Deuteronomy 1:6   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

Deuteronomy 1:8   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give to your fathers-to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob-and to their descendants after them."

Deuteronomy 1:9   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

At that time I said to you, "You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.

Deuteronomy 1:10   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 1:13   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you."

Deuteronomy 1:15   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you-as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.

Deuteronomy 1:17   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it."

Deuteronomy 1:19   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.

Deuteronomy 1:20   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Then I said to you, "You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.

Deuteronomy 1:21   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

See, the Lord your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

Deuteronomy 1:22   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Then all of you came to me and said, "Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to."

Deuteronomy 1:23   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.

Deuteronomy 1:25   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, "It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us."

Deuteronomy 1:27   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

You grumbled in your tents and said, "The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.

Deuteronomy 1:28   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, 'The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.' "

Deuteronomy 1:29   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.

Deuteronomy 1:31   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."

Deuteronomy 1:32   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

In spite of this, you did not trust in the Lord your God,

Deuteronomy 1:33   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

Deuteronomy 1:34   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore:

Deuteronomy 1:35   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

"No one from this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 1:36   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly."

Deuteronomy 1:37   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

Because of you the Lord became angry with me also and said, "You shall not enter it, either.

Deuteronomy 1:38   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.