Deuteronomy 1

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 These are the words, which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan, in the plain wilderness, over against the Red Sea, between Pharan and Thophel and Laban and Haseroth, where there is very much gold:	1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan ( in the desert, in the Arabah, opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab;
2 Eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Cadesbarne.	2 it is a journey of eleven days from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of the highlands of Seir).
3 In the fortieth year, the eleventh month, the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel all that the Lord had commanded him to say to them:	3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites all the commands that the LORD had given him in their regard.
4 After that he had slain Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon: and Og king of Basan who abode in Astaroth, and in Edrai,	4 After he had defeated Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,
	5 Moses began to explain the law in the land of Moab beyond the Jordan, as follows:
6 l And you answered me: We have sinned against the Lord: we will go up and fight, as the Lord our God hath commanded. And when you went ready armed unto the mountain,	6 "The LORD, our God, said to us at Horeb, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
7 Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab. And Moses began to expound the law, and to say:	7 Leave here and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the surrounding regions, the land of the Canaanites in the Arabah, the mountains, the foothills, the Negeb and the seacoast; to Lebanon, and as far as the Great River (the Euphrates).
8 The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: You have stayed long enough in this mountain:	8 I have given that land over to you. Go now and occupy the land I swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, I would give to them and to their descendants.'
9 Turn you, and come to the mountain of the Amorrhites, and to the other places that are next to it, the plains and the hills and the vales towards the south, and by the sea shore, the land of the Chanaanites, and of Libanus, as far as the great river Euphrates.	9 "At that time I said to you, 'Alone, I am unable to carry you.
10 Behold, said he, I have delivered it to you: go in and possess it, concerning which the Lord swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them, and to their seed after them.	10 The LORD, your God, has so multiplied you that you are now as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 And I said to you at that time:	11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over, and bless you as he promised!
12 I alone am not able to bear you: for the Lord your God hath multiplied you, and you are this day as the stars of heaven, for multitude.	12 But how can I alone bear the crushing burden that you are, along with your bickering?
13 (The Lord God of your fathers add to this number many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.)	13 Choose wise, intelligent and experienced men from each of your tribes, that I may appoint them as your leaders.'
14 I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences.	14 You answered me, 'We agree to do as you have proposed.'
15 Let me have from among you wise and understanding men, and such whose conversation is approved among your tribes, that I may appoint them your rulers.	15 So I took outstanding men of your tribes, wise and experienced, and made them your leaders as officials over thousands, over hundreds, over fifties and over tens, and other tribal officers.
16 Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do.	16 I charged your judges at that time, 'Listen to complaints among your kinsmen, and administer true justice to both parties even if one of them is an alien.
17 And I took out of your tribes men wise and honourable, and appointed them rulers, tribunes, and centurions, and officers over fifties, and over tens, who might teach you all things.	17 In rendering judgment, do not consider who a person is; give ear to the lowly and to the great alike, fearing no man, for judgment is God's. Refer to me any case that is too hard for you and I will hear it.'
18 And I commanded them, saying: Hear them, and judge that which is just: whether he be one of your country, or a stranger.	18 Thereupon I gave you all the commands you were to fulfill.
19 There shall be no difference of persons, you shall hear the little as well as the great: neither shall you respect any man's person, because it is the judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to you, refer it to me, and I will hear it.	19 "Then, in obedience to the command of the LORD, our God, we set out from Horeb and journeyed through the whole desert, vast and fearful as you have seen, in the direction of the hill country of the Amorites. We had reached Kadesh-barnea
20 And I commanded you all things that you were to do.	20 when I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD, our God, is giving us.
21 And departing from Horeb, we passed through the terrible and vast wilderness, which you saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorrhite, as the Lord our God had commanded us. And when we were come into Cadesbarne,	21 The LORD, your God, has given this land over to you. Go up and occupy it, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, commands you. Do not fear or lose heart.'
22 I said to you: You are come to the mountain of the Amorrhite, which the Lord our God will give to us.	22 Then all of you came up to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead to reconnoiter the land for us and report to us on the road we must follow and the cities we must take.'
23 See the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord our God hath spoken to thy fathers: fear not, nor be any way discouraged.	23 Agreeing with the proposal, I chose twelve men from your number, one from each tribe.
24 And you came all to me, and said: Let us send men who may view the land, and bring us word what way we shall go up, and to what cities we shall go.	24 They set out into the hill country as far as the Wadi Eshcol, and explored it.
