# Deuteronomy 1

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/deuteronomy/1

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2. From Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea is eleven days.
3. It took place in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, that Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to everything Yahweh had commanded him concerning them.
4. After he struck Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei.
5. Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
6. Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, "You have stayed long enough on this mountain."
7. Turn and set out and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring places—in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowlands, in the Negev, by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon—as far as the great river, the Euphrates.
8. See, I have placed the land before you; go in and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and their descendants after them.
9. I said to you at that time, "I cannot bear you by myself."
10. Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and see, you are today as numerous as the stars of the heavens.
11. May Yahweh, God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times as you are and bless you, as he has spoken to you.
12. How can I by myself bear your troubles, your burdens, and your disputes?
13. Give yourselves wise and discerning men known in your tribes, and I will appoint them as heads over you.
14. You answered me and said, "The word you spoke is good to do."
15. I took the heads of your tribes—wise and reputable men—and appointed them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers according to your tribes.
16. I charged your judges at that time, saying, "Hear attentively between your brothers, and judge justly between a man and his brother, and the sojourner with him."
17. In judgment show no partiality; hear the humble as the prominent; do not fear any man, for judgment belongs to God, and the case that is too hard for you, bring it to me, and I will hear it.
18. At that time I charged you with all the matters you were to do.
19. We journeyed from Horeb and went through all that great and dreadful wilderness you saw by the way to the mountain of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us, and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
20. I said to you, "You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God gives us."
21. See, Yahweh your God has placed the land before you; go up and possess it, as Yahweh the God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear, nor be dismayed.
22. All of you approached me and said, "Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land for us and bring us back a report on the route we will take into it and the cities we will enter."
23. The matter was good in my eyes, and I took twelve men from you, one man per tribe.
24. They turned and climbed into the hill country, reached the valley of Eshcol, and scouted it.
25. They took fruit from the land in their hands, brought it down to us, and returned a report to us, saying, "The land is good, which Yahweh our God gives us."
26. But you refused to go up and rebelled against the command of Yahweh your God.
27. You grumbled in your tents and said, "Because Yahweh hated us, he brought us out from the land of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorite's power, to annihilate us."
28. Where are we going up? Our brothers have melted our heart, saying, "A people greater and taller than us, cities vast and fortified to the heavens—and moreover, the sons of the Anakim we have seen there."
29. I said to you, "Do not be terrified, and do not fear them."
30. Yahweh your God, who goes before you—he will fight for you, according to everything he did with you in Egypt before your eyes.
31. In the wilderness, where you saw how Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, along the entire way that you went until you reached this place.
32. Yet in this matter you did not trust Yahweh your God.
33. who went ahead of you along the road to scout a place for you to camp, in fire by night to show you the path on which you should travel, and in the cloud by day.
34. Yahweh heard the sound of your words, grew angry, and swore, saying,
35. Not one of these men of this evil generation will see the good land I swore to give your fathers.
36. except Caleb son of Jephunneh—he shall see it, and I will give the land that he has trodden to him and his children, because he has fully followed Yahweh.
37. Yahweh was also angry with me because of you, saying, "You also shall not enter there."
38. Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter there—strengthen him, for he will give it to Israel as an inheritance.
39. And your little children, whom you said would become plunder, and your sons who today do not know good or evil, they will enter there, and I will give it to them, and they will possess it.
40. You, turn and journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
41. You answered me, "We have sinned against Yahweh—we will go up and fight, just as Yahweh our God commanded us in everything." Every man of you then girded on his weapons of war and prepared to ascend the hill.
42. Yahweh said to me, "Tell them, 'Do not go up, nor fight, for I am not among you, lest you be defeated before your enemies.'"
43. I spoke to you, but you did not heed; you rebelled against Yahweh's command, acted with insolence, and went up the mountain.
44. The Amorites dwelling in that hill country came out against you, chased you as bees do, and crushed you in Seir all the way to Hormah.
45. You returned and wept before Yahweh, but Yahweh did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.
46. You lived in Kadesh many days, like the days that you lived.

## Nearby chapters

[Numbers 36](https://www.lumin.faith/read/numbers/36.md)
[Deuteronomy 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/deuteronomy/2.md)

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