|
|
|
|
King James Version
The
Command to Leave Horeb
1:1 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.
1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way
of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
1:3 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;
1:4 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:
1:5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses
to declare this law, saying,
1:6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye
have dwelt long enough in this mount:
1:7 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.
1:8 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.
The Appointment of
Leaders
1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am
not able to bear you myself alone:
1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye
are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
1:11 (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!)
1:12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your
burden, and your strife?
1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among
your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou
hast spoken is good for us to do.
1:15 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.
1:16 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.
1:17 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.
1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which
ye should do.
Spies Sent Out
1:19 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.
1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of
the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
1:21 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.
1:22 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.
1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men
of you, one of a tribe:
1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and
came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
1:25 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.
Rebellion Against the
Lord
1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but
rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
1:27 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.
1:28 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.
1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of
them.
1:30 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;
1:31 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.
1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your
God,
1:33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a
place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you
by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was
wroth, and sware, saying,
1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil
generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto
your fathers.
1:36 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.
1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes,
saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
1:38 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.
1:39 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.
1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into
the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
1:41 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.
1:42 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.
1:43 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.
1:44 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.
1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD
would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the
days that ye abode there. |
|
|
Cults 
Why Did God Permit Sin?
