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引言:摩西忆述往事

以下是摩西在约旦河东的旷野,疏弗对面的亚拉巴,就是在巴兰和陀弗、拉班、哈洗录、底撒哈之间,向以色列人所说的话。 从何烈山经过西珥山的路,到达加低斯.巴尼亚,共有十一天的路程。 出埃及以后第四十年十一月一日,摩西照着耶和华吩咐他一切关于以色列人的话,都告诉了他们。 当时,他已经击败了住在希实本的亚摩利人的王西宏,和住在亚斯他录与以得来的巴珊王噩。 摩西在约旦河东的摩押地,开始讲解这律法,说: “耶和华我们的 神,在何烈山告诉我们:‘你们在这山上住够了; 现在你们要转回,起程到亚摩利人的山地去,到那些住在亚拉巴、山地、低地、南地、沿海一带、迦南人的地、黎巴嫩,直到大河,就是幼发拉底河一带的地方去。 看哪,我把这地摆在你面前,你们要进去,占领这地为业,就是耶和华向你们列祖亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓应许给他们和他们的后裔的地。’

选立智慧人为首领(A)

“那时,我曾经对你们说:‘你们的重担,我独自一人无法担当。 10 耶和华你们的 神使你们多起来;你们看,你们今日像天上的星那样多。 11 愿耶和华你们列祖的 神,使你们比现在更多千倍,又照着他应许你们的话,赐福给你们。 12 我独自一人怎能担得起你们的重担、责任和你们争讼的事呢? 13 你们要按着支派选出一些有智慧、有见识、有经验的人,我就立他们作你们的首领。’ 14 你们回答我,说:‘你吩咐我们作的事很好。’ 15 我就选出你们众支派中的领袖,就是有智慧有经验的人;按着你们的支派,立他们作管理你们的首领,就是作千夫长、百夫长、五十夫长、十夫长和其他官长。

16 “那时,我吩咐你们的审判官,说:‘你们在兄弟中听讼,无论是兄弟彼此诉讼,或是与同居的外地人诉讼,都要按着公义审判。 17 审判的时候,不可偏袒人;无论贵贱尊卑,都要一样地听讼;不可怕人的情面,因为审判是属于 神的;如果你们遇见难断的案件,可以呈到我这里来,让我审断。’ 18 那时,我把你们当作的一切事,都吩咐了你们。

派人前往窥探迦南地(B)

19 “我们照着耶和华我们的 神吩咐我们的,从何烈山起行,走过你们所见那大而可怕的旷野,沿着到亚摩利人山地的路而行;后来到了加低斯.巴尼亚。 20 我对你们说:‘你们已经到了亚摩利人的山地,就是耶和华我们的 神赐给我们的。 21 看哪,耶和华你的 神已经把这地摆在你面前;你要照着耶和华你列祖的 神告诉你的上去,占领那地;不要害怕,也不要惊惶。’ 22 你们众人都走到我这里来,说:‘我们要先派些人去,替我们窥探那地,然后把我们上去该走哪一条路,该进哪些城,向我们回报。’ 23 这话我很同意,就从你们中间选了十二个人,每支派一人。 24 于是他们转身出发,上了山地,到了以实各谷,窥探那地。 25 他们手里拿着那地的果子,带下来到我们这里,并且向我们回报,说:‘耶和华我们的 神要赐给我们的地是美地。’

众民缺乏信心(C)

26 “但你们不肯上去,竟违背了耶和华你们的 神的吩咐; 27 你们在帐幕里抱怨,说:‘耶和华因为恨我们,所以把我们从埃及地领出来,要把我们交在亚摩利人手中,消灭我们。 28 我们上哪里去呢?我们的兄弟使我们心灰意冷,说:那地的人比我们高大;他们的城邑又大又坚固,高耸入天;我们在那里还看见有亚衲族的人。’ 29 我就对你们说:‘不要惊恐,不要害怕他们。 30 耶和华你们的 神,就是那走在你们前面的那一位,他必为你们作战,好象他在埃及,在你们面前,为你们所行的一切一样, 31 并且在旷野里,你们也看见了耶和华你们的 神,怎样在你们所行的一切路上,背负你们,好象人背负自己的儿子一样,直到你们来到了这地方。’ 32 虽然这样,你们还是不信耶和华你们的 神; 33 他在路上走在你们前面,为你们寻找安营的地方;夜间用火柱,日间用云彩,指示你们当走的路。

