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Deuteronomy 1:22-38
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Deuteronomy 1:22-38
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22 Then all of you came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’ 23 The thing seemed good to me, and (A)I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe. 24 And (B)they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out. 25 And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.’
26 “Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. 27 And (C)you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord (D)hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, (E)to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28 Where are we going up? (F)Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, (G)“The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen (H)the sons of the Anakim there.”’ 29 Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. 30 The Lord your God who goes before you (I)will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 31 and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God (J)carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ 32 Yet in spite of this word (K)you did not believe the Lord your God, 33 (L)who went before you in the way (M)to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.
The Penalty for Israel's Rebellion
34 “And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore, 35 (N)‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers, 36 (O)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the Lord!’ 37 Even with me (P)the Lord was angry on your account and said, ‘You also shall not go in there. 38 (Q)Joshua the son of Nun, (R)who stands before you, he shall enter. (S)Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
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Deuteronomy 1:22-38
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Deuteronomy 1:22-38
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22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy(A) out the land(B) for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”
23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected(C) twelve of you, one man from each tribe. 24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol(D) and explored it. 25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported,(E) “It is a good land(F) that the Lord our God is giving us.”(G)
Rebellion Against the Lord
26 But you were unwilling to go up;(H) you rebelled(I) against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled(J) in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller(K) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(L) there.’”
29 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid(M) of them.(N) 30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight(O) for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, 31 and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried(P) you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”(Q)
32 In spite of this,(R) you did not trust(S) in the Lord your God, 33 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day,(T) to search(U) out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.
34 When the Lord heard(V) what you said, he was angry(W) and solemnly swore:(X) 35 “No one from this evil generation shall see the good land(Y) I swore to give your ancestors, 36 except Caleb(Z) son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly.(AA)”
37 Because of you the Lord became angry(AB) with me also and said, “You shall not enter(AC) it, either. 38 But your assistant, Joshua(AD) son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage(AE) him, because he will lead(AF) Israel to inherit(AG) it.
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