Mozus atgādina Israēlam Dieva norādījumus
1 Šie ir vārdi, ko Mozus runāja uz visu Israēlu viņpus Jardānas, tuksnesī, klajumos pretī Niedru jūrai starp Pārānu un Tofelu, un Lābanu, un Hacērotu un Dī-Zahabu 2 vienpadsmit dienu gājumā no Horeba ceļā uz Seīra kalnu, uz Kādēš-Barnēu. 3 Četrdesmitā gada vienpadsmitā mēneša pirmajā dienā Mozus sacīja Israēla dēliem visu, ko Kungs viņam par tiem bija pavēlējis 4 pēc tam, kad viņš bija nokāvis amoriešu ķēniņu Sīhonu, kurš dzīvoja Hešbonā, un Bāšānas ķēniņu Ogu, kurš dzīvoja Aštārotā, Edreī. 5 Mozus sāka skaidrot šo bauslību viņpus Jardānas Moāba zemē, sacīdams: 6 “Kungs, mūsu Dievs, runāja uz mums Horebā un teica: gana jums palikt šajā kalnā! 7 Taisieties un dodieties – ejiet uz amoriešu kalnieni un pie visiem to kaimiņiem – gan klajumos, gan kalnos un ielejās, gan Negebā un jūras krastā – un uz Kanaāna zemi un Lebanonu līdz pat lielajai Eifrātas upei. 8 Redziet, es jūsu priekšā esmu nolicis zemi, ejiet un iemantojiet zemi, ko Kungs zvērēja dot jūsu tēviem Ābrahāmam, Īzakam un Jēkabam un viņu pēcnācējiem.
Cilšu vadoņu izraudzīšanās
(2Moz 18:13–27)9 Un tolaik es jums teicu: viens es ar jums vairs galā netieku! 10 Kungs, jūsu Dievs, jūs ir vairojis, un, redzi, šodien jūsu ir tik daudz, cik zvaigžņu debesīs! 11 Kungs, jūsu tēvu Dievs, lai pieliek tam, cik jūs esat, vēl tūkstoš reižu klāt un lai svētī jūs, kā solījis! 12 Kā lai es viens panesu jūsu smagumu, slogu un strīdus?! 13 Izvēlieties sev gudrus, saprātīgus un pieredzējušus vīrus pēc savām ciltīm, un es tos iecelšu jums par galvenajiem. 14 Tad jūs man atbildējāt un teicāt: tas ir labi, ko tu mums liki darīt! 15 Un es ņēmu jūsu cilšu galvenos, gudrus un zinīgus vīrus, un iecēlu tos pār jums – tie bija virsnieki pār tūkstošiem, virsnieki pār simtiem, virsnieki pār piecdesmit un virsnieki pār desmit visās jūsu ciltīs. 16 Un jūsu tiesnešiem es todien pavēlēju: uzklausiet savus brāļus un taisni tiesājiet starp cilvēku un viņa tuvāko, un svešinieku. 17 Neizceliet tiesā nevienu, uzklausiet gan mazu, gan lielu – nebaidieties no cilvēka, jo tiesa pieder Dievam! Bet to lietu, kas jums par grūtu, nododiet man, un es to izklausīšu. 18 Tolaik es pavēlēju visu, kas jums jādara.
