Deu 1:1-3:22 | NASB2020 | STEP | These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness , in the Arabah opposite Suph , between Paran and Tophel , Laban , Hazeroth , and Dizahab .

Deuteronomy 1

Israel’s History after the Exodus

1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel ^aacross the Jordan in the wilderness, in the ^bArabah opposite ^{▼▼Perhaps the Red Sea}Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 It is eleven days’ journey from ^dHoreb by way of Mount ^eSeir to ^fKadesh-barnea. 3 In the ^gfortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, ^hin accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded him to declare to them, 4 after he had ^{▼▼Lit struck
,} ^jdefeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ^kOg the king of Bashan, who lived in ^lAshtaroth ^{▼▼So ancient versions; MT omits and}and in Edrei. 5 Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this Law, saying,

6 “The Lord our God ⁿspoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Turn and set out on your journey, and go to ^othe hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in ^pthe ^{▼▼I.e., South country}Negev, by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 See, I have placed the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the Lord ^rswore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and their ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants after them.’

9 “And I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘ ^tI am not able to endure you alone. 10 The Lord your God has ^umultiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number. 11 May the Lord, the God of your fathers increase you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you, ^vjust as He has ^{▼▼Lit spoken to}promised you! 12 How can I alone endure the burden and weight of you and your strife? 13 ^xObtain for yourselves men who are wise, discerning, and informed from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ 14 And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and informed men, and ^{▼▼Lit gave them as}appointed them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, ^{▼▼Lit commanders of}hundreds, ^{▼▼Lit commanders of}fifties, and ^{▼▼Lit commanders of}tens, and officers for your tribes.

16 “Then I ordered your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen and ^acjudge righteously between a person and his fellow countryman, or the stranger who is with him. 17 ^adYou are not to ^{▼▼Lit recognize faces}show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You are ^afnot to be afraid of any person, for the judgment is God’s. ^agThe case that is too difficult for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’ 18 At that time ^ahI commanded you all the things that you were to do.

19 “Then we set out from ^aiHoreb, and went through all that ^ajgreat and terrible wilderness that you saw on the way to the ^akhill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us; and we came to ^alKadesh-barnea. 20 And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is about to give us. 21 See, the Lord your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. ^amDo not fear or be dismayed.’

22 “ ^anThen all of you approached me and said, ‘Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may spy out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up, and the cities which we should enter.’ 23 The ^{▼▼Lit word}plan pleased me, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe. 24 Then ^apthey turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. 25 And they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. They also brought us back a report and said, ‘The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good.’

26 “ ^aqYet you were unwilling to go up; instead you ^arrebelled against the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord your God; 27 and ^atyou grumbled in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to hand us over to the Amorites to destroy us. 28 Where can we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, by saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we saw ^authe sons of the Anakim there.”’ 29 But I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, nor fear them. 30 The Lord your God, who goes before you, will ^avHimself fight for you, ^{▼▼Lit according to all that}just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 31 and in the wilderness where you saw how ^axthe Lord your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, on all of the road which you have walked until you came to this place.’ 32 Yet ^{▼▼Lit in this matter
,} ^azin spite of all this, you did not trust the Lord your God, 33 ^bawho goes before you on your way, ^bbto seek out a place for you to make camp, in the fire by night to show you the way by which you should go, and in the cloud by day.

34 “Then the Lord heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and ^bcswore an oath, saying, 35 ‘ ^bdNot one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers, 36 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and ^beto him I will give the land on which he has set foot, and to his sons, because he has followed the Lord fully.’ 37 ^bfThe Lord was angry with me also on your account, saying, ‘ ^bgNot even you shall enter there. 38 Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, ^bhshall himself enter there; encourage him, for ^bihe will give it to Israel as an inheritance. 39 Moreover, ^bjyour little ones who, you said, would become plunder, and your sons, who this day have ^bkno knowledge of good and evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them and they shall take possession of it. 40 But as for you, ^blturn around and set out for the wilderness by the way of the ^{▼▼Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea.’

