Deuteronomy 1
King James Version
1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
3 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 the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;
4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; 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, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.
21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
25 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 the Lord our God doth give us.
26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God:
27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord 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.
28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God,
33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers.
36 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 the Lord.
37 Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
42 And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
45 And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
5 Mosebok 1
Svenska 1917
1 Dessa äro de ord som Mose talade till hela Israel på andra sidan Jordan, i öknen, på Hedmarken mitt emot Suf, mellan Paran och Tofel, Laban, Haserot och Di-Sahab
2 -- elva dagsresor från Horeb, åt Seirs bergsbygd till, fram till Kades-Barnea.
3 I det fyrtionde året, i elfte månaden. på första dagen i månaden, talade Mose till Israels barn, alldeles såsom Herren hade bjudit honom tala till dem.
4 Detta skedde sedan han hade slagit Sihon, amoréernas konung, som bodde i Hesbon, och Og, konungen i Basan, som bodde i Astarot, vid Edrei.
5 På andra sidan Jordan. i Moabs land, begynte Mose denna lagutläggning och sade:
6 HERREN, vår Gud, talade till oss på Horeb och sade: »Länge nog haven I uppehållit eder vid detta berg.
7 Vänden eder nu åt annat håll och bryten upp, och begiven eder till amoréernas bergsbygd och till alla deras grannfolk på Hedmarken, i Bergsbygden, i Låglandet, i Sydlandet och i Kustlandet vid havet -- in i kananéernas land och upp på Libanon, ända till den stora floden, floden Frat.
8 Se, jag har givit landet i edert våld. Gån nu och intagen detta land, som HERREN med ed har lovat edra fäder, Abraham, Isak och Jakob, att giva åt dem och åt deras säd efter dem.»
9 Och jag talade till eder på den tiden och sade: »Jag förmår icke ensam bära eder.
10 HERREN, eder Gud, har förökat eder, och se, I ären nu talrika såsom stjärnorna på himmelen.
11 Må Herren, edra fäders Gud, än vidare föröka eder tusenfalt och välsigna eder, såsom han har lovat eder.
12 Men huru skall jag ensam kunna bära tyngden och bördan av eder och edert tvistande?
13 Utsen åt eder visa, förståndiga och välkända män inom edra särskilda stammar, så skall jag sätta dem till huvudmän över eder.»
14 I svaraden mig och saden: »Ditt förslag är gott.»
15 Då tog jag huvudmännen i edra stammar, visa och välkända män, och satte dem till huvudmän över eder, till föreståndare, somliga över tusen, andra över hundra, andra över femtio och somliga över tio, och till tillsyningsmän i edra särskilda stammar.
16 Och jag bjöd då också edra domare och sade: »Hören efter, vad edra bröder hava sig emellan; och om någon har en sak med sin broder eller med en främling som bor hos honom, så dömen rättvist mellan dem.
17 I skolen icke hava anseende till personen, när I dömen, utan höra den ringe likaväl dom den högre; I skolen icke frukta för någon människa, ty domen hör Gud till. Men om något ärende bliven eder för svårt, skolen I hänskjuta det till mig, så att jag för höra det.»
18 Så bjöd jag eder på den tiden allt vad I skullen göra.
19 Och vi bröto upp från Horeb, och genom hela den stora och fruktansvärda öken som I haven sett vandrande vi åstad till amoréernas bergsbygd, såsom HERREN, vår Gud, hade bjudit oss; och vi kommo så till Kades-Barnea.
20 Och jag sade till eder: »I haven nu kommit till amoréernas bergsbygd, som HERREN vår Gud, vill giva oss.
21 Se, HERREN, din Gud, har givit landet i ditt våld. Drag ditupp och intag det, såsom HERREN, dina fäders Gud, har tillsagt dig. Frukta icke och var icke förfärad.»
