) against^H7125^(H8800) us, he and all his people^H5971, to fight^H4421 at Jahaz^H3096.

³³ Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, his sons, and all his people.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 delivered^H5414^(H8799) him before^H6440 us; and we smote^H5221^(H8686) him, and his sons^H1121, and all his people^H5971.

³⁴ We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining.

KJVAnd we took^H3920^(H8799) all his cities^H5892 at that time^H6256, and utterly destroyed^H2763^(H8686) the men^H4962, and the women^H802, and the little ones^H2945, of every city^H5892, we left^H7604^(H8689) none to remain^H8300:

³⁵ Only the livestock we took for plunder for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities which we had taken.

KJVOnly the cattle^H929 we took for a prey^H962^(H8804) unto ourselves, and the spoil^H7998 of the cities^H5892 which we took^H3920^(H8804).

³⁶ From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us.

KJVFrom Aroer^H6177, which is by the brink^H8193 of the river^H5158 of Arnon^H769, and from the city^H5892 that is by the river^H5158, even unto Gilead^H1568, there was not one city^H7151 too strong^H7682^(H8804) for us: the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 delivered^H5414^(H8804) all unto us^H6440:

³⁷ Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.

KJVOnly unto the land^H776 of the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 thou camest^H7126^(H8804) not, nor unto any place^H3027 of the river^H5158 Jabbok^H2999, nor unto the cities^H5892 in the mountains^H2022, nor unto whatsoever the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 forbad^H6680^(H8765) us.

WEB·Deuteronomy 1

¹These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suf, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

KJVThese be the words^H1697 which Moses^H4872 spake^H1696^(H8765) 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.

² It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.

KJV( There are eleven^H259^H6240 days^H3117' journey from Horeb^H2722 by the way^H1870 of mount^H2022 Seir^H8165 unto Kadeshbarnea^H6947.)

³ In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them,

KJVAnd it came to pass in the fortieth^H705 year^H8141, in the eleventh^H6249^H6240 month^H2320, on the first^H259 day of the month^H2320, that Moses^H4872 spake^H1696^(H8765) unto the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, according unto all that the LORD^H3068 had given him in commandment^H6680^(H8765) unto them;

⁴ after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.

KJVAfter^H310 he had slain^H5221^(H8687) Sihon^H5511 the king^H4428 of the Amorites^H567, which dwelt^H3427^(H8802) in Heshbon^H2809, and Og^H5747 the king^H4428 of Bashan^H1316, which dwelt^H3427^(H8802) at Astaroth^H6252 in Edrei^H154:

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

KJVOn this side^H5676 Jordan^H3383, in the land^H776 of Moab^H4124, began^H2974^(H8689) Moses^H4872 to declare^H874^(H8763) this law^H8451, saying^H559^(H8800),

⁶ “Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, ‘You have lived long enough at this mountain.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 our God^H430 spake^H1696^(H8765) unto us in Horeb^H2722, saying^H559^(H8800), Ye have dwelt^H3427^(H8800) long enough^H7227 in this mount^H2022:

⁷ Turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the places near there: in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the South, by the seashore, in the land of the Canaanites, and in Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

KJVTurn^H6437^(H8798) you, and take your journey^H5265^(H8798), and go^H935^(H8798) 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.

⁸ Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—to give to them and to their offspring after them.’”

KJVBehold^H7200^(H8798), I have set^H5414^(H8804) the land^H776 before^H6440 you: go^H935^(H8798) in and possess^H3423^(H8798) the land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 sware^H7650^(H8738) unto your fathers^H1, Abraham^H85, Isaac^H3327, and Jacob^H3290, to give^H5414^(H8800) unto them and to their seed^H2233 after^H310 them.

⁹ I spoke to you at that time, saying, “I am not able to bear you myself alone.

