1 GLT These{ are} the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and between Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Di Zahab. BSB BSB: These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2 GLT ({ It is} 11 days from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.) BSB BSB: It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
3 GLT And it happened, in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on{ day} one of the month, Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded him concerning them, BSB BSB: 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.
4 GLT after he defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth in Edrei. BSB BSB: This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
5 GLT Across the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began explaining this law, saying, BSB BSB: On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
6 GLT “Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying,‘Too long you have stayed in this mountain. BSB BSB: The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
7 GLT Turn and journey yourselves and go{ to} the hill{ country} of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah{ and} in the hill{ country} and in the lowland and in the Negev and by the shore of the sea,{ to} the land of the Canaanites and in Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. BSB BSB: Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
8 GLT Look, I have given the land before your faces. Go and possess the land that Yahweh swore to your fathers— to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob— to give to them and to their seed after them.’ BSB BSB: See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”
9 GLT And I said to you at that time, saying,‘I am not able to carry you by myself. BSB BSB: At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
10 GLT Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you{ are} today as the stars of the heavens in number. BSB BSB: The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 GLT Yahweh, the God of your fathers, may he add to you, as you{ are}, a thousand times, and may he bless you, just as he spoke to you! BSB BSB: May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
12 GLT How will I carry by myself your loads and your burdens and your disputes? BSB BSB: But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?
13 GLT Nominate for yourselves wise and understanding and well- known men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ BSB BSB: Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
14 GLT And you answered me and said,‘The thing that you have spoken{ is} good to do.’ BSB BSB: And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”
15 GLT And I took the heads of your tribes— wise and well- known men— and gave them{ as} heads over you, leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds and leaders of fifties and leaders of tens and officers for your tribes. BSB BSB: So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
16 GLT And, I commanded your judges at that time, saying,‘Listen in between your brothers, and you should judge righteously between a man and between his brother, and between the foreigner with him. BSB BSB: At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
17 GLT Do not recognize a face in the judgment; you shall hear as the small and the great alike. Do not be afraid from the face of a man, for the judgment, it{ belongs} to God. And the matter which is too difficult for you, you shall bring to me, and I shall hear it.’ BSB BSB: Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
18 GLT And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do. BSB BSB: And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do.
19 GLT And we journeyed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw on the way to the hill{ country} of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea. BSB BSB: And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
20 GLT And I said to you,‘You have come to the hill{ country} of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God is giving to us. BSB BSB: I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
21 GLT Look, Yahweh your God has set the land before your faces; go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. You shall not be afraid, and you shall not be discouraged.’ BSB BSB: See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
22 GLT And you drew near to me, all of you, and you said,‘Let us send men before our faces, and they shall spy out the land for us, and return to us a word{ about} the way which we will go up into, and the cities which we will come to.’ BSB BSB: Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
23 GLT And the word was good in my eyes, and I took from you 12 men, one man per tribe. BSB BSB: The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
24 GLT And they turned and went up into the hill{ country}, and they came to the Valley of Eshkol, and scouted it. BSB BSB: They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
25 GLT And they took with their hands from the fruit of the land and brought{ it} down to us. And they returned to us a word and said,‘Good{ is} the land that Yahweh our God is giving to us.’ BSB BSB: They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
26 GLT But you were not willing to go up, and you rebelled{ against} the mouth of Yahweh your God. BSB BSB: But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
27 GLT And you grumbled in your tents and said,‘In the hatred of Yahweh against us he brought us from the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. BSB BSB: You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.
28 GLT Where{ can} we go up? Our brothers have caused our heart to melt, saying,“The people{ are} greater and taller than us,{ with} cities great and fortified to the heavens; and also, we have seen the sons of the Anakites there.”’ BSB BSB: Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
29 GLT And I said to you,‘Do not be terrified, and do not be afraid of them. BSB BSB: So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them!
30 GLT Yahweh your God, who walks before your faces, he will fight for you like everything that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes BSB BSB: The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
31 GLT and in the wilderness, where you have seen how Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ BSB BSB: and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
32 GLT But in this word you did not believe Yahweh your God, BSB BSB: But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,
33 GLT the one who went before your faces on the way to seek out a place for you to make your camp, in fire{ by} night to show you the way that you should go in it, and in a cloud{ by} day. BSB BSB: who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
34 GLT And Yahweh heard the sound of your words and was angry. And he swore, saying, BSB BSB: When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
35 GLT ‘Not{ one} man of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers BSB BSB: “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
36 GLT except Caleb son of Jephunneh; he himself shall see it. And to him I will give the land that he has stepped on, and to his sons, because{ he is} wholly after Yahweh.’ BSB BSB: except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
37 GLT Also Yahweh was angry with me because of you, saying,‘You also will not go in there; BSB BSB: The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
38 GLT Joshua son of Nun, who stands before your face, he will go in there; encourage him, for he will cause Israel to inherit it. BSB BSB: Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
39 GLT And your children that you said would be plunder, and your sons who today do not know good or evil— they will go in there. And to them I will give it, and they will possess it. BSB BSB: And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
40 GLT But you, turn yourselves and journey into the wilderness on the way to the Sea of Reeds.’ BSB BSB: But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
41 GLT And you answered and said to me,‘We have sinned against Yahweh. We ourselves shall go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God has commanded us.’ And{ every} man girded on his weapons of war and regarded it as easy to go up to the hill{ country}. BSB BSB: “We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
42 GLT And Yahweh said to me,‘Say to them,“Do not go up and do not fight, and you will not be defeated before the face of your enemies, because I will not be among you.”’ BSB BSB: But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
43 GLT And I spoke to you, but you did not listen. And you rebelled against the mouth of Yahweh, and you were arrogant and went up to the hill{ country}. BSB BSB: So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
44 GLT And the Amorites, who lived in that hill{ country}, came out against you and chased you like the bees do and caused you to scatter in Seir as far as Hormah. BSB BSB: Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
45 GLT And you returned and wept before the face of Yahweh; but Yahweh did not listen to your voice, and he did not give ear to you. BSB BSB: And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.
46 GLT So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you stayed{ there}. BSB BSB: For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
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