22 Då trädden I fram till mig allasammans och saden: »Låt oss sända åstad några män framför oss, för att de må utforska landet åt oss och sedan avgiva sin berättelse inför oss, angående vägen på vilken vi skola draga ditupp, och angående de städer som vi skola komma till.»
23 Detta förslag behagade mig, och jag tog tolv män bland eder, en för var stam.
24 Dessa begåvo sig åstad och drogo upp till Bergsbygden och kommo till Druvdalen och bespejade landet.
25 Och de togo med sig av landets frukt ned till oss och avgåvo sin berättelse inför oss och sade: »Det land som Herren, vår Gud, vill giva oss är gott.»
26 Men I villen icke draga ditupp, utan voren gensträviga mot HERRENS, eder Guds, befallning.
27 Och I knorraden i edra tält och saden: »Herren hatar oss, därför har han fört oss ut ur Egyptens land för att giva oss i amoréernas hand och så förgöra oss.
28 Varthän skola vi då draga? Våra bröder hava förfärat våra hjärtan, ty de säga: 'Där är ett folk, större och resligare än vi, där äro städer, stora och befästa upp mot himmelen; ja, vi sågo där också anakiter.'»
29 Då svarade jag eder: »I skolen icke förskräckas och icke frukta för dem.
30 HERREN, eder Gud, som går framför eder, skall själv strida för eder, alldeles såsom han handlade mot eder i Egypten inför edra ögon,
31 och alldeles såsom i öknen som du har sett, där HERREN, din Gud, bar dig, såsom en man bär sin son, hela den väg I haven vandrat, ända till dess att I nu haven kommit hit.»
32 Men detta oaktat trodden I icke på HERREN, eder Gud,
33 som gick framför eder på vägen, för att utse lägerplatser åt eder: om natten i eld, för att lysa eder på den väg I skullen gå, och om dagen i molnskyn.
34 Då nu HERREN hörde edra ord, blev han förtörnad och svor och sade:
35 »Sannerligen, ingen av dessa män, i detta onda släkte, skall få se det goda land som jag med ed har lovat giva åt edra fäder,
36 ingen utom Kaleb, Jefunnes son; han skall få se det, och åt honom och åt hans barn skall jag giva det land han har beträtt, därför att han i allt har efterföljt Herren.»
37 Också på mig vredgades HERREN, för eder skull, och sade: »Icke heller du skall komma ditin.
38 Josua, Nuns son, han som är din tjänare, han skall komma ditin. Styrk honom att vara frimodig, ty han skall utskifta landet åt Israel såsom arv.
39 Och edra barn, om vilka I saden att de skulle bliva fiendens byte, och skola komma ditin, åt dem skall jag giva landet, och de skola taga det i besittning.
40 Men I själva mån vända eder åt annat håll; bryten nu upp och tagen vägen mot öknen, åt Röda havet till.»
41 Då svaraden I och saden till mig: »Vi hava syndat mot HERREN. Vi vilja nu draga upp och strida, alldeles såsom HERREN, vår Gud, har bjudit oss.» Och I omgjordaden eder, var och en tog sina vapen, och med lätt mod drogen I upp mot bergsbygden.
42 Men HERREN sade till mig: »Säg till dem: I skolen icke draga ditupp och giva eder i strid, ty jag är icke med bland eder; gören icke så, på det att I icke mån bliva slagna av edra fiender.»
43 Och jag talade till eder, men I hörden icke därpå, utan voren gensträviga mot HERRENS befallning och drogen i edert övermod upp mot bergsbygden.
44 Och amoréerna som bodde där i bergsbygden drogo mot eder och jagade eder, såsom bin göra, och slogo och förskingrade eder i Seir och drevo eder ända till Horma.
