Dual Panel1This <0428> is what <0834> <01697> Moses <04872> said <01696> to <0413> the assembly <03605> of Israel <03478> in the Transjordanian <03383> <05676> wastelands <04057>, the arid country <06160> opposite <04136> Suph <05489>, between <0996> Paran <06290> and Tophel <08603>, Laban <03837>, Hazeroth <02698>, and Di Zahab <01774>
2Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day <03117> <06240> <0259> journey from Horeb <02722> to Kadesh Barnea <06947> by way <01870> of Mount <02022> Seir <08165>.
3However, it was <01961> not until the first <0259> day <02320> of the eleventh <06240> <06249> month <02320> of the fortieth <0705> year <08141> that Moses <04872> addressed <01696> the Israelites <03478> <01121> just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had instructed <06680> him to do.
4This took place after <0310> the defeat <05221> of King <04428> Sihon <05511> of the Amorites <0567>, whose <0834> capital <03427> was in Heshbon <02809>, and King <04428> Og <05747> of Bashan <01316>, whose <0834> capital <03427> was in Ashtaroth <06252>, specifically in Edrei <0154>.
5So it was in the Transjordan <03383> <05676>, in Moab <04124>, that Moses <04872> began <02974> to deliver <0874> these <02063> words <08451>:
6The Lord <03068> our God <0430> spoke <01696> to <0413> us at Horeb <02722> and said <0559>, “You have stayed <03427> in the area of this <02088> mountain <02022> long enough <07227>.
7Get up <06437> now, resume <05265> your journey <05265>, heading <0935> for the Amorite <0567> hill country <02022>, to <0413> all <03605> its areas <07934> including the arid country <06160>, the highlands <02022>, the Shephelah <08219>, the Negev <05045>, and the coastal plain <03220> <02348>– all <0776> of Canaan <03669> and Lebanon <03844> as far as <05704> the Great <01419> River <05104>, that is, the Euphrates <06578>.
8Look <07200>! I have already given <05414> the land <0776> to <06440> you. Go <0935>, occupy <03423> the territory <0776> that <0834> I, the Lord <03068>, promised <07650> to give <05414> to your ancestors <01> Abraham <085>, Isaac <03327>, and Jacob <03290>, and to their descendants <02233>.”
9I also said <0559> to <0413> you at that <01931> time <06256>, “I am no <03808> longer able <03201> to sustain <05375> you by myself <0905>.
10The Lord <03068> your God <0430> has increased <07235> your population to the point that you are now <03117> as numerous <07230> as the very stars <03556> of the sky <08064>.
11Indeed, may the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of your ancestors <01>, make <03254> you a thousand <0505> times <06471> more numerous <03254> than you are now, blessing <01288> you just as <0834> he said <01696> he would!
12But how <0349> can I alone <0905> bear up <05375> under the burden <02960> of your hardship <04853> and strife <07379>?
13Select <03051> wise <02450> and practical <0995> men <0582>, those known <03045> among your tribes <07626>, whom I may appoint <07760> as your leaders <07218>.”
14You replied <06030> to me that what <01697> I had said <01696> to you was good <02896>.
15So I chose <03947> as your tribal <07626> leaders <07218> wise <02450> and well-known <03045> men <0376>, placing <05414> them over you as administrators <08269> of groups of thousands <0505>, hundreds <03967>, fifties <02572>, and tens <06235>, and also as other tribal <07626> officials <07860>.
16I furthermore admonished <06680> your judges <08199> at that time <06256> that <01931> they should <0559> pay attention <08085> to issues among <0996> your fellow citizens <0251> and judge <08199> fairly <06664>, whether between <0996> one <0376> citizen and <0996> another <0251> or a citizen and <0996> a resident foreigner <01616>.
17They must not <03808> discriminate <05234> in judgment <04941>, but hear <08085> the lowly <06996> and the great <01419> alike. Nor <03808> should they be intimidated <01481> by <06440> human beings <0376>, for <03588> judgment <04941> belongs to God <0430>. If the matter <01697> being adjudicated is too difficult <07185> for <04480> them, they should bring <07126> it before <0413> me for a hearing <08085>.
18So I instructed <06680> you at that <01931> time <06256> regarding <0834> everything <01697> <03605> you should do <06213>.
19Then we left <05265> Horeb <02722> and passed through <01980> all <03605> that immense <01419>, forbidding <03372> wilderness <04057> that <0834> you saw <07200> on the way <01870> to the Amorite <0567> hill country <02022> as the Lord <03068> our God <0430> had commanded <06680> us to do, finally <05704> arriving <0935> at Kadesh Barnea <06947>.
20Then I said <0559> to <0413> you, “You have come <0935> to <05704> the Amorite <0567> hill country <02022> which <0834> the Lord <03068> our God <0430> is about to give <05414> us.
21Look <07200>, he has placed <05414> the land <0776> in front of <06440> you! Go up <05927>, take possession <03423> of it, just as <0834> the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of your ancestors <01>, said <01696> to do. Do not <0408> be afraid <03372> or <0408> discouraged <02865>!”
