Study Desk

Caleb son of Jephunneh is the only one of your generation that I will allow to go in. He obeyed me completely, so I will give him and his descendants the land he explored.

Instead, I will let Joshua your assistant lead Israel to conquer the land. So encourage him."

Then you told me, "We disobeyed the Lord our God, but now we want to obey him. We will go into the hill country and fight, just as he told us to do." So you picked up your weapons, thinking it would be easy to take over the hill country.

I told you what the Lord had said, but you paid no attention. You disobeyed him and went into the hill country anyway. You thought you were so great!

but don't start a war with them. I have given them the hill country of Seir, so I won't give any of it to you, not even enough to set a foot on.

Moses said: After we went through Ammon, the Lord told us: Israel, pack up your possessions, take down your tents, and cross the Arnon River gorge. The territory of the Amorite King Sihon of Heshbon lies on the other side of the river, but I now give you his land. So attack and take it!

But Sihon refused to let us go across his country, because the Lord made him stubborn and eager to fight us. The Lord told me, "I am going to help you defeat Sihon and take his land, so attack him!"

Then I told Joshua, "You saw how the Lord our God helped us destroy King Sihon and King Og. So don't be afraid! Wherever you go, the Lord will fight on your side and help you destroy your enemies."

Joshua will lead Israel across the Jordan to take the land, so help him be strong and brave and tell him what he must do."

and now he is your God. I am telling you everything he has commanded, so don't add anything or take anything away.

Do you remember the day you stood in the Lord 's presence at Mount Sinai? The Lord said, "Moses, bring the people of Israel here. I want to speak to them so they will obey me as long as they live, and so they will teach their children to obey me too."

Moses said to Israel: When God spoke to you from the fire, he was invisible. So be careful

So I must stay here and die on this side of the Jordan, but you will cross the river and take the land.

Soon you will cross the Jordan River and settle down in the land. Then in the years to come, you will have children, and they will give you grandchildren. After many years, you might lose your sense of right and wrong and make idols, even though the Lord your God hates them. So I am giving you fair warning today, and I call the earth and the sky as witnesses. If you ever make idols, the Lord will be angry, and you won't have long to live, because the Lord will let you be wiped out.

The Lord loved your ancestors and decided that you would be his people. So the Lord used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.

So remember that the Lord is the only true God, whether in the sky above or on the earth below.

Moses called together the people of Israel and said: Today I am telling you the laws and teachings that you must follow, so listen carefully.

but you were afraid of the fire and refused to go up the mountain. So I spoke with the Lord for you, then I told you that he had said:

but you come back here to me. After I tell you my laws and teachings, you will repeat them to the people, so they can obey these laws in the land I am giving them.

Moses said to Israel: The Lord told me to give you these laws and teachings, so you can obey them in the land he is giving you. Soon you will cross the Jordan River and take that land.