Deuteronomy 1:12   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?

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 1:14   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

You answered me, "What you propose to do is good."

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 1:16   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

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 1:17   (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 1:18   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

And at that time I told you everything you were to do.

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 1:26   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God.

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 1:29   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

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

Deuteronomy 1:30   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,

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 1:37   (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.

Deuteronomy 1:39   (Read all of Deuteronomy 1)

And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad-they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.