41 “ ^bnThen you replied to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord; we ourselves will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And every man of you strapped on his weapons of war, and you viewed it as easy to go up into the hill country. 42 ^boBut the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, “Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be ^{▼▼Lit struck}defeated ^{▼▼Lit before}by your enemies.”’ 43 So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead, ^bryou rebelled against the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord, and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country. 44 ^btAnd the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you ^buas bees do, and they scattered you from Seir to Hormah. 45 Then you returned and wept before the Lord; but the ^bvLord did not listen to your voice, nor pay attention to you. 46 So you remained at ^bwKadesh for many days, ^{▼▼Lit as the days}the days that you spent there.

Deuteronomy 2

Wanderings in the Wilderness

1 “ ^byThen we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way of the ^{▼▼Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we circled ^caMount Seir for many days. 2 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, 3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north, 4 ^cband command the people, saying, “You are going to pass through the ^ccterritory of your brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir; and ^cdthey will be afraid of you. So be very careful; 5 do not ^{▼▼Or engage in strife with}provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even as much as a ^{▼▼Lit treading of a sole of a foot}footprint, ^cgbecause I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6 You are to buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink. 7 For the Lord your God has blessed you in all ^{▼▼Lit the work of your hand}that you have done; He has known your ^{▼▼Lit going}wandering through this ^cjgreat wilderness. These ^ckforty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked anything.”’

8 “So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the ^clArabah road, away from Elath and ^cmEzion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not attack Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of ^{▼▼Lit his}their land as a possession, because I have given ^coAr to ^cpthe sons of Lot as a possession.’ 10 (The ^cqEmim lived there previously, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. 11 Like the Anakim, they too are regarded as ^crRephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 ^csThe Horites previously lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before ^{▼▼I.e., the sons of Esau}them, and settled in their place; ^cujust as Israel did to the land of ^{▼▼Lit his}their possession which the Lord gave them.) 13 ‘Now arise and cross over the ^{▼▼I.e., dry stream bed, except in the rainy season}Wadi Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the ^{▼▼I.e., dry stream bed, except in the rainy season}Wadi Zered. 14 Now the ^{▼▼Lit days in which we went}time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the ^{▼▼See note v 13}Wadi Zered was ^dathirty-eight years, until ^dball the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, just as ^dcthe Lord had sworn to them. 15 ^ddIndeed, the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from within the camp until they all perished.

16 “So it came about, when ^deall the men of war had finally perished from among the people, 17 that the Lord spoke to me, saying, 18 ‘Today you shall cross over ^dfAr, the border of Moab. 19 When you come opposite the ^dgsons of Ammon, do not attack them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to ^dhthe sons of Lot as a possession.’ 20 (It is also regarded as the land of the ^diRephaim, because the Rephaim previously lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin, 21 a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim; but the Lord destroyed them before ^{▼▼I.e., the Ammonites}them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place, 22 just as He did for the sons of Esau, who ^dklive in Seir, when He destroyed ^dlthe Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place, where they remain even to this day. 23 And as for the ^dmAvvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the ^{▼▼I.e., Philistines
,} ^doCaphtorim, who came from ^{▼▼I.e., Crete
,} ^dqCaphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.) 24 ‘Arise, set out, and pass through the ^{▼▼Or wadi
,} ^dsValley of Arnon. Look! I have handed over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; start taking possession and plunge into battle with him. 25 This day I will begin to put ^dtthe dread and fear of you upon the faces of ^{▼▼Lit peoples under all the heavens}people everywhere, ^{▼▼Lit who will hear...and tremble}who, when they hear the news of you, ^dwwill tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

26 “ ^dxSo I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 ‘Let me pass through your land; I will ^{▼▼Lit go on the road, on the road}travel only on the road. I will not turn aside to the right or to the left. 28 You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, ^dzonly let me pass through on ^{▼▼Lit my feet}foot, 29 just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in ^ebAr did for me, until I cross over the Jordan into the land that the Lord our God is giving us.’ 30 But ^ecSihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass ^{▼▼Lit by him}through his land; for the ^eeLord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to hand him over to you, as he is today. 31 And the Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to turn Sihon and his land over ^{▼▼Lit before you}to you. Begin taking possession, so that you may possess his land.’

