Feb 7 - Numbers 34-36, Deuteronomy 1-4
Numbers
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying2"Instruct the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land of Canaan, and it has fallen into your possession by lot, it shall be bound by these limits3The southern part shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is next to Edom, and it shall have the Sea of Salt as a limit to the east4It shall circle on the south side along the ascent of the Scorpion, by this way crossing into Senna, and passing through, from the south, as far as Kadesh-barnea, from which its confines shall go out to the town called Adar, and extend even to Azmon5And its limits shall go around from Azmon to the Torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the shore of the Great Sea6Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end7Furthermore, toward the northern region, its limits shall begin from the Great Sea, passing through even to the highest mountain8From there, it limits shall advance into Hamath, as far as the limits of Zedad9And its confines shall go all the way to Ziphron, and to the village of Enan. These shall be the limits on the northern side10From there, its limits shall be measured, facing the east side, from the village of Enan as far as Shepham11And from Shepham, the boundaries shall descend into Riblah, opposite the fountain of Daphnis. From there, the boundaries shall pass through, opposite the east, to the Sea of Chinnereth12and shall extend as far as the Jordan, and, at the furthest extent, shall be enclosed by the Sea of Salt. You shall have this land, with its borders all around.13And Moses instructed the sons of Israel, saying: "This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord has ordered to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe14For the tribe of the sons of Ruben, by their families, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, according to the number of their kinships, and also one half of the tribe of Manasseh15that is, two and a half tribes, have received their portion across the Jordan, opposite Jericho, toward the eastern side.16And the Lord said to Moses17"These are the names of the men, who shall divide the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun18and one leader from each tribe19whose names are these: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh20from the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud21from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon22from the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli23of the sons of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod24from the tribe of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan25from the tribe of Zebulon, Elizaphan the son of Parnach26from the tribe of Issachar, Paltiel the leader, the son of Azzan27from the tribe of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi28from the tribe of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.29These are the ones that the Lord has ordered to divide the land of Canaan to the sons of Israel
1And the Lord also spoke these things to Moses in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho2"Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may give to the Levites, from their possessions3cities as dwelling places, with their surrounding suburbs, so that they may lodge in the towns, and so that the suburbs may be for cattle and beasts of burden4The suburbs shall extend from the outer walls of the cities, all around, for the space of one thousand steps5Facing the east, there shall be two thousand cubits, and facing the south, similarly, there shall be two thousand cubits. Toward the sea, also, which looks out toward the west, there shall be the same measure, and the northern region shall be bounded by equal limits. And the cities shall be in the center, and the suburbs shall be outside6Now, from the towns which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for the assistance of fugitives, so that he who has shed blood may flee to them. And, aside from these, there shall be forty-two other towns7that is, all together forty-eight with their suburbs8And concerning these cities, which shall be given from the possessions of the sons of Israel: from those who have more, more shall be taken, and from those who have less, less shall be taken. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the measure of their inheritance.9The Lord said to Moses10"Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan11discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly12And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged13Then, among those cities which are separated for relief to fugitives14three shall be across the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan15as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places16If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die17If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly18If he who has been struck with wood passes away, he shall be avenged by the blood of the one who struck him19The close relative of the deceased shall put to death the murderer; as soon as he apprehends him, he shall put him to death20If, out of hatred, anyone assaults a man, or throws anything at him with ill intent21or, while being his enemy, strikes him with his hand, and so he has died, the attacker shall be guilty of murder. The kinsman of the deceased, as soon as he finds him, shall cut his throat22But if by chance, and without hatre23or animosity, he will have done any of these things24and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative25then the innocent one shall be freed from the hand of the revenger, and he shall be returned by this judgment into the city to which he had fled, and he shall stay there until the high priest, who has been anointed with the holy oil, dies26If the one who has killed has been found beyond the limits of the cities which have been assigned to the exiled27and he has been struck by him who is avenging blood, he who killed him shall not be harmed28For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land29These things shall be a perpetual ordinance in all your habitations30The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person31You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly32Exiles and fugitives, prior to the death of the high priest, are by no means able to be returned to their own cities33Do not pollute the land of your habitation, so as to stain it with the blood of the innocent; neither is it able to be expiated in any way other than by the blood of him who has shed the blood of another34And so shall your possession be cleansed, while I myself am abiding with you. For I am the Lord, who lives among the sons of Israel.