众民的惩罚(D)

34 “耶和华听见了你们说话的声音,就恼怒,起誓说: 35 ‘这个邪恶世代的人,连一个也不能看见我起誓应许赐给他们列祖的美地; 36 只有耶孚尼的儿子迦勒可以看见;并且我要把他踏过的地赐给他和他的子孙,因为他专心跟从了我耶和华。’ 37 因为你们的缘故,耶和华也向我发怒,说:‘你也不能进入那地; 38 但是站在你面前侍候你的嫩的儿子约书亚,他可以进到那里去;你要鼓励他,因为他要使以色列人承受那地为业。 39 还有你们的小孩子,你们说要被掳掠的,和你们的儿女,就是今天还不知道善恶的,他们都要进入那地;我要把那地赐给他们,他们要占领那地。 40 至于你们,你们要转回,经往红海的路,起程到旷野里去。’

41 “那时你们回答我,说:‘我们得罪了耶和华;现在我们愿意照着耶和华我们 神的一切吩咐,上去作战。’于是你们都预备了兵器,轻率地上山去了。 42 耶和华对我说:‘你要对他们说:“你们不要上去,也不要作战,因为我不在你们中间,免得你们在仇敌面前被击败。”’ 43 我就告诉你们,你们却不听从,竟违背耶和华的吩咐,擅自上山去了。 44 住在那山上的亚摩利人,就出来攻击你们,好象蜂群一样追赶你们,在西珥击杀你们,直到何珥玛。 45 你们就回来,在耶和华面前哭,但耶和华不听你们的声音,也不向你们侧耳。 46 于是你们在加低斯住了许多日子。”

前言

以下是摩西对以色列人说的话。当时以色列人在约旦河东的旷野、疏弗对面的亚拉巴,即巴兰、陀弗、拉班、哈洗录和底撒哈之间。 从何烈山取道西珥山到加低斯·巴尼亚,需十一天。 在离开埃及后第四十年的十一月一日,摩西把耶和华的一切吩咐告诉了以色列人。 那时,他已经打败了希实本的亚摩利王西宏以及盘踞在以得来和亚斯她录的巴珊王噩。 摩西在约旦河东的摩押讲解律法,说: “我们的上帝耶和华在何烈山对我们说,‘你们在这里已经住了多日, 现在该启程前往亚摩利人的山区、亚拉巴地区、山地、丘陵、南地、沿海一带、迦南和黎巴嫩,直到幼发拉底河。 看啊,我把那片土地赐给你们了,你们去占领吧,那是耶和华起誓赐给你们祖先亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和他们后裔的地方。’

摩西设立首领

“那时,我对你们说,‘我无法独自承担管理你们的重任, 10 因为你们的上帝耶和华使你们人丁兴旺,以致今天人数多如天上的星星。 11 愿你们祖先的上帝耶和华使你们人数更增千倍,照祂的应许赐福给你们。 12 但我怎能独自担当解决你们问题和争端的重任呢? 13 你们要从各支派中选出有智慧、有见识、受尊重的人,我要立他们做你们的首领。’ 14 你们都同意这样的做法。 15 于是,我把各支派中有智慧和受敬重的人立为你们的首领,即千夫长、百夫长、五十夫长、十夫长和其他官长,治理你们。 16 我吩咐这些官员要聆听案件,公正地审理同胞之间或与外族人之间的诉讼, 17 不可偏私,不分贵贱,不惧情面,因为判决来自上帝。如果案件太难,可以交给我处理。 18 那时,我把一切当行之事都告诉了你们。

