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Israel on the other side; and so throughout the book">b</a></span> of the Jordan River,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 The Heb. lacks River; and so throughout the book">c</a></span> in the Arabah desert, opposite Suph between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>It takes eleven days to travel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:2 The Heb. lacks to travel">d</a></span> from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea via Mount Seir.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:2 This mountain, the modern Jebel esh-sherá, is located in the mountain range that extends south of the Dead Sea toward the Gulf of Aqaba, and is bordered by the Arabah Valley to the west.">e</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>On the first day of the eleventh month,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:3 i.e. the month of Shebat in the Hebrew calendar ">f</a></span> in the fortieth year, Moses spoke to the Israelis about everything that the LORD had commanded him concerning them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>This took place<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:4 The Heb. lacks This took place ">g</a></span> after he defeated Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and Og, king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth at Edrei.</p> <p class="heading">Moses Reviews God’s Instructions</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>East of the Jordan River, in the land of Moab, Moses began to expound this Law: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb. He said, ‘You have been at this mountain long enough. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Break camp,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Lit. Turn">h</a></span> get going, and proceed to the hill country of the Amorites and all the nearby places in the Arabah desert, the highlands, the foothills, the Negev,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 i.e. the southern regions of the Sinai peninsula; cf. Josh 10:40">i</a></span> the coastal plains, all of the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon as far as the great river, the Euphrates. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Look! I’ve given you the land that lies ahead. Go in and possess the land that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as to their descendants.’”</p> <p class="heading">Moses Reviews the Selected Officials</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“I also told you at that time that I won’t be able to sustain you on my own. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The LORD your God greatly multiplied your numbers, and today you are like the stars in the sky. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>May the LORD, the God of your ancestors, increase your numbers a thousand times more, and may he bless you, as he promised you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>How can I bear the burden of you and your bickering all by myself? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Choose for yourselves wise and discerning men, known to your tribes, and appoint them as your leaders. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You answered by saying that this plan is a good thing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So I chose leaders from your tribes, wise and respected men, and I appointed them over you—commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I charged your judges at that time, ‘When you hold a hearing between brothers, judge fairly between a man and his brother or between foreigners. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When you hold a hearing, don’t be partial<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 Lit. don’t recognize faces">j</a></span> in judgment toward the least important or toward the great. Never fear men, because judgment belongs to God. If the matter is difficult for you, bring it to me for a hearing.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I charged you at that time that you must do all of these things.”</p> <p class="heading">Moses Reviews the Sending of the Scouts</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/numbers/13.htm">Numbers 13:1-15</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Then we set out from Horeb and walked through that vast and dreadful desert, where you observed the road to the Amorite hill country. Just as the LORD our God ordained for us, we finally arrived at Kadesh-barnea. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I told you at that time, ‘You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is about to give us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Look! The LORD your God has given the land that lies<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:21 The Heb. lacks that lies">k</a></span> before you. Go and possess it, just as the LORD God of your ancestors commanded you. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Then all of you approached me and said: ‘Let’s send out men in advance of us so they can survey the land and bring back a report to us on how we’ll go up to their cities.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Because this suggestion<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:23 Lit. word">l</a></span> seemed good to me, I chose twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then these men set out,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:24 Lit. Then they turned">m</a></span> went up to the hill county, reached the Eshcol Valley, and surveyed it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They hand-picked some of the fruit of the land, brought it down to us, and gave a report that said, ‘The land which the LORD is about to give us is good.’”</p> <p class="heading">Israel Rebels</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“However, your ancestors didn’t go up. Instead, they rebelled against the command<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:26 Lit. mouth ">n</a></span> of the LORD your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>You murmured in your tents, ‘The LORD hates us. He brought us out of the land of Egypt in order to deliver us to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:27 Lit. to give us into the hands of">o</a></span> the Amorites so he could destroy us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Where can we go? Our brothers discouraged us when they said that the people are bigger and taller than we are. Their cities are tall and fortified to the sky, and we also saw the Anakim<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:28 i.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2">p</a></span> there.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Then I told you, ‘Don’t be terrified or afraid of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The LORD your God is the One who will be going ahead of you. He’ll fight for you just as he did in Egypt before your eyes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>In the desert you saw that the LORD carried you like a man carries his son, on every road you traveled until you reached this place.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But despite this, you didn’t trust in the LORD your God, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>who walked ahead of you along the way to scout a place for you to pitch camp—by fire at night and cloud by day—to lead you on the way you should go.”</p> <p class="heading">Entrance is Denied</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“When the LORD heard your complaints, he became angry and declared, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>‘I swear that not one man of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>except Jephunneh’s son Caleb. He will see it and I will give to him and to his descendants the land on which he has walked because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“The LORD was also furious with me because of you. He said: ‘You will not enter the land.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:37 Lit. land there ">q</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>However, Nun’s son Joshua, your assistant, will go there. Encourage him, for he will cause Israel to take possession of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Your little ones—whom you said would be taken captive—and your children who do not yet<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:39 Lit. this day">r</a></span> know right from wrong will enter the land.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:39 Lit. land there ">s</a></span> I will give it to them and they themselves will possess it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>But as for you, prepare to set out for the desert on the way to the Reed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:40 So MT; LXX reads Red">t</a></span> Sea.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>“You responded to me and said, ‘We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight according to what the LORD our God commanded.’ So each man put on his weapon for battle and recklessly started out for the hill country.”</p> <p class="heading">The Amorites Defeat Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>“Then the LORD told me: ‘Tell them not to go up and fight because I will not be in their midst, or else you will be defeated before your enemies.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>“I spoke to you but you didn’t listen. Instead you rebelled against the command<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:43 Lit. mouth">u</a></span> of the LORD and went up to the hill country. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>The Amorites who lived in the hill country came out to engage you in battle. They pursued you like bees do and crushed you from Seir to Hormah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>You returned and cried out in the LORD’s presence, but the LORD didn’t hear your voice or listen to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/1-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>You remained in Kadesh for many days. It was a long time, indeed.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 1:1 Lit. <i>to all</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 1:1 Lit. <i>Israel on the other side</i>; and so throughout the book<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 1:1 The Heb. lacks <i>River</i>; and so throughout the book<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 1:2 The Heb. lacks <i>to travel</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 1:2 This mountain, the modern <i>Jebel esh-sherá</i>, is located in the mountain range that extends south of the Dead Sea toward the Gulf of Aqaba, and is bordered by the Arabah Valley to the west.<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 1:3 i.e. the month of Shebat in the Hebrew calendar <br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 1:4 The Heb. lacks <i>This took place</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 1:7 Lit. <i>Turn</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 1:7 i.e. the southern regions of the Sinai peninsula; cf. Josh 10:40<br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 1:17 Lit. <i>don’t recognize faces</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 1:21 The Heb. lacks <i>that lies</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 1:23 Lit. <i>word</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 1:24 Lit. <i>Then they turned</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 1:26 Lit. <i>mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 1:27 Lit. <i>to give us into the hands of</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 1:28 i.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. 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