tieth 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 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 : tribes, wise men, and known, and 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declared 17 Ye shall not respect persons in this law, saying, judgment, but ye shall hear the f6 ¶ The LORD our God spake small as well as the great; ye shall unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have not be afraid of the face of man, for dwelt long enough in this mount: the judgment is God's; and the g 7 Turn you, and take your jour-cause that is too hard for you, bring ney, and go to the mount of the it unto me, and I will hear it. Amorites, and unto all the places 18 And I commanded you at that nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the time all the things which ye should hills, and in the vale, and in the do. south, and by the sea-side, to the g 19 T And when we departed land of the Canaanites, and unto from Horeb, we went through all Lebanon, unto the great river, the that great and terrible wilderness, river Euphrates. which ye saw by the way of the b 8 Behold, I have set the land be-mountain of the Amorites, as the fore you go in and possess the land LORD our God commanded us; and which the LORD sware unto your we came to Kadesh-barnea. fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them, and to their seed after them. f9¶ And I spake unto you at that 10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the nountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. time, saying, am not able to beard 21 Behold, the LORD thy God you myself alone: 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. f 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. 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!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 23 And the saying pleased me 13 Take you wise men, and un-well; and I took twelve men of you, derstanding, and known among one of a tribe: your tribes, and I will make them g 24 And they turned, and went up rulers over you. into the mountain, and came unto it out. 14 And ye answered me, and the valley of Eshcol, and searched said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15 So I took the chief of your 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. tdown unto us, and brought us word again, and said, 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. 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. 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. f 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 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; 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bear thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. c 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 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. f 34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 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, 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. 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. 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, by the way of the Red sea. c 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. 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. e 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. 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. 45 And ye returned, and wept before the LORD; but 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. CHAP. II. 36 Save Caleb the son of Je-THEN we turned, and took phunneh, 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. 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. 2 And the LORD spake unto me,] 13 Now rise up, said I, and get saying, you over the brook Zered: and we 3 Ye have compassed this moun- went over the brook Zered. tain long enough turn you north-g 14 And the space in which we ward. 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. p 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. 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. b 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. g 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. f 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. 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. f12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir before-time; 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.) 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. 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. f 16 So it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, 13 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day. b 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. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; f 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: 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: g 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.) D 24 T Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Hesh. bon, and his land begin to possess g 36 From Aroer, which is by the it, and contend with him in battle. 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. 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 trem-g 37 Only unto the land of the chilble, and be in anguish because of dren of Ammon thou camest not, thee. nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbade us. f 26 ¶ And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, 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; CHAP. III. HEN we turned, and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. g 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 3 So the LORD our God deliverthe land which the LORD our God ed into our hands Og also, the king giveth us. of Bashan, and all his people and f 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon we smote him, until none was left to would not let us pass by him: for him remaining. the LORD thy God hardened his g 4 And we took all his cities at spirit, and made his heart obstinate that time; there was not a city that he might deliver him into thy which we took not from them, threehand, as appeareth this day. score cities, all the region of Argob, f31 And the LORD said unto me, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Behold, I have begun to give Si-f5 All these cities were fenced hon and his land before thee: be- with high walls, gates, and bars; gin to possess, that thou mayest in- besides unwalled towns a great herit his land. many. g 32 Then Sihon came out against 6 And we utterly destroyed them, us, he and all his people, to fight at as we did unto Sihon king of HeshJahaz. bon, utterly destroying the men, wof 33 And the LORD our God deli-men, and children of every city. vered him before us; and we smote 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil him, and his sons, and all his peo- of the cities, we took for a prey to ple. ourselves. 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 : 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. g 8 And we took at that time, out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Shenir ;) g 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan: rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron: is it not in Rabbath of the 21 And I commanded Joshua children of Ammon? nine cubits at that time, saying, Thine eyes was the length thereof, and four cu- have seen all that the LORD your bits the breadth of it, after the cubit God hath done unto these two kings: of a man. so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. A22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he sha!! fight for you. ƒ 23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, g12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites. f13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. g 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob, unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi, and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. g 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. g 16 And unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; g 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth, even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Asdoth-pisgah eastward. f18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you, b 20 Until the LORD have given d 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? 25 I pray thee, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. 26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. g 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. CHAP. IV. drael, unto the statutes, and therefore hearken, O Is unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. p* 2 Ye shall not add unto the |