1Then the leaders of the families of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the stock of the sons of Joseph, approached and spoke to Moses before the leaders of Israel, and they said2"The Lord has instructed you, our ruler, so that you would divide the land by lot to the sons of Israel, and so that you would give to the daughters of Zelophehad, our brother, the possession owed to their father3But if men of another tribe receive them as wives, their possession will follow them, and having been transferred to another tribe, there will be a reduction in our inheritance4And so it may be that, when the Jubilee of remission, that is, the fiftieth year, has arrived, the distribution by lots shall be confounded, and the possession of the one shall be transferred to others.5Moses answered the sons of Israel, and, at the instruction of the Lord, he said: "The tribe of the sons of Joseph has spoken correctly6And so, this is the law which has been promulgated by the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry whomever they may wish, but only among the men of their own tribe7lest the possession of the sons of Israel become commingled, from tribe to tribe. For all men shall take wives from their own tribe and kinship8and all women shall take husbands from their same tribe, so that the inheritance may remain within the families9and so that the tribes may not be mingled together, but may remain such as they were separated by the Lord.10And the daughters of Zelophehad acted according to what was ordered11And Mahlah, and Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noa were wed to the sons of their paternal uncle12from the family of Manasseh, who was a son of Joseph. And the possession which had been distributed to them remained in the tribe and family of their father13These are the commandments and judgments which the Lord ordered by the hand of Moses to the sons of Israel, in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho
Deuteronomy
1These are the words which Moses spoke to all of Israel, across the Jordan, in the plain of the wilderness opposite the Red Sea, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth, where gold is very plentiful2eleven days from Horeb, by way of Mount Seir as far as Kadesh-barnea3In the fortieth year, on the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses told the sons of Israel all that the Lord had instructed him. And so he spoke to them4after he had struck down Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, who resided at Ashtaroth and at Edrei5across the Jordan in the land of Moab. And so, Moses began to explain the law, and to say6"The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying: ‘You have remained long enough on this mountain7Turn back and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to the other places which are near it: the plains as well as the mountainous regions, and the low-lying places opposite the south and along the shore of the sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates.8‘Lo,’ he said, ‘I have delivered it to you. Enter and possess that which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them, and to their offspring after them.9And I said to you, at that time10‘I alone am not able to sustain you. For the Lord, your God, has multiplied you, and you are today like the stars of heaven, very many11May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said12Alone, I do not have the strength to endure your arbitrations and judgments and disputes13Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.14Then you responded to me: ‘What you intend to do is a good thing.15And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing16And I instructed them, saying: ‘Listen to them, and judge what is just, whether he is one of your citizens or a sojourner17There shall be no favoritism to any persons. So you shall listen to the little as well as to the great. And you shall not accept anyone’s reputation, for this is the judgment of God. But if anything seems difficult to you, then refer it to me, and I will hear it.18And I instructed you in all that you were obliged to do19Then, setting out from Horeb, we crossed through a terrible and great wasteland, which you saw along the way of the mountain of the Amorite, just as the Lord our God had instructed us. And when we had arrived at Kadesh-barnea20I said to you: ‘You have arrived at the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God will give to us21Gaze upon the land that the Lord your God gives to you. Ascend and possess it, just as the Lord our God has spoken to your fathers. Do not be afraid, and do