These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel ^aon this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the ^bplain over against the ^cRed 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 ^afortieth 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 ^aSihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and ^bOg the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to ^adeclare ^bthis law, saying,

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

 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 ^ain the vale, and in the ^bsouth, 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 ^apossess the ^bland 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 ^abear you myself alone:

 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the ^astars of heaven for ^bmultitude.

 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many ^amore as ye are, and bless you, as he hath ^bpromised you!)

 12 How can I myself alone bear your ^acumbrance, and your burden, and your ^bstrife?

 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will ^amake them ^brulers 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, ^awise men, and known, and made them ^bheads 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 ^ajudge righteously between every man and his brother, and the ^bstranger that is with him.

 17 Ye shall not ^arespect persons in ^bjudgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be ^cafraid 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.