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.

<>the words, <>Moses, <>Israel, <>wilderness, <>over against, <>Laban

2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)

<>by the way

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;

<>spake … according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment, <>children, <>all, <>the LORD had given him in commandment

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:

<>The LORD our God spake, <>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.

<>vv. 7-8, <>Turn you, <>take your journe- … unto the great river, the river Euphrates, <>the mount of the Amorites, <>the hills, <>vale

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.

<>vv. 7-8, <>Behold, I have set the land before you, <>the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, <>Abraham, <>Isaac, <>Jacob

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

<>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.

<>v. 10, <>ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude, <>ye are … as the stars, <>the stars

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!)

<>vv. 11-12, <>as he hath promised

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

<>vv. 11-12, <>How can I myself alone bear … your burden, <>cumbrance, <>burden, <>strife

13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

<>wise men, and understanding, <>rulers

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

<>answered, <>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.

<>I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, <>chief, <>captains … captains … captains … captains, <>officers

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.

<>charged, <>Hear the causes … and judge righteously, <>the causes, <>judge righteously, <>the stranger

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.

<>Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, <>ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's, <>ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, <>the judgment is God's, <>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.

<>I commanded you … all the things which ye should do., <>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 Kadesh-barnea.

20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

<>which the LORD our God doth give

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.

<>possess it, <>fear not, neither be discouraged, <>fear not

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.

<>vv. 22-23, <>search, <>bring us word again by what way we must go up, <>by what way we must go up, <>into what cities we shall come

23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

<>vv. 22-23

24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

<>they … went up into the mountain, <>went up into the mountain, <>Eshcol, <>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.

<>in their hands, <>in their hands … brought it down unto us, <>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:

<>rebelled

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.

<>ye murmured … and said … the LORD … hath brought us forth … to destroy us, <>murmured in your tents, <>murmured, <>tents, <>into the hand

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.

<>vv. 28-29, <>Whither shall we go up?, <>our brethren have discouraged our heart, <>sons

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

<>vv. 28-29

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;

<>The LORD your God … goeth before you, <>The LORD your God … he shall fight for you

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.

<>the LORD thy God bare thee

32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,

<>vv. 32-33

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.

<>vv. 32-33, <>in the way, <>pitch your tents, <>in fire by night … and in a cloud by day, <>to shew you by what way ye should go

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

<>the LORD heard, <>was wroth

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,

<>vv. 35-36, <>this evil generation, <>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.

<>vv. 35-36, <>to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, <>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.

<>the LORD was angry

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.

<>encourage him, <>to inherit

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.

<>little ones … children, <>your children … had no knowledge between good and evil, <>in that day had no knowledge between good and evil

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.

<>We have sinned, <>sinned against the LORD, <>girded on every man his weapons of war, <>girded, <>weapons of war

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.

<>I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, <>ye … went presumptuously up into the hill, <>presumptuously

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.

<>the Amorites … chased you, as bees do, <>the Amorites … chased you … and destroyed you, <>Hormah

45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

<>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.

<>abode in Kadesh

1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

<>we turned, <>wilderness, <>by the way, <>the LORD spake, <>compassed

2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,

3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

<>Ye have compassed this mountain long enough, <>turn you northward, <>turn you

4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

<>coast, <>children

5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

<>Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, <>Meddle not with them, <>Meddle not, <>I have given, <>for a possession

6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

<>vv. 6-7, <>Ye shall buy meat of them for money … and ye shall also buy water of them for money, <>meat

7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

<>vv. 6-7, <>the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand, <>the works of thy hand, <>thou hast lacked nothing

8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

<>vv. 9,24

10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

<>also were accounted giants, <>giants

12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

<>as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them, <>Israel, <>which the LORD gave

13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.

<>rise up, <>the brook … the brook

14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

<>men of war, <>wasted, <>as the LORD sware

15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

<>the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them … until they were consumed

16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

<>dead

17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,

18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

<>over against

20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

<>A people great, and many, and tall … but the LORD destroyed them

22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

<>vv. 22-23

23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

<>vv. 22-23

24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

<>vv. 9,24, <>into thine hand, <>begin

25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

<>I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations, <>tremble

26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

<>sent messengers, <>peace

27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

<>I will go along by the high way, <>I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

<>on my feet

29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

<>the land which the LORD our God giveth us

30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

<>the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate

31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

<>begun … begin, <>inherit

32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

<>sons

34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

<>cities … city, <>utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, <>women, <>little ones, <>left none to remain

35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

<>cattle

36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

<>brink, <>there was not one city too strong for us, <>the LORD our God delivered all unto us

37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.

<>whatsoever the LORD our God forbad