not become terrified by anything.22And you all approached me and said: ‘Let us send men who may consider the land, and who may report as to the way by which we ought to ascend, and as to which cities we ought to travel.23And since the word was pleasing to me, I sent from among you twelve men, one from each tribe24These, when they had set out and had ascended the mountains, arrived as far as the valley of the cluster of grapes. And having considered the land25having taken from its fruits in order to show its fertility, they brought these to us, and they said: ‘The land that the Lord our God will give to us is good.26Yet you were not willing to go there. Instead, being incredulous to the word of the Lord our God27you murmured in your tents, and you said: ‘The Lord hates us, and therefore he has led us away from the land of Egypt, so that he might deliver us into the hand of the Amorite and destroy us28To where should we ascend? The messengers have terrified our heart by saying: "The multitude is very great, and taller than us. And the cities are great, and the walls extend even to the sky. We have seen the sons of the Anakim there." 29And I said to you: ‘Do not be apprehensive, nor should you fear them30The Lord God himself, who is your leader, will fight on your behalf, just as he did in Egypt in the sight of all31And in the wilderness (as you yourselves saw), the Lord your God carried you, like a man who is accustomed to carrying his little son, along all the way that you walked, until you arrived at this place.32And yet, despite all of this, you did not believe the Lord your God33who went before you on the way, and who marked out the place where you should pitch your tents, showing you the way by fire in the night, and by a pillar of cloud in the day34And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, becoming angry, he swore and said35‘None of the men of this wicked generation will see the good land, which I have promised by oath to your fathers36except Caleb the son of Jephuneh. For he himself will see it, and I will give the land on which he has walked to him and to his sons, because he has followed the Lord.37Neither is his indignation with the people a wonder, since the Lord also became angry with me because of you, and so he said: ‘Neither will you enter into that place38But Joshua, the son of Nun, your minister, shall himself enter on your behalf. Exhort and strengthen this man, and he himself shall divide the land by lot to Israel39Your little ones, about whom you said that they would be led away as captives, and your sons, who to this day are ignorant of the difference between good and evil, they shall enter. And I will give the land to them, and they will possess it40But as for you, turn back and go out to the wilderness, by way of the Red Sea.41And you responded to me: ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will ascend and fight, just as the Lord our God has instructed.’ And having been equipped with weapons, when you were setting out for the mountain42the Lord said to me: ‘Say to them: Do not ascend and do not fight. For I am not with you. Otherwise, you may fall in the sight of your enemies.43I spoke, and you did not listen. But, opposing the order of the Lord, and swelling with pride, you ascended onto the mountain44And so, having gone forth, the Amorite, who was living in the mountains, came against you and pursued you, just as a swarm of bees would do. And he struck you down from Seir all the way to Hormah45And when you returned and were weeping in the sight of the Lord, he would not hear you, nor was he willing to agree to your voice46Therefore, you camped at Kadesh-barnea for a long time.
1"And setting out from there, we arrived at the wilderness which leads to the Red Sea, just as the Lord had spoken to me. And we encompassed Mount Seir for a long time2And the Lord said to me3‘You have encompassed this mountain for long enough. Go forth, toward the north4And instruct the people, saying: You shall cross through the borders of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who live at Seir, and they will fear you5Therefore, take care diligently, lest you be moved against them. For I will not give to you from their land even as much as the step that one foot can tread upon, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession6You shall buy food from them for money, and you shall eat. You shall draw water for money, and you shall drink7The Lord your God has blessed you in every work of your hands. The Lord your God, dwelling with you, knows your journey, how you crossed through this great wilderness over forty years, and