45 Då vänden I tillbaka och gräten inför HERRENS ansikte. Men HERREN hörde icke eder röst och lyssnade icke till eder.
46 Och I stannaden länge i Kades, så länge det nu var.
Deuteronomy 1
New King James Version
The Previous Command to Enter Canaan
1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel (A)on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the [a]plain opposite [b]Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir (B)to Kadesh Barnea. 3 Now it came to pass (C)in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him as commandments to them, 4 (D)after he had killed Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who dwelt at Ashtaroth (E)in[c] Edrei.
5 On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying, 6 “The Lord our God spoke to us (F)in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long (G)enough at this mountain. 7 Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the [d]plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates. 8 See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the Lord [e]swore to your fathers—to (H)Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to them and their descendants after them.’
Tribal Leaders Appointed(I)
9 “And (J)I spoke to you at that time, saying: ‘I [f]alone am not able to bear you. 10 The Lord your God has multiplied you, (K)and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude. 11 (L)May the Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you (M)as He has promised you! 12 (N)How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints? 13 Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them [g]heads over you.’ 14 And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have told us to do is good.’ 15 So I took (O)the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and [h]made them heads over you, leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes.
16 “Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and (P)judge righteously between a man and his (Q)brother or the stranger who is with him. 17 (R)You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for (S)the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, (T)bring to me, and I will hear it.’ 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
Israel’s Refusal to Enter the Land(U)
19 “So we departed from Horeb, (V)and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the Lord our God had commanded us. Then (W)we came to Kadesh Barnea. 20 And I said to you, ‘You have come to the mountains of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. 21 Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; (X)do not fear or be discouraged.’
22 “And every one of you came near to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us, and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we shall come.’
23 “The plan pleased me well; so (Y)I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe. 24 (Z)And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. 25 They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought back word to us, saying, ‘It is a (AA)good land which the Lord our God is giving us.’
26 (AB)“Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God; 27 and you (AC)complained in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord (AD)hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28 Where can we go up? Our brethren have [i]discouraged our hearts, saying, (AE)“The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the (AF)Anakim there.” ’
29 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, (AG)or afraid of them. 30 (AH)The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 31 and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a (AI)man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ 32 Yet, for all that, (AJ)you did not believe the Lord your God, 33 (AK)who went in the way before you (AL)to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day.
The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion(AM)
34 “And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and was angry, (AN)and took an oath, saying, 35 (AO)‘Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I [j]swore to give to your fathers, 36 (AP)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and his children I am giving the land on which he walked, because (AQ)he [k]wholly followed the Lord.’ 37 (AR)The Lord was also angry with me for your sakes, saying, ‘Even you shall not go in there. 38 (AS)Joshua the son of Nun, (AT)who stands before you, he shall go in there. (AU)Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39 (AV)‘Moreover your little ones and your children, who (AW)you say will be victims, who today (AX)have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it. 40 (AY)But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.’
41 “Then you answered and said to me, (AZ)‘We have sinned against the Lord; we will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And when everyone of you had girded on his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the mountain.
42 “And the Lord said to me, ‘Tell them, (BA)“Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.” ’ 43 So I spoke to you; yet you would not listen, but (BB)rebelled against the command of the Lord, and (BC)presumptuously[l] went up into the mountain. 44 And the Amorites who dwelt in that mountain came out against you and chased you (BD)as bees do, and drove you back from Seir to Hormah. 45 Then you returned and wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.
46 (BE)“So you remained in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you spent there.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 1:1 Heb. arabah
- Deuteronomy 1:1 One LXX ms., Tg., Vg. Red Sea
- Deuteronomy 1:4 LXX, Syr., Vg. and; cf. Josh. 12:4
- Deuteronomy 1:7 Heb. arabah
- Deuteronomy 1:8 promised
- Deuteronomy 1:9 am not able to bear you by myself
- Deuteronomy 1:13 rulers
- Deuteronomy 1:15 appointed
- Deuteronomy 1:28 Lit. melted
- Deuteronomy 1:35 promised
- Deuteronomy 1:36 fully
- Deuteronomy 1:43 willfully
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