KJVAnd I spake^H559^(H8799) unto you at that time^H6256, saying^H559^(H8800), I am not able^H3201^(H8799) to bear^H5375^(H8800) you myself alone^H905:

¹⁰ Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of the sky for multitude.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 your God^H430 hath multiplied^H7235^(H8689) you, and, behold, ye are this day^H3117 as the stars^H3556 of heaven^H8064 for multitude^H7230.

¹¹ May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!

KJV(The LORD^H3068 God^H430 of your fathers^H1 make you a thousand^H505 times^H6471 so many more as^H3254^(H8686) ye are, and bless^H1288^(H8762) you, as he hath promised^H1696^(H8765) you!)

¹² How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?

KJVHow^H349 can I myself alone bear^H5375^(H8799) your cumbrance^H2960, and your burden^H4853, and your strife^H7379?

¹³ Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”

KJVTake^H3051^(H8798) you wise^H2450 men^H582, and understanding^H995^(H8737), and known^H3045^(H8803) among your tribes^H7626, and I will make^H7760^(H8799) them rulers^H7218 over you.

¹⁴ You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.”

KJVAnd ye answered^H6030^(H8799) me, and said^H559^(H8799), The thing^H1697 which thou hast spoken^H1696^(H8765) is good^H2896 for us to do^H6213^(H8800).

¹⁵ So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

KJVSo I took^H3947^(H8799) the chief^H7218 of your tribes^H7626, wise^H2450 men^H582, and known^H3045^(H8803), and made^H5414^(H8799) 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^(H8802) among your tribes^H7626.

¹⁶ I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

KJVAnd I charged^H6680^(H8762) your judges^H8199^(H8802) at that time^H6256, saying^H559^(H8800), Hear^H8085^(H8800) the causes between your brethren^H251, and judge^H8199^(H8804) righteously^H6664 between every man^H376 and his brother^H251, and the stranger^H1616 that is with him.

¹⁷ You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”

KJVYe shall not respect^H5234^(H8686) persons^H6440 in judgment^H4941; but ye shall hear^H8085^(H8799) the small^H6996 as well as the great^H1419; ye shall not be afraid^H1481^(H8799) of the face^H6440 of man^H376; for the judgment^H4941 is God's^H430: and the cause^H1697 that is too hard^H7185^(H8799) for you, bring^H7126^(H8686) it unto me, and I will hear^H8085^(H8804) it.

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

KJVAnd I commanded^H6680^(H8762) you at that time^H6256 all the things^H1697 which ye should do^H6213^(H8799).

¹⁹ We traveled from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

KJVAnd when we departed^H5265^(H8799) from Horeb^H2722, we went through^H3212^(H8799) all that great^H1419 and terrible^H3372^(H8737) wilderness^H4057, which ye saw^H7200^(H8804) by the way^H1870 of the mountain^H2022 of the Amorites^H567, as the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 commanded^H6680^(H8765) us; and we came^H935^(H8799) to Kadeshbarnea^H6947.

²⁰ I said to you, “You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God gives to us.

KJVAnd I said^H559^(H8799) unto you, Ye are come^H935^(H8804) unto the mountain^H2022 of the Amorites^H567, which the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 doth give^H5414^(H8802) unto us.

²¹ Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as Yahweh the God of your fathers has spoken to you. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed.”

KJVBehold^H7200^(H8798), the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath set^H5414^(H8804) the land^H776 before^H6440 thee: go up^H5927^(H8798) and possess^H3423^(H8798) it, as the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of thy fathers^H1 hath said^H1696^(H8765) unto thee; fear^H3372^(H8799) not, neither be discouraged^H2865^(H8735).

²² You came near to me, everyone of you, and said, “Let’s send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come.”

KJVAnd ye came near^H7126^(H8799) unto me every one of you, and said^H559^(H8799), We will send^H7971^(H8799) men^H582 before^H6440 us, and they shall search us out^H2658^(H8799) the land^H776, and bring^H7725 us word^H1697 again^H7725^(H8686) by what way^H1870 we must go up^H5927^(H8799), and into what cities^H5892 we shall come^H935^(H8799).

²³ The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man for every tribe.