派人打探迦南

19 “我们照我们上帝耶和华的吩咐,从何烈山出发,走过你们所见的那大而可怕的旷野,前往亚摩利山区,来到加低斯·巴尼亚。 20 我对你们说,‘我们的上帝耶和华赐给我们的亚摩利山区到了。 21 看啊,你们祖先的上帝耶和华已把那片土地赐给你们,你们要照着祂的应许去占领那里,不要惧怕,不要气馁。’ 22 你们来对我说,‘我们要先派人去打探那地方,回来好告诉我们当走哪条路,当占哪些城。’ 23 我同意你们的建议,便从你们当中选出十二人,每支派选一人。 24 他们前往山区,到了以实各谷,打探那地方。 25 他们带回来一些那里的果子,禀告说,‘我们的上帝耶和华赐给我们的地方很好。’

26 “但你们却违背你们上帝耶和华的命令,不肯上去。 27 你们在帐篷中埋怨说,‘耶和华憎恨我们,所以才领我们离开埃及,要把我们交在亚摩利人手里,让他们消灭我们。 28 我们怎能上去呢?那些弟兄的报告令我们胆战心惊,他们说那里的人比我们高大,城邑雄伟,城墙高达云霄,还有亚衲人在那里。’ 29 我对你们说,‘不要惊慌,不要怕他们。 30 你们的上帝耶和华必带领你们,为你们争战,正如祂当着你们的面在埃及所行的一样。 31 你们在旷野曾目睹你们的上帝耶和华像父亲抱儿子一样,一路把你们抱到这地方。’ 32-33 祂为你们开路,为你们找安营的地方,夜间用火柱、白天用云柱为你们引路。尽管如此,你们还是不信靠你们的上帝耶和华。

惩罚叛逆

34 “你们的埋怨惹耶和华发怒,祂起誓说, 35 ‘这邪恶的一代没有一人能看见我起誓要赐给他们祖先的佳美之地, 36 只有耶孚尼的儿子迦勒能看见,我必把他所踏之地赐给他和他的后代,因为他全心全意地跟从我。’ 37 因为你们的缘故,耶和华也向我发怒,说,‘你也不能进入那片土地, 38 但你的助手——嫩的儿子约书亚可以进入。你要鼓励他,因为他将带领以色列承受那片土地。 39 你们说你们的子女会被掳去,但这些还不知善恶的孩子都将进入那片土地,我要把那里赐给他们,他们将占领那里。 40 而你们要掉头,沿红海的路回到旷野。’

41 “于是,你们对我说,‘我们得罪了耶和华,现在我们愿意遵从我们的上帝耶和华的吩咐,上去作战。’你们便各自拿起兵器,以为可以轻易攻占山区。 42 但耶和华让我告诉你们,‘不要上去作战,以免被敌人击败,因为耶和华不会与你们同在。’ 43 我把耶和华的话转告了你们,但你们不听,违背耶和华的命令,擅自前往山区。 44 住在山区的亚摩利人蜂拥出击,打败了你们,从西珥追杀你们,一直追到何珥玛。 45 你们回来在耶和华面前哭泣,但耶和华不理会你们的哭声。 46 因此,你们在加低斯住了很久。

前言

以下是摩西對以色列人說的話。當時以色列人在約旦河東的曠野、疏弗對面的亞拉巴,即巴蘭、陀弗、拉班、哈洗錄和底撒哈之間。 從何烈山取道西珥山到加低斯·巴尼亞,需十一天。 在離開埃及後第四十年的十一月一日,摩西把耶和華的一切吩咐告訴了以色列人。 那時,他已經打敗了希實本的亞摩利王西宏以及盤踞在以得來和亞斯她錄的巴珊王噩。 摩西在約旦河東的摩押講解律法,說: 「我們的上帝耶和華在何烈山對我們說,『你們在這裡已經住了多日, 現在該啟程前往亞摩利人的山區、亞拉巴地區、山地、丘陵、南地、沿海一帶、迦南和黎巴嫩,直到幼發拉底河。 看啊,我把那片土地賜給你們了,你們去佔領吧,那是耶和華起誓賜給你們祖先亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和他們後裔的地方。』

