The Bible, King James version, Book 5: Deuteronomy
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Book 05 Deuteronomy
05:001:001 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.
05:001:002 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount
Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
05:001:003 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;
05:001:004 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:
05:001:005 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to
declare this law, saying,
05:001:006 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt
long enough in this mount:
05:001:007 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.
05:001:008 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.
05:001:009 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to
bear you myself alone:
05:001:010 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are
this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
05:001:011 (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!)
05:001:012 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden,
and your strife?
05:001:013 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your
tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
05:001:014 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken
is good for us to do.
05:001:015 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.
05:001:016 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.
05:001:017 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.
05:001:018 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye
should do.
05:001:019 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.
05:001:020 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the
Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
05:001:021 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.
05:001:022 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.
05:001:023 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you,
one of a tribe:
05:001:024 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto
the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
05:001:025 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.
05:001:026 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God:
05:001:027 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.
05:001:028 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.
05:001:029 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
05:001:030 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;
05:001:031 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.
05:001:032 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
05:001:033 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.
05:001:034 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and
sware, saying,
05:001:035 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil
generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your
fathers.
05:001:036 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.
05:001:037 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou
also shalt not go in thither.
05:001:038 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.
05:001:039 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.
05:001:040 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the
wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
05:001:041 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.
05:001:042 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.
05:001:043 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.
05:001:044 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.
05:001:045 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would
not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
05:001:046 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that
ye abode there.
05:002:001 Then we turned, and took 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.
05:002:002 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
05:002:003 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you
northward.
05:002:004 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:
05:002:005 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.
05:002:006 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.
05:002:007 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.
05:002:008 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 Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the
wilderness of Moab.
05:002:009 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.
05:002:010 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and
many, and tall, as the Anakims;
05:002:011 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the
Moabites called them Emims.
05:002:012 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; 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.
05:002:013 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we
went over the brook Zered.
05:002:014 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, 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.
05:002:015 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy
them from among the host, until they were consumed.
05:002:016 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and
dead from among the people,
05:002:017 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
05:002:018 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
05:002:019 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.
05:002:020 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt
therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
05:002:021 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:
05:002:022 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:
05:002:023 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.)
05:002:024 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon:
behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king
of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend
with him in battle.
05:002:025 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 tremble, and be in
anguish because of thee.
05:002:026 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto
Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
05:002:027 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way,
I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
05:002:028 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;
05:002:029 (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 the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
05:002:030 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for
the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart
obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as
appeareth this day.
05:002:031 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon
and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest
inherit his land.
05:002:032 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to
fight at Jahaz.
05:002:033 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote
him, and his sons, and all his people.
05:002:034 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:
05:002:035 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the
spoil of the cities which we took.
05:002:036 From Aroer, which is by the 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:
05:002:037 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not,
nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in
the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
05:003:001 Then 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.
05:003:002 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.
05:003:003 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king
of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was
left to him remaining.
05:003:004 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city
which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region
of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
05:003:005 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars;
beside unwalled towns a great many.
05:003:006 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of
Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of
every city.
05:003:007 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a
prey to ourselves.
05:003:008 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;
05:003:009 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call
it Shenir;)
05:003:010 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
05:003:011 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 children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length
thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of
a man.
05:003:012 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.
05:003:013 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.
05:003:014 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, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
05:003:015 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
05:003:016 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;
05:003:017 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from
Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea,
under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
05:003:018 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.
05:003:019 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;
05:003:020 Until the LORD have given 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.
05:003:021 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have
seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two
kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou
passest.
05:003:022 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight
for you.
05:003:023 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
05:003:024 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?
05:003:025 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is
beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
05:003:026 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.
05:003:027 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.
05:003:028 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.
05:003:029 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
05:004:001 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and 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.
05:004:002 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither
shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the
commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
05:004:003 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for
all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath
destroyed them from among you.
05:004:004 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every
one of you this day.
05:004:005 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the
LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land
whither ye go to possess it.
05:004:006 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a
wise and understanding people.
05:004:007 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto
them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon
him for?
05:004:008 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and
judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you
this day?
05:004:009 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest
thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest
they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach
them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
05:004:010 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God
in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people
together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may
learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the
earth, and that they may teach their children.
05:004:011 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the
mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with
darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
05:004:012 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye
heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye
heard a voice.
05:004:013 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you
to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two
tables of stone.
05:004:014 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes
and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go
over to possess it.
05:004:015 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no
manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you
in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
05:004:016 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the
similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
05:004:017 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness
of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
05:004:018 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the
likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
05:004:019 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou
seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host
of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve
them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations
under the whole heaven.
05:004:020 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the
iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of
inheritance, as ye are this day.
05:004:021 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and
sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not
go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee
for an inheritance:
05:004:022 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye
shall go over, and possess that good land.
05:004:023 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the
LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven
image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God
hath forbidden thee.
05:004:024 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
05:004:025 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and
ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt
yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any
thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to
provoke him to anger:
05:004:026 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that
ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go
over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon
it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
05:004:027 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall
be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD
shall lead you.
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