how you have been lacking in nothing.8And when we had passed through our brothers, the sons of Esau, who were living at Seir by the way of the plain from Elath and from Eziongeber, we arrived at the way which leads to the desert of Moab9And the Lord said to me: ‘You should not fight against the Moabites, nor should you go to battle against them. For I will not give to you anything from their land, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.10The Emim were the first of its inhabitants, a people great and strong, and of such great height, like the race of the Anakim11They were considered to be like giants, and they were like the sons of the Anakim. And, indeed, the Moabites call them: the Emim12The Horites also formerly lived at Seir. When these had been driven out and destroyed, the sons of Esau lived there, just as Israel did in the land of his possession, which the Lord gave to him13Then, rising up so as to cross over the torrent Zered, we arrived at the place14Then, from the time that we advanced from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the torrent Zered, there were thirty-eight years, until the entire generation of the men who were fit for war had been consumed out of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn15For his hand was against them, so that they would pass away from the midst of the camp16Then, after all the fighting men had fallen17the Lord spoke to me, saying18‘Today, you shall cross the borders of Moab, at the city named Ar19And when you have arrived in the vicinity of the sons of Ammon, be careful that you do not fight against them, nor should you be moved to battle. For I will not give to you from the land of the sons of Ammon, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.20It was reputed to be a land of giants. And giants lived there in times past, those whom the Ammonites call the Zamzummim21They are a people, great and numerous, and of lofty stature, like the Anakim, whom the Lord wiped away before their face. And he caused them to live there in place of them22just as he had done for the sons of Esau, who live at Seir, wiping out the Horites and delivering their land to them, which they possess even to the present time23Likewise the Hevites, who were living in small villages as far as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappadocians, who went forth from Cappadocia, and they wiped them out and lived in their place24‘Rise up and cross the torrent Arnon! Behold, I have delivered Sihon, the king of Heshbon, the Amorite, into your hand, and so, begin to possess his land and to engage in battle against him25Today I will begin to send the terror and dread of you among the peoples who are living under all of heaven, so that, when they hear your name, they may be afraid, and may tremble in the manner of a woman giving birth, and may be gripped by anguish.26Therefore, I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon, the king of Heshbon, with peaceful words, saying27‘We will cross through your land. We will advance by the public way. We will not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left28Sell us food for a price, so that we may eat. Provide us with water for money, and so we will drink. We only ask that you allow us to pass through29just as the sons of Esau have done, who live at Seir, and the Moabites, who abide in Ar, until we arrive at the Jordan, and we cross to the land which the Lord our God will give to us.30And Sihon, the king of Heshbon, was not willing to grant passage to us. For the Lord your God had hardened his spirit, and had fastened his heart, so that he would be delivered into your hands, just as you now see31And the Lord said to me: ‘Behold, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land to you. Begin to possess it.32And Sihon went out to meet us with all his people, to battle at Jahaz33And the Lord our God delivered him to us. And we struck him down, with his sons and all his people34And we seized all his cities at that time, putting to death their inhabitants: men as well as women and children. We left nothing of them35except the cattle, which went to the share of those who plundered them. And we seized the spoils of the cities36from Aroer, which is above the bank of the torrent Arnon, a town which is situated in a valley, all the way to Gilead. There was not a village or city which escaped from our hands. The Lord our God delivered everything to us37except the land of the sons of Ammon, which we did not approach, and all that is adjacent to the torrent Jabbok, and the cities in the mountains, and all the places which the Lord our God prohibited to us.
