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Deuteronomy 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2 - It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:3 - Now in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses gave to the children of Israel all the orders which the Lord had given him for them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 - After he had overcome Sihon, king of the Amorites, ruling in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, ruling in Ashtaroth, at Edrei:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:5 - On the far side of Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses gave the people this law, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:6 - The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have been long enough in this mountain:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:8 - See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.
(Exo 18:13–27 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:9 - At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:11 - May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:14 - And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:18 - And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.
(Num 13:1–33 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:19 - Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:20 - And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:21 - See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:22 - And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:23 - And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:25 - And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:27 - And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:29 - Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30 - The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:31 - And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:32 - But for all this, you had no faith in the Lord your God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:33 - Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.
(Num 14:20–45 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:34 - And the Lord, hearing your words, was angry, and said with an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:35 - Truly, not one of this evil generation will see that good land which I said I would give to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he will see it; and to him and to his children I will give the land over which his feet have gone, because he has been true to the Lord with all his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:37 - And, in addition, the Lord was angry with me because of you, saying, You yourself will not go into it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:38 - Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:39 - And your little ones, who, you said, would come into strange hands, your children, who now have no knowledge of good or evil, they will go into that land, and to them I will give it and it will be theirs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:43 - This I said to you, but you gave no attention and went against the orders of the Lord, and in your pride went up into the hill-country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - And the Amorites who were in the hill-country came out against you and put you to flight, rushing after you like bees, and overcame you in Seir, driving you even as far as Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:45 - And you came back, weeping before the Lord; but the Lord gave no attention to your cries and did not give ear to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:46 - So you were kept waiting in Kadesh for a long time.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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