New Eden?
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New Eden?
Deuteronomy
1:1-18
Deuteronomy
ְּד בָרִ ֗ים
Devarim = Words
These are the words Moses spoke to all
Israel in the wilderness east of the
Jordan—that is, in the Arabah—opposite
Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban,
Hazeroth and Dizahab.
Deuteronomy 1:1
(It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to
Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)
Deuteronomy 1:2
In the fortieth year, on the first day of the
eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the
Israelites all that the Lord had commanded
him concerning them.
Deuteronomy 1:3
This was after he had defeated Sihon king of
the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and
at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who
reigned in Ashtaroth.
East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab,
Moses began to expound this law, saying:
Deuteronomy 1:4-5
The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have
stayed long enough at this mountain. Break
camp and advance into the hill country of the
Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in
the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western
foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the
land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as
the great river, the Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 1:6-7
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 1:8
At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a
burden for me to carry alone. The Lord your God
has increased your numbers so that today you
are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Deuteronomy 1:9-10
May the Lord, the God of your ancestors,
increase you a thousand times and bless you
as he has promised! But how can I bear your
problems and your burdens and your disputes
all by myself?
Deuteronomy 1:11-12
Choose some wise, understanding, and
respected men from each of your tribes, and I
will set them over you.”
You answered me, “What you propose to do is
good.”
Deuteronomy 1:13-14
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 1:15
And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear
the disputes between your people and judge
fairly, whether the case is between two
Israelites or between an Israelite and a
foreigner residing among you.
Deuteronomy 1:16
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.” And at that time I told you everything you
were to do.
Deuteronomy 1:17-18
“Hear the disputes between your people and judge
fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or
between an Israelite and a foreigner residing
among you. 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.”