Israēls atsakās ieiet apsolītajā zemē
(4Moz 13:1–33)19 Tad mēs devāmies ceļā no Horeba un gājām cauri visam lielajam un briesmīgajam tuksnesim, ko jūs redzējāt ceļā uz amoriešu kalnieni, kā Kungs, mūsu Dievs, bija pavēlējis, un mēs nonācām Kādēš-Barnēā. 20 Un es jums teicu: nu jūs esat atnākuši uz amoriešu kalnieni, ko Kungs, mūsu Dievs, mums devis. 21 Redzi, Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev devis šo zemi – celies, iemanto to, kā Kungs, mūsu tēvu Dievs, tev teicis! Nebaidies un nebaiļojies! 22 Tad jūs visi nācāt un teicāt: sūtīsim sev pa priekšu vīrus, lai tie izlūko zemi un pastāsta mums ceļu, pa kuru mums būs jādodas, un par pilsētām, kurās mēs nonāksim. 23 Tas man šķita labi, un es ņēmu divpadsmit vīrus – pa vīram no katras cilts. 24 Tie devās ceļā, gāja uz kalnieni, nonāca Eškolas ielejā un to izlūkoja. 25 Viņi ņēma un atnesa mums tās zemes augļus un stāstīja mums: laba ir zeme, ko Kungs, mūsu Dievs, mums dod! 26 Bet jūs negribējāt turp iet un dumpojāties pret Kungu. 27 Jūs kurnējāt savās teltīs un teicāt: Kungs ir noskaities – viņš mūs tādēļ izveda no Ēģiptes zemes, lai atdotu amoriešiem, ka tie mūs iznīcina! 28 Kurp mums iet!? Mūsu sirdis nu tapušas mīkstčaulīgas, jo mūsu brāļi mums teica: tā ir lielāka un stiprāka tauta par mums, to pilsētas ir lielākas un nocietinātas līdz debesīm! Un arī Anāka dēlus mēs tur redzējām! 29 Tad es jums teicu: netrīciet un nebaidieties no viņiem! 30 Kungs, jūsu Dievs, iet jums pa priekšu – viņš par jums cīnīsies tieši tāpat kā Ēģiptē jūsu acu priekšā. 31 Un tuksnesī – tu pats redzēji – Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi nesa, kā tēvs nes savu dēlu – visu ceļu, kas jums bija jāiet, līdz nonācāt šeit! 32 Un pat tad jūs neesat ticējuši Kungam, savam Dievam, 33 kas jūsu priekšā gāja pa ceļu, lai izvēlētos jums vietu, kur apmesties, – kā uguns naktī, lai rādītu ceļu, pa kuru jums iet, un kā mākonis dienā!
Sods par pretošanos
(4Moz 14:20–45)34 Kungs dzirdēja jūsu runas, iedegās dusmās un zvērēja: 35 neviens no šiem vīriem, no šīs ļaunās paaudzes neredzēs to labo zemi, ko es apzvērēju dot jūsu tēviem! 36 Vien izņemot Kālebu, Jefunnes dēlu. Viņš to redzēs, viņam un viņa dēliem es došu to zemi, ko jau minusi viņa kāja, jo viņš vienmēr sekoja Kungam. 37 Un Kungs noskaitās arī uz mani un teica: arī tu tur nenonāksi! 38 Jozua, Nūna dēls, kas tev palīdz, – viņš tur nonāks! Spēcini viņu, jo viņam būs jāmanto zeme Israēlam! 39 Bet jūsu bērni, par kuriem jūs teicāt: tie kļūs par laupījumu, un jūsu dēli, kas šodien vēl nezina ne labu, ne ļaunu, – tie tur nonāks, tiem es to došu, un viņi to iemantos! 40 Bet jūs dodieties ceļā un ejiet pa tuksnesi uz Niedru jūru. 41 Tad jūs man atbildējāt: mēs esam grēkojuši pret Kungu! Mēs iesim un cīnīsimies, kā Kungs, mūsu Dievs, ir pavēlējis! Tad jūs visi apjozāties ieročiem un grasījāties kāpt kalnienē. 42 Bet Kungs man teica: saki viņiem: nekāpiet un necīnieties, jo es neesmu ar jums! Ka ienaidnieki jūs nesatriec! 43 Un es runāju ar jums, bet jūs mani neklausījāt un dumpojāties pret Kungu, un uzdrošinājāties kāpt kalnienē. 44 Tad jums pretī iznāca amorieši, kas dzīvoja kalnienē, un vajāja jūs kā bites, kāva jūs līdz pat Seīrai, līdz Hormai. 45 Jūs atgriezāties un raudājāt Kunga priekšā, bet Kungs neklausījās, ko jūs sakāt, – viņš jūs neuzklausīja! 46 Tad jūs palikāt Kādēšā ilgu laiku. Cik dienu tur neesat mituši!
1 These 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.) 3 And 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; 4 After 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: 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn 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. 8 Behold, 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.
9 ¶ And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The 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!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15 So 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. 16 And 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. 17 Ye 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. 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 ¶ And 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. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, 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.
22 ¶ And 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. 23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: 24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 25 And 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. 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: 27 And 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. 28 Whither 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. 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The 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; 31 And 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. 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 33 Who 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. 34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36 Save 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. 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 Moreover 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. 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 41 Then 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. 42 And 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. 43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. 44 And 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. 45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there .