22So all <03605> of you approached <07126> me and said <0559>, “Let’s send <07971> some men <0376> ahead <06440> of us to scout out <02658> the land <0776> and bring <07725> us back <07725> word <01697> as to how <0834> we should attack <05927> it and what <0834> the cities <05892> are like there.”
23I thought this was a good <03190> idea <01697>, so I sent <03947> twelve <06240> <08147> men <0582> from among <04480> you, one <0259> from each <0376> tribe <07626>.
24They left <06437> and went up <05927> to the hill country <02022>, coming <0935> to <05704> the Eshcol <0812> Valley <05158>, which they scouted out <07270>.
25Then they took <03947> some of the produce <06529> of the land <0776> and carried <03381> it back <07725> down <03381> to <0413> us. They also brought <07725> a report <01697> to us, saying <0559>, “The land <0776> that <0834> the Lord <03068> our God <0430> is about to give <05414> us is good <02896>.”
26You were not <03808> willing <014> to go up <05927>, however, but instead rebelled <04784> against the Lord <03068> your God <0430>.
27You complained <07279> among yourselves privately <0168> and said <0559>, “Because the Lord <03068> hates <08130> us he brought <03318> us from Egypt <04714> to deliver <05414> us over <03027> to the Amorites <0567> so they could destroy <08045> us!
28What <0575> is going to happen <05927> to us? Our <0587> brothers <0251> have drained away <04549> our courage <03824> by describing <0559> people <05971> who are more numerous <01419> and taller <07311> than <04480> we are, and great <01419> cities <05892> whose defenses <01219> appear to be as high as heaven <08064> itself! Moreover <01571>, they said they saw <07200> Anakites <06062> <01121> there <08033>.”
29So I responded <0559> to <0413> you, “Do not <03808> be terrified <06206> of them <01992>!
30The Lord <03068> your God <0430> is about to go <01980> ahead <06440> of you; he <01931> will fight <03898> for you, just as <0834> you saw <05869> him do <06213> in <0854> Egypt <04714>
31and in the desert <04057>, where <0834> you saw <07200> him carrying <05375> you along like a man <0376> carries <05375> his son <01121>. This he did everywhere <01870> <03605> you went <01980> until <05704> you came <0935> to <05704> this <02088> very place <04725>.”
32However, through all this <02088> you did not <0369> have confidence <0539> in the Lord <03068> your God <0430>,
33the one who was constantly going <01980> before <06440> you to find <08446> places <04725> for you to set up camp <02583>. He appeared by fire <0784> at night <03915> and cloud <06051> by day <03119>, to show <07200> you the way <01870> you ought to go <01980>.
34When the Lord <03068> heard <08085> you, he became angry <07107> and made <07650> this vow <07650>:
35“Not <0518> a single person <0376> <0376> of this <0428> evil <07451> generation <01755> will see <07200> the good <02896> land <0776> that <0834> I promised <07650> to give <05414> to your ancestors <01>!
36The exception <02108> is Caleb <03612> son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312>; he <01931> will see <07200> it and I will give <05414> him and his descendants <01121> the territory <0776> on which <0834> he has walked <01869>, because <0834> <03282> he has wholeheartedly <04390> followed <0310> me.”
37As for me, the Lord <03068> was also <01571> angry <0599> with me on your account <01558>. He said <0559>, “You <0859> also <01571> will not <03808> be able to go <0935> there <08033>.
38However, Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126>, your assistant <06440> <05975>, will go <0935>. Encourage <02388> him <01931>, because <03588> he <01931> will enable Israel <03478> to inherit <05157> the land.
39Also, your infants <02945>, who <0834> you thought <0559> would die on the way <01961> <0957>, and your children <01121>, who <0834> as yet <03117> do not <03808> know <03045> good <02896> from bad <07451>, will go <0935> there <08033>; I will give <05414> them the land and they <01992> will possess <03423> it.
40But as for you <0859>, turn <06437> back and head <05265> for the desert <04057> by the way <01870> to the Red <05488> Sea <03220>.”
41Then you responded <06030> to <0413> me and admitted <0559>, “We have sinned <02398> against the Lord <03068>. We <0587> will now go up <05927> and fight <03898> as the Lord <03068> our God <0430> has told <06680> us to do.” So you each <0376> put on <02296> your battle <04421> gear <03627> and prepared <01951> to go up <05927> to the hill country <02022>.
42But the Lord <03068> told <0559> me: “Tell <0559> them this: ‘Do not <03808> go up <05927> and fight <03898>, because <03588> I will not <0369> be with <07130> you and you will be defeated <05062> by your enemies <0341>.’”
43I spoke <01696> to <0413> you, but you did not <03808> listen <08085>. Instead you rebelled <04784> against the Lord <03068> and recklessly <02102> went up <05927> to the hill country <02022>.
44The Amorite <0567> inhabitants <03427> of that <01931> area <02022> confronted <03318> you and chased <07291> you like a swarm <06213> of bees <01682>, striking <03807> you down <03807> from Seir <08165> as far as <05704> Hormah <02767>.
45Then you came back <07725> and wept <01058> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, but he <03068> paid <08085> no <03808> attention <08085> to <0413> you whatsoever <0238>.
46Therefore, you remained <03427> at Kadesh <06946> for a long <07227> time <03117>– indeed, for the full time <03117>.