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Deuteronomy 9
Common English Bible
Deuteronomy 9
Common English Bible
Against false piety and immodesty
9 Listen, Israel! Today you will cross the Jordan River to enter and take possession of nations larger and more powerful than you, along with huge cities with fortifications that reach to the sky. 2 These people are large and tall—they are the Anakim. You know and have heard what people say: “Who can stand up to the Anakim?” 3 Know right now that the Lord your God, who is crossing over before you, is an all-consuming fire! He will wipe them out! He will subdue them before you! Then you will take possession of their land, eliminating them quickly, exactly as the Lord told you.
4 Once the Lord your God has driven them out before you, don’t think to yourself, It’s because I’m righteous that the Lord brought me in to possess this land. It is instead because of these nations’ wickedness that the Lord is removing them before you. 5 You aren’t entering and taking possession of their land because you are righteous or because your heart is especially virtuous; rather, it is because these nations are wicked—that’s why the Lord your God is removing them before you, and because he wishes to establish the promise he made to your ancestors: to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Gold calf
6 Know then that the Lord your God isn’t giving you this excellent land for you to possess on account of your righteousness—because you are a stubborn people! 7 Remember—don’t ever forget!—how you made the Lord your God furious in the wilderness. From the very first day you stepped out of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebels against the Lord. 8 Even at Horeb you angered the Lord! He was so enraged by you that he threatened to wipe you out. 9 When I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the covenant tablets that the Lord made with you, I was up there forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread, drank no water. 10 The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, written by God’s finger, and on them were all the words that the Lord had said to you on the mountain, out of the very fire itself, on the day we assembled. 11 At the end of those forty days and nights, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets—the covenant tablets. 12 Then the Lord said to me, “Get going! Get down from here quickly because your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have ruined everything! They couldn’t wait to turn from the path I commanded them! They’ve made themselves an idol out of cast metal.”
13 The Lord said more to me: “I have seen this people. Look! What a stubborn people they are! 14 Now stand back. I am going to wipe them out. I will erase their name from under heaven, then I will make a nation out of you—one stronger and larger than they were.”
15 So I went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire. The two covenant tablets were in my two hands. 16 It was then that I saw how you sinned against the Lord your God: you made yourselves a calf, an idol made of cast metal! You couldn’t wait to turn from the path the Lord commanded you! 17 I grabbed the two tablets and threw them down with my own hands, shattering them while you watched. 18 Then I fell before the Lord as I had done the previous forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water, all because of the sin that you had committed by doing such evil in the Lord’s sight, infuriating him. 19 I was afraid of the massive anger and rage the Lord had for you—he was going to wipe you out! However, the Lord listened to me again in that moment.
20 But the Lord was furious with Aaron—he was going to wipe him out! So I also prayed hard for Aaron at that time. 21 And as for that sinful thing you made, that calf, I took it and I burned it with fire. Then I smashed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as dust. Then I dumped the dust into the stream that ran down the mountain.
22 Also at Taberah, again at Massah, and then again at Kibroth-hattaavah, you have been the kind of people who make the Lord angry. 23 And then, when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, telling you: “Go up and take possession of the land that I’m giving you,” you disobeyed the Lord your God’s command. You didn’t trust him. You didn’t obey God’s voice. 24 You’ve been rebellious toward the Lord from the day I[a] met you.
Moses’ intercessory prayer
25 But I fell on my knees in the Lord’s presence forty days and forty nights, lying flat out, because the Lord planned on wiping you out. 26 But I prayed to the Lord! I said: Lord, my Lord! Don’t destroy your people, your own possession, whom you saved by your own power, whom you brought out of Egypt with a strong hand! 27 Remember your servants: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! Don’t focus on this people’s stubbornness, wickedness, and sin. 28 Otherwise, that land out of which you brought us will say: The Lord wasn’t strong enough to bring them into the land he’d promised them. Because he didn’t care for them in the least, he brought them out to die in the desert. 29 But these are your people! Your own possession! The people you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm!
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 9:24 LXX, Sam he (God) met you
Deuteronomio 9
Dios Habla Hoy
Deuteronomio 9
Dios Habla Hoy
El mérito no es de Israel, sino del Señor
9 »Escuchen, israelitas: ha llegado el momento de que crucen ustedes el Jordán y se lancen a la conquista de naciones más grandes y poderosas que ustedes, y de grandes ciudades rodeadas de murallas muy altas; 2 sus habitantes son grandes y altos como los descendientes del gigante Anac, y ya ustedes conocen el dicho: “¿Quién puede hacer frente a los descendientes del gigante Anac?”
3 »Ahora pues, deben saber que el Señor su Dios es el que marcha al frente de ustedes, y que es como un fuego devorador que ante ustedes destruirá y humillará a esas naciones. Ustedes los desalojarán y los destruirán en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, tal como el Señor se lo ha prometido. 4 Cuando el Señor su Dios los haya arrojado de la presencia de ustedes, no se digan a sí mismos: “Gracias a nuestros méritos, el Señor nos ha dado posesión de este país”; pues si el Señor los expulsa, es por causa de la maldad de ellos. 5 No, no es por los méritos ni por la bondad de ustedes por lo que van a tomar posesión de su país; el Señor los arroja de la presencia de ustedes a causa de la maldad de ellos y para cumplir la promesa que hizo a Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, antepasados de ustedes. 6 Han de saber que no es debido a los méritos de ustedes por lo que el Señor su Dios les da la posesión de esa buena tierra, pues ustedes son un pueblo muy terco.