摩西設立首領

「那時,我對你們說,『我無法獨自承擔管理你們的重任, 10 因為你們的上帝耶和華使你們人丁興旺,以致今天人數多如天上的星星。 11 願你們祖先的上帝耶和華使你們人數更增千倍,照祂的應許賜福給你們。 12 但我怎能獨自擔當解決你們問題和爭端的重任呢? 13 你們要從各支派中選出有智慧、有見識、受尊重的人,我要立他們做你們的首領。』 14 你們都同意這樣的做法。 15 於是,我把各支派中有智慧和受敬重的人立為你們的首領,即千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長和其他官長,治理你們。 16 我吩咐這些官員要聆聽案件,公正地審理同胞之間或與外族人之間的訴訟, 17 不可偏私,不分貴賤,不懼情面,因為判決來自上帝。如果案件太難,可以交給我處理。 18 那時,我把一切當行之事都告訴了你們。

派人打探迦南

19 「我們照我們上帝耶和華的吩咐,從何烈山出發,走過你們所見的那大而可怕的曠野,前往亞摩利山區,來到加低斯·巴尼亞。 20 我對你們說,『我們的上帝耶和華賜給我們的亞摩利山區到了。 21 看啊,你們祖先的上帝耶和華已把那片土地賜給你們,你們要照著祂的應許去佔領那裡,不要懼怕,不要氣餒。』 22 你們來對我說,『我們要先派人去打探那地方,回來好告訴我們當走哪條路,當佔哪些城。』 23 我同意你們的建議,便從你們當中選出十二人,每支派選一人。 24 他們前往山區,到了以實各谷,打探那地方。 25 他們帶回來一些那裡的果子,稟告說,『我們的上帝耶和華賜給我們的地方很好。』

26 「但你們卻違背你們上帝耶和華的命令,不肯上去。 27 你們在帳篷中埋怨說,『耶和華憎恨我們,所以才領我們離開埃及,要把我們交在亞摩利人手裡,讓他們消滅我們。 28 我們怎能上去呢?那些弟兄的報告令我們膽戰心驚,他們說那裡的人比我們高大,城邑雄偉,城牆高達雲霄,還有亞衲人在那裡。』 29 我對你們說,『不要驚慌,不要怕他們。 30 你們的上帝耶和華必帶領你們,為你們爭戰,正如祂當著你們的面在埃及所行的一樣。 31 你們在曠野曾目睹你們的上帝耶和華像父親抱兒子一樣,一路把你們抱到這地方。』 32-33 祂為你們開路,為你們找安營的地方,夜間用火柱、白天用雲柱為你們引路。儘管如此,你們還是不信靠你們的上帝耶和華。

懲罰叛逆

34 「你們的埋怨惹耶和華發怒,祂起誓說, 35 『這邪惡的一代沒有一人能看見我起誓要賜給他們祖先的佳美之地, 36 只有耶孚尼的兒子迦勒能看見,我必把他所踏之地賜給他和他的後代,因為他全心全意地跟從我。』 37 因為你們的緣故,耶和華也向我發怒,說,『你也不能進入那片土地, 38 但你的助手——嫩的兒子約書亞可以進入。你要鼓勵他,因為他將帶領以色列承受那片土地。 39 你們說你們的子女會被擄去,但這些還不知善惡的孩子都將進入那片土地,我要把那裡賜給他們,他們將佔領那裡。 40 而你們要掉頭,沿紅海的路回到曠野。』