32 “Then Sihon came out ^{▼▼Lit he and}with all his people to meet us in battle at Jahaz. 33 And ^ehthe Lord our God turned him over ^{▼▼Lit before us}to us, and we ^{▼▼Lit struck
,} ^ekdefeated him with his sons and all his people. 34 So we captured all his cities at that time and ^{▼▼Or put under the ban
,} ^emutterly destroyed ^{▼▼Lit every city of men...}the men, women, and children of every city. We left no survivor. 35 We took ^eoonly the animals as our plunder, and the spoils of the cities which we had captured. 36 From ^epAroer which is on the edge of the ^{▼▼Or wadi}Valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the ^{▼▼Or wadi}valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too ^{▼▼Or strong}high for us; the Lord our God turned it all over ^{▼▼Lit before us}to us. 37 ^euOnly you did not go near the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the ^{▼▼Or wadi}river ^ewJabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the Lord our God had commanded us to avoid.

Deuteronomy 3:1-22

Conquests Recounted

1 “ ^exThen we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og, king of Bashan, came out ^{▼▼Lit he and}with all his people to meet us in battle at Edrei. 2 But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him and all his people and his land over to you; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.’ 3 So the Lord our God also handed over to us Og, king of Bashan, with all his people, and we struck ^{▼▼Lit him}them until no survivor was ^{▼▼Lit left to him}left. 4 We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of ^fbArgob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many ^{▼▼Or rural}unwalled towns. 6 We ^{▼▼Or put them under the ban}utterly destroyed them, as we did to ^feSihon king of Heshbon, ^{▼▼Or putting under the ban
,} ^fgutterly destroying ^{▼▼Lit every city of men...}the men, women, and children of every city. 7 ^fiBut all the animals and the spoils of the cities we took as our plunder.

8 “ ^fjSo at that time we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the ^{▼▼Or wadi}Valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon 9 (Sidonians ^flcall Hermon ^fmSirion, and the Amorites call it ^fnSenir): 10 all the cities of the plateau, all Gilead, and ^foall Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the ^fpRephaim. Behold, his ^{▼▼Or couch}bed was a ^{▼▼Or couch}bed of iron; it is in ^fsRabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits, and its width four cubits by ^{▼▼Lit by a man’s forearm; about 14 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 4 m and 1.8 m}the usual cubit.)

12 “So we took possession of this land at that time. From ^fuAroer, which is by the ^{▼▼Or wadi}Valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of ^fwGilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob. (As to all Bashan, it is called the land of Rephaim. 14 ^fxJair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, that is, Bashan, and named ^{▼▼Lit them}it after his own name: ^{▼▼I.e., the towns of Jair}Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.) 15 ^gaTo Machir I gave Gilead. 16 To the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave from Gilead even as far as the ^{▼▼Or wadi}Valley of Arnon, the middle of the ^{▼▼Or wadi}valley ^{▼▼Lit and}as a border, and as far as the ^{▼▼Or wadi}river ^gfJabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon; 17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan ^{▼▼Lit and}as a border, from ^{▼▼I.e., the Sea of Galilee
,} ^giChinnereth ^gjeven as far as the sea of the Arabah, ^gkthe Salt Sea, ^{▼▼Lit under}at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

18 “Then I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘ ^gmThe Lord your God has given you this land to possess it; ^gnall you ^{▼▼Lit sons of valor}valiant men shall cross over armed ahead of your brothers, the sons of Israel. 19 ^gpHowever, your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have ^gqmuch livestock) shall remain in your cities which I have given you, 20 ^gruntil the Lord gives rest to your fellow countrymen as to you, and they also take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. ^gsThen you may return, each man to his possession which I have given you.’ 21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen everything that the Lord your God has done to these two kings; the Lord will do the same to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross. 22 Do not fear them, for the Lord your God ^gtis the One fighting for you.’