Israel’s Rebellion (Deuteronomy 1:26–33)
1 Brenton And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept all that night. BSB BSB: Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
2 Brenton And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them, BSB BSB: All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
3 Brenton Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt. BSB BSB: Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
4 Brenton And they said one to another, Let us make a ruler, and return into Egypt. BSB BSB: So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
5 Brenton And Moses and Aaron fell upon their face before all the congregation of the children of Israel. BSB BSB: Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
6 Brenton But Joshua the son of Naue, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, of the number of them that spied out the land, rent their garments, BSB BSB: Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
7 Brenton and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good. BSB BSB: and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
8 Brenton If the Lord choose us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey. BSB BSB: If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
9 Brenton Only depart not from the Lord; and fear ye not the people of the land, for they are meat for us; for the season of prosperity is departed from them, but the Lord is among us: fear them not. BSB BSB: Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
10 Brenton And all the congregation bade stone them with stones; and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud on the tabernacle of witness to all the children of Israel. BSB BSB: But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
11 Brenton And the Lord said to Moses, How long does this people provoke me? and how long do they refuse to believe me for all the signs which I have wrought among them? BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
12 Brenton I will smite them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of thee and of thy father's house a great nation, and much greater than this. BSB BSB: I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
Moses Intercedes for Israel 13 Brenton And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for thou hast brought up this people from them by thy might. BSB BSB: But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
14 Brenton Moreover all the dwellers upon this land have heard that thou art Lord in the midst of this people, who, O Lord, art seen by them face to face, and thy cloud rests upon them, and thou goest before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire. BSB BSB: And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
15 Brenton And if thou shalt destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard thy name shall speak, saying, BSB BSB: If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
16 Brenton Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which he sware to them, he has overthrown them in the wilderness. BSB BSB: ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
17 Brenton And now, O Lord, let thy strength be exalted, as thou spakest, saying, BSB BSB: So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
18 Brenton The Lord is long-suffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation. BSB BSB: ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
19 Brenton Forgive this people their sin according to thy great mercy, as thou wast favourable to them from Egypt until now. BSB BSB: Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
God’s Forgiveness and Judgment (Deuteronomy 1:34–40)
20 Brenton And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to thy word. BSB BSB: “I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.
21 Brenton But as I live and my name is living, so the glory of the Lord shall fill all the earth. BSB BSB: “Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
22 Brenton For all the men who see my glory, and the signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this tenth time, and have not hearkened to my voice, BSB BSB: not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
23 Brenton surely they shall not see the land, which I sware to their fathers; but their children which are with me here, as many as know not good or evil, every inexperienced youth, to them will I give the land; but none who have provoked me shall see it. BSB BSB: not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
24 Brenton But my servant Chaleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it. BSB BSB: But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
25 Brenton But Amalec and the Chananite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. BSB BSB: Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
26 Brenton And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
27 Brenton How long shall I endure this wicked congregation? I have heard their murmurings against me, even the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they have murmured concerning you. BSB BSB: “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.
28 Brenton Say to them, As I live, saith the Lord: surely as ye spoke into my ears, so will I do to you. BSB BSB: So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
29 Brenton Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all those of you that were reviewed, and those of you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, all that murmured against me, BSB BSB: Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
30 Brenton ye shall not enter into the land for which I stretched out my hand to establish you upon it; except only Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the son of Naue. BSB BSB: Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
31 Brenton And your little ones, who ye said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, which ye rejected. BSB BSB: But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
32 Brenton And your carcases shall fall in this wilderness. BSB BSB: As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.
33 Brenton And your sons shall be fed in the wilderness forty years, and they shall bear your fornication, until your carcases be consumed in the wilderness. BSB BSB: Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
34 Brenton According to the number of the days during which ye spied the land, forty days, a day for a year, ye shall bear your sins forty years, and ye shall know my fierce anger. BSB BSB: In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
35 Brenton I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil congregation that has risen up together against me: in this wilderness they shall be utterly consumed, and there they shall die. BSB BSB: I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
The Plague on the Ten Spies 36 Brenton And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who came and murmured against it to the assembly so as to bring out evil words concerning the land,— BSB BSB: So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—
37 Brenton the men that spoke evil reports against the land, even died of the plague before the Lord. BSB BSB: those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.
38 Brenton And Joshua the son of Naue and Chaleb the son of Jephonne still lived of those men that went to spy out the land. BSB BSB: Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
39 Brenton And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly. BSB BSB: And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
The Defeat at Hormah (Deuteronomy 1:41–46)
40 Brenton And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we that are here will go up to the place of which the Lord has spoken, because we have sinned. BSB BSB: Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
41 Brenton And Moses said, Why do ye transgress the word of the Lord? ye shall not prosper. BSB BSB: But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
42 Brenton Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall ye fall before the face of your enemies. BSB BSB: Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
43 Brenton For Amalec and the Chananite are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye have disobeyed the Lord and turned aside, and the Lord will not be among you. BSB BSB: For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
44 Brenton And having forced their passage, they went up to the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses stirred not out of the camp. BSB BSB: But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
45 Brenton And Amalec and the Chananite that dwelt in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them unto Herman; and they returned to the camp. BSB BSB: Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
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