41 「於是,你們對我說,『我們得罪了耶和華,現在我們願意遵從我們的上帝耶和華的吩咐,上去作戰。』你們便各自拿起兵器,以為可以輕易攻佔山區。 42 但耶和華讓我告訴你們,『不要上去作戰,以免被敵人擊敗,因為耶和華不會與你們同在。』 43 我把耶和華的話轉告了你們,但你們不聽,違背耶和華的命令,擅自前往山區。 44 住在山區的亞摩利人蜂擁出擊,打敗了你們,從西珥追殺你們,一直追到何珥瑪。 45 你們回來在耶和華面前哭泣,但耶和華不理會你們的哭聲。 46 因此,你們在加低斯住了很久。

The Command to Leave Horeb

These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan(A)—that is, in the Arabah(B)—opposite Suph, between Paran(C) and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab. (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb(D) to Kadesh Barnea(E) by the Mount Seir(F) road.)(G)

In the fortieth year,(H) on the first day of the eleventh month,(I) Moses proclaimed(J) to the Israelites all that the Lord had commanded him concerning them. This was after he had defeated Sihon(K) king of the Amorites,(L) who reigned in Heshbon,(M) and at Edrei had defeated Og(N) king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.(O)

East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab,(P) Moses began to expound this law, saying:

The Lord our God said to us(Q) at Horeb,(R) “You have stayed long enough(S) at this mountain. Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites;(T) go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah,(U) in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev(V) and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites(W) and to Lebanon,(X) as far as the great river, the Euphrates.(Y) See, I have given you this land(Z).(AA) Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore(AB) he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

The Appointment of Leaders

At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden(AC) for me to carry alone.(AD) 10 The Lord your God has increased(AE) your numbers(AF) so that today you are as numerous(AG) as the stars in the sky.(AH) 11 May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase(AI) you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!(AJ) 12 But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?(AK) 13 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men(AL) from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

14 You answered me, “What you propose to do is good.”

15 So I took(AM) the leading men of your tribes,(AN) wise and respected men,(AO) and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders(AP) of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.(AQ) 16 And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge(AR) fairly,(AS) whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.(AT) 17 Do not show partiality(AU) in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone,(AV) for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”(AW) 18 And at that time I told you everything you were to do.(AX)

Spies Sent Out

19 Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites(AY) through all that vast and dreadful wilderness(AZ) that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.(BA) 20 Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. 21 See, the Lord your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession(BB) of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid;(BC) do not be discouraged.”(BD)

22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy(BE) out the land(BF) for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”

23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected(BG) twelve of you, one man from each tribe. 24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol(BH) and explored it. 25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported,(BI) “It is a good land(BJ) that the Lord our God is giving us.”(BK)

Rebellion Against the Lord

26 But you were unwilling to go up;(BL) you rebelled(BM) against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled(BN) 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. 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller(BO) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(BP) there.’”

29 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid(BQ) of them.(BR) 30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight(BS) for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, 31 and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried(BT) you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”(BU)

32 In spite of this,(BV) you did not trust(BW) in the Lord your God, 33 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day,(BX) to search(BY) out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

34 When the Lord heard(BZ) what you said, he was angry(CA) and solemnly swore:(CB) 35 “No one from this evil generation shall see the good land(CC) I swore to give your ancestors, 36 except Caleb(CD) son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly.(CE)

37 Because of you the Lord became angry(CF) with me also and said, “You shall not enter(CG) it, either. 38 But your assistant, Joshua(CH) son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage(CI) him, because he will lead(CJ) Israel to inherit(CK) it. 39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive,(CL) your children who do not yet know(CM) good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. 40 But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[a](CN)

41 Then you replied, “We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us.” So every one of you put on his weapons, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

42 But the Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.’”(CO)

43 So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the Lord’s command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country. 44 The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees(CP) and beat you down from Seir(CQ) all the way to Hormah.(CR) 45 You came back and wept before the Lord,(CS) but he paid no attention(CT) to your weeping and turned a deaf ear(CU) to you. 46 And so you stayed in Kadesh(CV) many days—all the time you spent there.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 1:40 Or the Sea of Reeds

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.

(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

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;

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:

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

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

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.

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.

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 Kadeshbarnea.

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.