Rebelión de Israel en el monte Horeb(A)
7 »Nunca deben ustedes olvidar que han contrariado al Señor su Dios en el desierto. Desde que salieron de Egipto y hasta que llegaron a este lugar, siempre le han sido rebeldes. 8 Ya en el monte Horeb hicieron enojar al Señor, y tanto se enojó él contra ustedes que estuvo a punto de destruirlos. 9 Yo subí al monte para recoger las tablas de piedra, las tablas de la alianza que el Señor había hecho con ustedes, y me quedé allí cuarenta días y cuarenta noches sin comer ni beber. 10 El Señor me dio entonces las dos tablas de piedra, escritas por él mismo, que contenían todas las palabras que él les había dicho en el monte, de en medio del fuego, el día en que todos nos reunimos. 11 Pasados esos cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, el Señor me dio las dos tablas de piedra, las tablas de la alianza, 12 y me dijo: “Anda, baja pronto de aquí, porque el pueblo que sacaste de Egipto se ha descarriado. Muy pronto han dejado de cumplir lo que yo les ordené, y se han hecho un ídolo de metal fundido.”
13 »El Señor también me dijo: “Ya he visto que este pueblo es muy terco. 14 Quítate de mi camino, que voy a destruirlos y a borrar de la tierra su memoria; pero de ti haré una nación más fuerte y numerosa que ellos.”
15 »Cuando bajé del monte, el cual estaba ardiendo, traía yo en mis manos las dos tablas de la alianza. 16 Pero al ver que ustedes habían pecado contra el Señor, y que se habían hecho un becerro de metal fundido, abandonando así el camino que el Señor les había ordenado seguir, 17 arrojé las dos tablas que traía en las manos, y las hice pedazos delante de ustedes. 18 Después me arrodillé delante del Señor y, tal como ya lo había hecho antes, estuve cuarenta días y cuarenta noches sin comer ni beber nada, por causa del pecado que ustedes habían cometido, con lo que ofendieron al Señor y provocaron su ira. 19 Yo estaba asustado del enojo y furor que el Señor manifestó contra ustedes, hasta el punto de querer destruirlos; pero una vez más el Señor me escuchó. 20 También estaba el Señor muy enojado contra Aarón, y quería destruirlo, pero yo intervine en favor de él; 21 luego agarré el becerro que ustedes se habían hecho y con el cual pecaron, y lo arrojé al fuego, y después de molerlo hasta convertirlo en polvo, lo eché al arroyo que baja del monte.
22 »También en Taberá, en Masá y en Quibrot-hataavá, provocaron ustedes la ira del Señor. 23 Y cuando el Señor les ordenó partir de Cadés-barnea para ir a tomar posesión del país que él les había dado, también se opusieron a su mandato y no tuvieron fe en él ni quisieron obedecerlo. 24 ¡Desde que yo los conozco, ustedes han sido rebeldes al Señor! 25 Como el Señor había amenazado con destruirlos, yo me quedé arrodillado delante del Señor durante cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, 26 y con ruegos le dije: “Señor, no destruyas a este pueblo, que es tuyo, que tú liberaste con tu grandeza y sacaste de Egipto con gran poder. 27 Acuérdate de tus siervos Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. No tengas en cuenta la terquedad de este pueblo, ni su maldad y pecado, 28 para que no se diga en el país del que nos sacaste: El Señor no pudo hacerlos entrar en el país que les había prometido, y como los odiaba, los hizo salir de aquí para hacerlos morir en el desierto. 29 Pero ellos son tu pueblo, son tuyos; tú los sacaste de Egipto con gran despliegue de poder.”
Deuteronomy 9
New International Version
Deuteronomy 9
New International Version
Not Because of Israel’s Righteousness
9 Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan(A) to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you,(B) with large cities(C) that have walls up to the sky.(D) 2 The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”(E) 3 But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you(F) like a devouring fire.(G) He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly,(H) as the Lord has promised you.
4 After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself,(I) “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness(J) of these nations(K) that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity(L) that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness(M) of these nations,(N) the Lord your God will drive them out(O) before you, to accomplish what he swore(P) to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.(Q) 6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.(R)
The Golden Calf
7 Remember this and never forget how you aroused the anger(S) of the Lord your God in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious(T) against the Lord.(U) 8 At Horeb you aroused the Lord’s wrath(V) so that he was angry enough to destroy you.(W) 9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant(X) that the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days(Y) and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.(Z) 10 The Lord gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.(AA) On them were all the commandments the Lord proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.(AB)
11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights,(AC) the Lord gave me the two stone tablets,(AD) the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the Lord told me, “Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt.(AE) They have turned away quickly(AF) from what I commanded them and have made an idol for themselves.”
13 And the Lord said to me, “I have seen this people(AG), and they are a stiff-necked people indeed! 14 Let me alone,(AH) so that I may destroy them and blot out(AI) their name from under heaven.(AJ) And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.”
15 So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.(AK) 16 When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf.(AL) You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you. 17 So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.
18 Then once again I fell(AM) prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water,(AN) because of all the sin you had committed,(AO) doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger. 19 I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you.(AP) But again the Lord listened to me.(AQ) 20 And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too. 21 Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust(AR) and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.(AS)
22 You also made the Lord angry(AT) at Taberah,(AU) at Massah(AV) and at Kibroth Hattaavah.(AW)
23 And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea,(AX) he said, “Go up and take possession(AY) of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled(AZ) against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust(BA) him or obey him. 24 You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.(BB)
25 I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights(BC) because the Lord had said he would destroy you.(BD) 26 I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people,(BE) your own inheritance(BF) that you redeemed(BG) by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.(BH) 27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness(BI) of this people, their wickedness and their sin. 28 Otherwise, the country(BJ) from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,(BK) he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’(BL) 29 But they are your people,(BM) your inheritance(BN) that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.(BO)”
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