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DEḆARIM 1 (Deuteronomy 1)

1 These are the words which Mosheh spoke to all Yisra’ĕl beyond the Yardĕn in the wilderness, in the desert plain opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laḇan, and Ḥatsĕroth, and Di Zahaḇ,

2 eleven days from Ḥorĕḇ by way of Mount Sĕ’ir to Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa.

3 And it came to be in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, that Mosheh spoke to the children of Yisra’ĕl according to all that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had commanded him concerning them,

4 after he had smitten Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites, who dwelt in Ḥeshbon, and Oḡ sovereign of Bashan, who dwelt at Ashtaroth in Eḏre’i.

5 Beyond the Yardĕn, in the land of Mo’aḇ, Mosheh undertook to declare this Torah, saying,

6 “𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 our Elohim spoke to us in Ḥorĕḇ, saying, ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.

7 ‘Turn and depart on your way, and go into the mountains of the Amorites, and to all the neighbouring places in the desert plain, in the mountains and in the low country, and in the Negeḇ and on the seacoast, to the land of the Kena’anites and to Leḇanon, as far as the great river, the River Perath.

8 ‘See, I have put the land before you. Go in and possess the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya’aqoḇ, to give to them and their seed after them.’

9 “And I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘I am unable to bear you by myself.

10 ‘𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim has increased you, and see, you are today as numerous as the stars of the shamayim.

11 ‘𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Elohim of your fathers is going to add to you a thousand times more than you are, and baraḵ you as He has spoken to you!

12 ‘How do I bear your pressure and your burden and your strife, by myself?

13 ‘Choose men, wise and understanding, and known to your tribes, and let me appoint them as your heads.’

14 “And you answered me and said, ‘The word which you have spoken to us to do is good.’

15 “And I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them heads over you, leaders of thousands, and leaders of hundreds, and leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes.

16 “And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘When hearing between your brothers, judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.

17 ‘Do not show partiality in right-ruling, hear the small as well as the great. Do not be afraid of anyone’s face, for the right-ruling belongs to Elohim. And the case which is too hard for you, bring it to me, and I shall hear it.’

18 “And I commanded you at that time all the words which you should do.

19 “Then we departed from Ḥorĕḇ, and went through all that great and awesome wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 our Elohim had commanded us. And we came Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa.

20 “And I said to you, ‘You have come to the mountains of the Amorites, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 our Elohim is giving us.

21 ‘See, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim has put the land before you. Go up and possess it, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Elohim of your fathers has spoken to you. Do not fear, nor be discouraged.’

22 “And all of you came near to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us, and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we would come.’

23 “And the matter was good in my eyes, so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.

24 “And they turned and went up into the mountains, and came to the wadi Eshkol, and spied it out.

25 “And they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. And they brought back word to us, saying, ‘The land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 our Elohim is giving us is good.

26 “But you would not go up and rebelled against the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim,

27 and grumbled in your tents, and said, ‘Because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was hating us, He has brought us out of the land of Mitsrayim to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28 ‘Where are we going to? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we, the cities are great and walled up to the shamayim, and we saw the sons of the Anaqim there too.” ’

29 “Then I said to you, ‘Have no dread or fear of them.

30 ‘𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim, who is going before you, He fights for you, according to all He did for you in Mitsrayim before your eyes,