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Deuteronomy 1

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Deuteronomy 1 Bible text

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These 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.

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These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

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

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It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.

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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,

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And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;

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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.

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after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.

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

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

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

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Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:

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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.

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turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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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 .’”

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Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

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

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And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

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

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Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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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!

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Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!

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

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How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

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

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Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

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

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And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

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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.

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

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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.

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And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

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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.”

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Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

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

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

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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.

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And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

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

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And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

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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.”

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Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

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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.”

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And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.

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

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And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

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

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and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

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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.”

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And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

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

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Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:

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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.

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and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

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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!’”

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Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

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

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Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

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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,

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Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

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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.”

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and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.

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

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Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,

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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.

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

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

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And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

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

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Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

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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.”

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save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.

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

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Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither:

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

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Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

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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.

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Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

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

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

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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.

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Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.

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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.’”

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And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

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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.

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So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.

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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.

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And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.

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

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And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.

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

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So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.