1 Moses tells of God's guidance
1 Moses tells of God's guidance
1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel Josh. 9:1,10on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against [a]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 Num. 13:26;ch. 9:23unto Kadesh-barnea.)
3 And it came to pass Num. 33:38in 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 Num. 21:24,33After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth Num. 21:33;Josh. 13:12in 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 Ex. 3:1in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long See Ex. 19:1;Num. 10:11enough in this mount:
7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto [b]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 [c]set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Gen. 12:7;& 15:18;& 17:7,8;& 26:4;& 28:13Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
9 The choice of leaders
9 And Ex. 18:18;Num. 11:14I 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, Gen. 15:5;ch. 10:22;& 28:62you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11 (2 Sam. 24:3The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, Gen. 15:5;& 22:17;& 26:4;Ex. 32:13as he hath promised you!)
12 1 Ki. 3:8,9How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 [d]Take ye 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 Ex. 18:25the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, Ex. 18:25and [e]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 ch. 16:18;John 7:24judge righteously between every man and his Lev. 24:22brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17 Lev. 19:15;ch. 16:19;1 Sam. 16:7;Prov. 24:23;Jas. 2:1Ye shall not [f]respect persons in judgment; but you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for 2 Chr. 19:6the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, Ex. 18:22,26bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 The report of the spies
19 And when we departed from Horeb, Num. 10:12;ch. 8:15;Jer. 2:6we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and Num. 13:26we 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.
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; Josh. 1:9fear 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 Num. 13:3I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24 And Num. 13:22-24they 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, Num. 13:27It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.
26 The murmuring of Israel
26 Num. 14:1-4;Ps. 106:24Notwithstanding 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 ch. 9:28hated 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 Josh. 2:11[g]discouraged our heart, saying, Num. 13:28,31-33;ch. 9:1,2The 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 Num. 13:28Anakims there.
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 Ex. 14:14;Neh. 4:20The 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 Ex. 19:4;ch. 32:11,12;Is. 46:3,4;& 63:9;Hos. 11:3;See Acts 13:18bare 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 Ps. 106:24;Jude 5ye did not believe the Lord your God,
33 Ex. 13:21;Ps. 78:14Who went in the way before you, Num. 10:33;Ezek. 20:6to 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, ch. 2:14,15and sware, saying,
35 Num. 14:22;Ps. 95:11Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
36 Num. 14:24;Josh. 14:9Save 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 Num. 14:24he hath [h]wholly followed the Lord.
37 Num. 20:12;& 27:14;ch. 3:26;& 4:21;& 34:4;Ps. 106:32Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
38 Num. 14:30But Joshua the son of Nun, Ex. 24:13;& 33:11;See 1 Sam. 16:22which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: Num. 27:18,19;ch. 31:7,23encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39 Num. 14:31Moreover your little ones, which Num. 14:3ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day Is. 7:15,16;Rom. 9:11had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
40 Num. 14:25But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
41 Then ye answered and said unto me, Num. 14:40We 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, Num. 14:42Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43 So I spake unto you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and Num. 14:44[i]went presumptuously up into the hill.
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, Ps. 118:12as 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 Num. 13:25;& 20:1,22;Judg. 11:17So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
47 The years in the wilderness