KJVAnd the saying^H1697 pleased me well^H3190^(H8799)^H5869: and I took^H3947^(H8799) twelve^H8147^H6240 men^H582 of you, one^H259 of a tribe^H376^H7626:

²⁴ They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

KJVAnd they turned^H6437^(H8799) and went up^H5927^(H8799) into the mountain^H2022, and came^H935^(H8799) unto the valley^H5158 of Eshcol^H812, and searched it out^H7270^(H8762).

²⁵ They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, “It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to us.”

KJVAnd they took^H3947^(H8799) of the fruit^H6529 of the land^H776 in their hands^H3027, and brought it down^H3381^(H8686) unto us, and brought^H7725 us word^H1697 again^H7725^(H8686), and said^H559^(H8799), It is a good^H2896 land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 doth give^H5414^(H8802) us.

²⁶ Yet you wouldn’t go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God.

KJVNotwithstanding ye would^H14^(H8804) not go up^H5927^(H8800), but rebelled^H4784^(H8686) against the commandment^H6310 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430:

²⁷ You murmured in your tents, and said, “Because Yahweh hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.

KJVAnd ye murmured^H7279^(H8735) in your tents^H168, and said^H559^(H8799), Because the LORD^H3068 hated^H8135 us, he hath brought us forth^H3318^(H8689) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, to deliver^H5414^(H8800) us into the hand^H3027 of the Amorites^H567, to destroy^H8045^(H8687) us.

²⁸ Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart melt, saying, ‘The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to the sky. Moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there!’”

KJVWhither shall we go up^H5927^(H8802)? our brethren^H251 have discouraged^H4549^(H8689) our heart^H3824, saying^H559^(H8800), The people^H5971 is greater^H1419 and taller^H7311^(H8802) than we; the cities^H5892 are great^H1419 and walled up^H1219^(H8803) to heaven^H8064; and moreover we have seen^H7200^(H8804) the sons^H1121 of the Anakims^H6062 there.

²⁹ Then I said to you, “Don’t be terrified. Don’t be afraid of them.

KJVThen I said^H559^(H8799) unto you, Dread^H6206^(H8799) not, neither be afraid^H3372^(H8799) of them.

³⁰ Yahweh your God, who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

KJVThe LORD^H3068 your God^H430 which goeth^H1980^(H8802) before^H6440 you, he shall fight^H3898^(H8735) for you, according to all that he did^H6213^(H8804) for you in Egypt^H4714 before your eyes^H5869;

³¹ and in the wilderness where you have seen how that Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went, until you came to this place.”

KJVAnd in the wilderness^H4057, where thou hast seen^H7200^(H8804) how that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 bare^H5375^(H8804) thee, as a man^H376 doth bear^H5375^(H8799) his son^H1121, in all the way^H1870 that ye went^H1980^(H8804), until ye came^H935^(H8800) into this place^H4725.

³² Yet in this thing you didn’t believe Yahweh your God,

KJVYet in this thing^H1697 ye did not believe^H539^(H8688) the LORD^H3068 your God^H430,

³³ who went before you on the way, to seek out a place for you to pitch your tents in: in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day.

KJVWho went^H1980^(H8802) in the way^H1870 before^H6440 you, to search you out^H8446^(H8800) a place^H4725 to pitch your tents^H2583^(H8800) in, in fire^H784 by night^H3915, to shew^H7200^(H8687) you by what way^H1870 ye should go^H3212^(H8799), and in a cloud^H6051 by day^H3119.

³⁴ Yahweh heard the voice of your words and was angry, and swore, saying,

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 heard^H8085^(H8799) the voice^H6963 of your words^H1697, and was wroth^H7107^(H8799), and sware^H7650^(H8735), saying^H559^(H8800),

³⁵ “Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers,

KJVSurely there shall not one^H376 of these men^H582 of this evil^H7451 generation^H1755 see^H7200^(H8799) that good^H2896 land^H776, which I sware^H7650^(H8738) to give^H5414^(H8800) unto your fathers^H1,

³⁶ except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him and to his children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh.”

