1Moses was vibing with all of Israel on this side of the Jordan, chillin' in the wilderness by the Red Sea, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2It's an eleven-day trek from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, just saying.

3So, in the fortieth year, eleventh month, first day, Moses started dropping knowledge to the kids of Israel, all the stuff the Lord told him to say, no cap.

4After he took out Sihon, the king of the Amorites in Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan at Astaroth in Edrei, he was on a roll.

5On this side of the Jordan, in Moab, Moses was like, “Yo, listen up, I gotta share this law with you!”

6The Lord said to us in Horeb, “You’ve been chilling on this mountain for way too long.”

7Get moving, fam! Head to the mount of the Amorites and hit up all the spots nearby—plains, hills, valleys, south, and by the sea, to the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon, all the way to the Euphrates river.

8Check it, I’ve laid out the land for you: go in and claim it, just like the Lord promised your peeps, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, for you and your future fam.

9I told you back then, “I can’t handle all of you by myself, fr.”

10The Lord your God has multiplied you, and now you’re as many as the stars in the sky, no cap.

11God’s gonna level you up a thousand times and bless you, no cap!

12How am I supposed to handle all your drama and stress by myself, fr?

13Grab some wise peeps from your crew, and I’ll make them your leaders, bet!

14You guys said, “That sounds lit, let’s do it!”

15So I picked the top dogs from your tribes, wise and known, and made them your captains over all the squads.

16I told your judges to listen up and keep it real between you and your homies, no sus vibes.

17Don’t play favorites when judging; listen to everyone, big or small, and don’t be scared of anyone’s face, ‘cause the judgment is God’s. If it’s too tough, just hit me up, and I got you.

18I laid down all the rules for you back then, periodt.

19When we bounced from Horeb, we crossed that wild and crazy desert, just like God told us, and we rolled up to Kadesh-barnea.

20I told you, “You’ve arrived at the mountain of the Amorites, which God is giving us, let’s go!”

21Yo, check it! God’s laid out the land for you, so go claim it like He said; no cap, don’t be scared or stressed.

22Y'all came to me and were like, “Let’s send some peeps to scout the land and tell us how to roll out and which cities to hit.”

23I was totally down with that vibe, so I picked twelve of you, one from each crew.

24They bounced and hit the mountains, then checked out the valley of Eshcol.

25They grabbed some fruit from the land and brought it back, saying, “This place is lit; God’s giving us the goods.”

26But y’all didn’t wanna go up and totally rebelled against what God told you.

27You were grumbling in your tents, saying, “God’s not feeling us; He brought us out of Egypt just to hand us over to the Amorites to wipe us out.”

28You were like, “Where do we go? Our fam is scaring us, saying the people are way bigger, and the cities are stacked up to the sky; plus, we saw the Anakim there.”

29Then I told you, “Chill, don’t be shook by them.”

30The Lord your God is rolling ahead of you, and He’s got your back like He did in Egypt, for real.

31In the wild, you saw how the Lord carried you like a dad carries his kid, all the way until you hit this spot. No cap.

32But for real, you didn't trust the Lord your God in this.

33He was out there ahead of you, scouting a spot to set up camp, with fire at night and a cloud during the day to show you the way. Lit!

34The Lord heard your words and got mad, swearing,

35"Not one of this squad from this shady generation will see that good land I promised your fam."

36Except Caleb, son of Jephunneh; he’ll see it, and I’ll give him the land he walked on, plus for his kids, 'cause he totally followed the Lord.

37The Lord was also heated with me for your sake, saying, "You’re not going in either."

38But Joshua, son of Nun, who’s chillin’ in front of you, he’s the one going in: hype him up, 'cause he’ll help Israel take it.

39And your little ones, who you thought would be snacks, and your kids, who didn’t even know good from bad back then, they’ll go in, and I’ll give it to them, and they’ll own it.

40But you, turn around and bounce into the wild by the Red Sea way.

41Y’all said, “We messed up with the Lord, but we’re down to fight, just like God told us.” So you strapped up your war gear, ready to hit the hill.

42But the Lord was like, “Nah, don’t go up and fight; I’m not with you, and you’ll get wrecked by your enemies.”

43I told you what’s up, but you didn’t listen, just straight-up rebelled against what the Lord said and marched up that hill all cocky.

44The Amorites living up there came at you like bees and totally wrecked you in Seir, all the way to Hormah.

45You came back crying to the Lord, but He wasn’t having it and didn’t even listen to your cries.

46So you just chilled in Kadesh for a minute, like, a long time.

1These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh–barnea.)

3And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;

4After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

5On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

6The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

7Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

9And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

10The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

11(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

18And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh–barnea.

20And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.

21Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

24And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

25And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.

26Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God:

27And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

29Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

30The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

32Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God,

33Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

34And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

36Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.

37Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

38But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

39Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

42And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

43So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

44And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

45And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

46So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.