Hear, O Israel
: Thou art to pass over
Jordan
this day
, to go in
to possess
nations
greater
and mightier
than thyself, cities
great
and fenced up
to heaven
,
A people great
and tall
, the children
of the Anakims
, whom thou knowest
, and of whom thou hast heard
say , Who can stand
before
the children
of Anak
!
Understand therefore this day
, that the LORD
thy God
is he which goeth over
before
thee; as a consuming
fire
he shall destroy
them, and he shall bring them down
before thy face
: so shalt thou drive them out
, and destroy
them quickly
, as the LORD
hath said
unto thee.
Speak not thou in thine heart
, after that the LORD
thy God
hath cast them out
from before
thee, saying
, For my righteousness
the LORD
hath brought me in
to possess
this land
: but for the wickedness
of these nations
the LORD
doth drive them out
from before
thee.
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness
of thine heart
, dost thou go
to possess
their land
: but for the wickedness
of these nations
the LORD
thy God
doth drive them out
from before
thee, and that he may perform
the word
which the LORD
sware
unto thy fathers
, Abraham
, Isaac
, and Jacob
.
Understand therefore, that the LORD
thy God
giveth
thee not this good
land
to possess
it for thy righteousness
; for thou art a stiffnecked
people
.
Remember, and forget
not, how thou provokedst the LORD
thy God
to wrath
in the wilderness
: from
the day
that thou didst depart out
of the land
of Egypt
, until ye came
unto this place
, ye have been rebellious
against
the LORD
.
Also in Horeb ye provoked
the LORD
to wrath
, so that the LORD
was angry
with you to have destroyed
you.
When I was gone up into the mount
to receive
the tables
of stone
, even the tables
of the covenant
which the LORD
made
with you, then I abode
in the mount
forty
days
and forty
nights
, I neither did eat
bread
nor drink
water
:
And the LORD delivered
unto me two
tables
of stone
written
with the finger
of God
; and on them was written according to all the words
, which the LORD
spake
with you in the mount
out of the midst
of the fire
in the day
of the assembly
.
And it came to pass at the end of forty
days
and forty
nights
, that the LORD
gave
me the two
tables
of stone
, even the tables
of the covenant
.
And the LORD said
unto me, Arise
, get thee down
quickly
from hence; for thy people
which thou hast brought forth
out of Egypt
have corrupted
themselves ; they are quickly
turned aside
out of the way
which I commanded
them; they have made
them a molten image
.
Furthermore the LORD spake
unto me, saying
, I have seen
this people
, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked
people
:
Let me alone, that I may destroy
them, and blot out
their name
from under heaven
: and I will make
of
thee a nation
mightier
and greater
than they.
So I turned and came down
from the mount
, and the mount
burned
with fire
: and the two
tables
of the covenant
were in my two
hands
.
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned
against the LORD
your God
, and had made
you a molten
calf
: ye had turned aside
quickly
out of the way
which the LORD
had commanded
you.
And I took the two
tables
, and cast
them out of
my two
hands
, and brake
them before your eyes
.
And I fell down before
the LORD
, as at the first
, forty
days
and forty
nights
: I did neither eat
bread
, nor drink
water
, because of all your sins
which ye sinned
, in doing
wickedly
in the sight
of the LORD
, to provoke him to anger
.
For I was afraid of
the anger
and hot displeasure
, wherewith the LORD
was wroth
against you to destroy
you. But the LORD
hearkened
unto me at that time
also.
And the LORD was very
angry
with Aaron
to have destroyed
him: and I prayed
for Aaron
also the same time
.
And I took your sin
, the calf
which ye had made
, and burnt
it with fire
, and stamped
it, and ground
it very small
, even until it was as small
as dust
: and I cast
the dust
thereof into the brook
that descended out
of the mount
.
And at Taberah, and at Massah
, and at Kibrothhattaavah
, ye provoked the LORD
to wrath
.
Likewise when the LORD sent
you from Kadeshbarnea
, saying
, Go up
and possess
the land
which I have given
you; then ye rebelled
against the commandment
of the LORD
your God
, and ye believed
him not, nor hearkened
to his voice
.
Ye have been rebellious against the LORD
from the day
that I knew
you.
Thus I fell down before
the LORD
forty
days
and forty
nights
, as I fell down
at the first ; because the LORD
had said
he would destroy
you.
I prayed therefore unto the LORD
, and said
, O Lord
GOD
, destroy
not thy people
and thine inheritance
, which thou hast redeemed
through thy greatness
, which thou hast brought forth
out of Egypt
with a mighty
hand
.
Remember thy servants
, Abraham
, Isaac
, and Jacob
; look
not unto the stubbornness
of this people
, nor to their wickedness
, nor to their sin
:
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out
say
, Because the LORD
was not able
to bring
them into the land
which he promised
them, and because he hated
them, he hath brought them out
to slay
them in the wilderness
.
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance
, which thou broughtest out
by thy mighty
power
and by thy stretched out
arm
.