Deuteronomy 1 (NET)

Deuteronomy 1:1¹This is what Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:2²Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by way of Mount Seir.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:3³However, it was not until the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year that Moses addressed the Israelites just as the Lord had instructed him to do.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:4⁴This took place after the defeat of King Sihon of the Amorites, whose capital was in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, whose capital was in Ashtaroth, specifically in Edrei.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:5⁵So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:6⁶The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, “You have stayed in the area of this mountain long enough.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:7⁷Head out and resume your journey. Enter the Amorite hill country, and all its neighboring areas, including the rift valley, the hill country, the foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain—all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:8⁸Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:9⁹I also said to you at that time, “I am no longer able to sustain you by myself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:10¹⁰The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:11¹¹Indeed, may the Lord, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:12¹²But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:13¹³Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:14¹⁴You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:15¹⁵So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:16¹⁶I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one person and a native Israelite or a resident foreigner.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:17¹⁷They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:18¹⁸So I instructed you at that time regarding everything you should do.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:19¹⁹Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:20²⁰Then I said to you, “You have come to the Amorite hill country, which the Lord our God is about to give us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:21²¹Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:22²²So all of you approached me and said, “Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:23²³I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:24²⁴They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:25²⁵Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, “The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:26²⁶You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:27²⁷You complained among yourselves privately and said, “Because the Lord hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:28²⁸What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:29²⁹So I responded to you, “Do not be terrified of them!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:30³⁰The Lord your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in EgyptCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:31³¹and in the wilderness, where you saw him carrying you along like a man carries his son. This he did everywhere you went until you came to this very place.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:32³²However, through all this you did not have confidence in the Lord your God,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:33³³who would go before you on the way to find places for you to camp, appearing in a fire at night and in a cloud by day to show you the way you ought to go.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:34³⁴When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:35³⁵“Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:36³⁶The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:37³⁷As for me, the Lord was also angry with me on your account. He said, “You also will not be able to go there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:38³⁸However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:39³⁹Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:40⁴⁰But as for you, turn back and head for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:41⁴¹Then you responded to me and admitted, “We have sinned against the Lord. We will now go up and fight as the Lord our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:42⁴²But the Lord told me: “Tell them this: ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:43⁴³I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the Lord and recklessly went up to the hill country.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:44⁴⁴The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:45⁴⁵Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he paid no attention to you whatsoever.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Deuteronomy 1:46⁴⁶Therefore, you remained at Kadesh for a long time—indeed, for the full time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s