KJVSave^H2108 Caleb^H3612 the son^H1121 of Jephunneh^H3312; he shall see^H7200^(H8799) it, and to him will I give^H5414^(H8799) the land^H776 that^H834 he hath trodden upon^H1869^(H8804), and to his children^H1121, because he hath wholly^H4390^(H8765) followed^H310 the LORD^H3068.

³⁷ Also Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, saying, “You also shall not go in there.

KJVAlso the LORD^H3068 was angry^H599^(H8694) with me for your sakes^H1558, saying^H559^(H8800), Thou also shalt not go^H935^(H8799) in thither^H8033.

³⁸ Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

KJVBut Joshua^H3091 the son^H1121 of Nun^H5126, which standeth^H5975^(H8802) before^H6440 thee, he shall go in^H935^(H8799) thither: encourage^H2388^(H8761) him: for he shall cause Israel^H3478 to inherit^H5157^(H8686) it.

³⁹ Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be captured or killed, your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall go in there. I will give it to them, and they shall possess it.

KJVMoreover your little ones^H2945, which ye said^H559^(H8804) should be a prey^H957, and your children^H1121, which in that day^H3117 had no knowledge^H3045^(H8804) between good^H2896 and evil^H7451, they shall go in^H935^(H8799) thither, and unto them will I give^H5414^(H8799) it, and they shall possess^H3423^(H8799) it.

⁴⁰ But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”

KJVBut as for you, turn^H6437^(H8798) you, and take your journey^H5265^(H8798) into the wilderness^H4057 by the way^H1870 of the Red^H5488 sea^H3220.

⁴¹ Then you answered and said to me, “We have sinned against Yahweh. We will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God commanded us.” Every man of you put on his weapons of war, and presumed to go up into the hill country.

KJVThen ye answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799) unto me, We have sinned^H2398^(H8804) against the LORD^H3068, we will go up^H5927^(H8799) and fight^H3898^(H8738), according to all that the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 commanded^H6680^(H8765) us. And when ye had girded^H2296^(H8799) on every man^H376 his weapons^H3627 of war^H4421, ye were ready^H1951^(H8686) to go up^H5927^(H8800) into the hill^H2022.

⁴² Yahweh said to me, “Tell them, ‘Don’t go up and don’t fight; for I am not among you, lest you be struck before your enemies.’”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Say^H559^(H8798) unto them, Go not up^H5927^(H8799), neither fight^H3898^(H8735); for I am not among^H7130 you; lest ye be smitten^H5062^(H8735) before^H6440 your enemies^H341^(H8802).

⁴³ So I spoke to you, and you didn’t listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill country.

KJVSo I spake^H1696^(H8762) unto you; and ye would not hear^H8085^(H8804), but rebelled^H4784^(H8686) against the commandment^H6310 of the LORD^H3068, and went^H5927 presumptuously^H2102^(H8686) up^H5927^(H8799) into the hill^H2022.

⁴⁴ The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you and chased you as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.

KJVAnd the Amorites^H567, which dwelt^H3427^(H8802) in that mountain^H2022, came out^H3318^(H8799) against^H7125^(H8800) you, and chased^H7291^(H8799) you, as bees^H1682 do^H6213^(H8799), and destroyed^H3807^(H8686) you in Seir^H8165, even unto Hormah^H2767.

⁴⁵ You returned and wept before Yahweh, but Yahweh didn’t listen to your voice, nor turn his ear to you.

KJVAnd ye returned^H7725^(H8799) and wept^H1058^(H8799) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068; but the LORD^H3068 would not hearken^H8085^(H8804) to your voice^H6963, nor give ear^H238^(H8689) unto you.

⁴⁶ So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you remained.

KJVSo ye abode^H3427^(H8799) in Kadesh^H6946 many^H7227 days^H3117, according unto the days^H3117 that ye abode^H3427^(H8804) there.

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