25 And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:	25 Then, taking along some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, 'The land which the LORD, our God, gives us is good.'
26 Who, when they had set forward and had gone up to the mountains, came as far as the valley of the cluster: and having viewed the land,	26 "But you refused to go up, and after defying the command of the LORD, your God,
27 Taking of the fruits thereof, to shew its fertility, they brought them to us, and said: The land is good, which the Lord our God will give us.	27 you set to murmuring in your tents, 'Out of hatred for us the LORD has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites and destroy us.
28 And you would not go up, but being incredulous to the word of the Lord our God,	28 What shall we meet with up there? Our kinsmen have made us fainthearted by reporting that the people are stronger and taller than we, and their cities are large and fortified to the sky; besides, they saw the Anakim there.'
29 You murmured in your tents, and said: The Lord hateth us, and therefore he hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, that he might deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite, and destroy us.	29 "But I said to you, 'Have no dread or fear of them.
30 Whither shall we go up? the messengers have terrified our hearts, saying: The multitude is very great, and taller than we: the cities are great, and walled up td the sky, we have seen the sons of the Enacims there.	30 The LORD, your God, who goes before you, will himself fight for you, just as he took your part before your very eyes in Egypt,
31 And I said to you: Fear not, neither be ye afraid of them:	31 as well as in the desert, where you saw how the LORD, your God, carried you, as a man carries his child, all along your journey until you arrived at this place.'
32 The Lord God, who is your leader, himself will fight for you, as he did in Egypt in the sight of all.	32 Despite this, you would not trust the LORD, your God,
33 And in the wilderness (as thou hast seen) the Lord thy God hath carried thee, as a man is wont to carry his little son, all the way that you have come, until you came to this place.	33 who journeys before you to find you a resting place--by day in the cloud, and by night in the fire, to show the way you must go.
34 And yet for all this you did not believe the Lord your God,	34 When the LORD heard your words, he was angry;
35 Who went before you in the way, and marked out the place, wherein you should pitch your tents, in the night shewing you the way by fire, and in the day by the pillar of a cloud.	35 and he swore, 'Not one man of this evil generation shall look upon the good land I swore to give to your fathers,
36 And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, he was angry and swore, and said:	36 except Caleb, son of Jephunneh; he shall see it. For to him and to his sons I will give the land he trod upon, because he has followed the LORD unreservedly.'
37 Not one of the men of this wicked generation shall see the good land, which I promised with an oath to your fathers:	37 "The LORD was angered against me also on your account, and said, 'Not even you shall enter there,
38 Except Caleb the son of Jephone: for he shall see it, and to him I will give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath followed the Lord.	38 but your aide Joshua, son of Nun, shall enter. Encourage him, for he is to give Israel its heritage.
39 Neither is his indignation against the people to be wondered at, since the Lord was angry with me also on your account, and said: Neither shalt thou go in thither.	39 Your little ones, who you said would become booty, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad--they shall enter; to them I will give it, and they shall occupy it.
40 But Josue the son of Nun, thy minister, he shall go in for thee: exhort and encourage him, and he shall divide the land by lot to Israel.	40 But as for yourselves: turn about and proceed into the desert on the Red Sea road.'
41 Your children, of whom you said that they should be led away captives, and your sons who know not this day the difference of good and evil, they shall go in: and to them I will give the land, and they shall possess it.	41 "In reply you said to me, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up ourselves and fight, just as the LORD, our God, commanded us.' And each of you girded on his weapons, making light of going up into the hill country.
42 But return you and go into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.	42 But the LORD said to me, 'Warn them: Do not go up and fight, lest you be beaten down before your enemies, for I will not be in your midst.'
43 dummy verses inserted by amos	43 I gave you this warning but you would not listen. In defiance of the LORD'S command you arrogantly marched off into the hill country.
44 The Lord said to me: Say to them: Go not up, and fight not, for I am not with you: lest you fall before your enemies.	44 Then the Amorites living there came out against you and, like bees, chased you, cutting you down in Seir as far as Hormah.
45 I spoke, and you hearkened not: but resisting the commandment of the Lord, and swelling with pride, you went up into the mountain.	45 On your return you wept before the LORD, but he did not listen to your cry or give ear to you.
46 And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the mountains coming out, and meeting you, chased you, as bees do: and made slaughter of you from Seir as far as Horma.	46 That is why you had to stay as long as you did at Kadesh.
47 And when you returned and wept before the Lord, he heard you not, neither would he yield to ;your voice.