1"And so, having turned back, we ascended by the way of Bashan. And Og, the king of Bashan, went forth with his people to meet us in warfare at Edrei2And the Lord said to me: ‘You should not fear him. For he has been delivered into your hand, with all his people as well as his land. And you shall do to him just as you have done to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.3Therefore, the Lord our God delivered into our hands, now Og, the king of Bashan, and all his people. And we struck them down unto utter annihilation4laying waste to all his cities at one time. There was not a village which escaped from us: sixty cities, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og, in Bashan5All the cities were fortified with very high walls, and with gates and bars, in addition to innumerable villages which had no walls6And we wiped them out, just as we had done to Sihon, the king of Heshbon, destroying every city, and its men, as well as women and children7But the cattle and the spoils of the cities, we plundered8And at that time, we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan: from the torrent Arnon as far as Mount Hermon9which the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call Senir10all the cities that are situated in the plain, and the entire land of Gilead and Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan11For only Og, the king of Bashan, was left behind out of the race of the giants. His bed of iron is on display, (it is in Rabbah, among the sons of Ammon) being nine cubits in length, and four in width, according to the measure of the cubit of a man’s hand12And we possessed the land, at that time, from Aroer, which is above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as the middle of Mount Gilead. And I gave its cities to Ruben and Gad13Then I delivered the remaining part of Gilead, and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, which is the entire region of Argob, to one half of the tribe of Manasseh. And all of Bashan is called the land of the giants14Jair, the son of Manasseh, possessed all the region of Argob, as far as the borders of Geshur and Maacath. And he called Bashan by his own name, Havvoth Jair, that is, the villages of Jair, even to the present day15Likewise, to Machir, I gave Gilead16And to the tribes of Ruben and Gad, I gave from the land of Gilead as far as the torrent Arnon, one half of the torrent and its confines, even to the torrent Jabbok, which is along the border of the sons of Ammon17and the plain of the wilderness, as well as the Jordan, and the borders of Chinnereth, all the way to the sea of the desert, which is very salty, to the base of Mount Pisgah toward the east18And I instructed you at that time, saying: ‘The Lord your God gives to you this land as an inheritance. Having armed yourselves, go before your brothers, the sons of Israel, all you strong men19Leave behind your wives and little ones, as well as the cattle. For I know that you have many cattle, and they should remain in the cities which I have delivered to you20until the Lord provides rest to your brothers, just as he has provided for you. And they, too, shall possess the land, which he will give to them beyond the Jordan. Then each one shall return to his possession, which I have allotted to you.21Likewise, I instructed Joshua at that time, saying: ‘Your eyes have seen what the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So also will he do to all the kingdoms through which you shall pass22You should not fear them. For the Lord your God will fight on your behalf.23And I beseeched the Lord at that time, saying24‘Lord God, you have begun to reveal your greatness and your very strong hand to your servant. For there is no other god, either in heaven or on earth, who is able to accomplish your works, or to be compared to your strength25Therefore, I will cross over, and I will view this excellent land beyond the Jordan, and this singular mountain, and Lebanon.26And the Lord became angry with me because of you, and he would not heed me. But he said to me: ‘It is enough for you. You shall no longer speak to me at all about this matter27Ascend to the summit of Pisgah, and look around with your eyes to the west, and to the north, and to the south, and to the east, and behold it. For you shall not cross this Jordan28Instruct Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him. For he shall go before this people, and he shall distribute to them the land that you will see.29And we remained in the valley, opposite the shrine of Peor.
1"And now, O Israel, listen to the precepts and judgments which I am teaching to you, so that, by doing these, you may live, and you may enter and possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, will give to you2You shall not add to the word which I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it. Preserve the commandments of the Lord your God which I am teaching to you3Your eyes have seen all that the Lord has done against Baal-peor, in what manner he has crushed all of his worshippers from among you4But you who adhere to the Lord your God are all still alive, to the present day5You know that I have taught you precepts as well as justices, just as the Lord my God has commanded me. And so shall you do in the land that you will possess6And you shall observe and fulfill these in practice. For this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, so that, upon hearing all these precepts, they may say: ‘Lo, a wise and understanding people, a great nation.7Neither is there any other nation so great, which has its gods so near to them, as our God is present to all our petitions8For what other nation is there so renowned as to have ceremonies, and just judgments, and the entire law that I will set forth today before your eyes9And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons10from the day on which you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying: ‘Gather the people to me, so that they may listen to my words, and may learn to fear me, throughout all the time that they are alive on earth, and so that they may teach their children.11And you approached the base of the mountain, which was burning even toward heaven. And there was a darkness upon it, and a cloud, and a mist12And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you did not see any form at all13And he revealed his covenant to you, which he instructed you to carry out, and the ten words which he wrote on two tablets of stone14And he commanded me, at that time, that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you must carry out, in the land that you shall possess15And so, guard your souls carefully. You saw no likeness on the day that the Lord God spoke to you on Horeb from the midst of fire16Otherwise, perhaps being deceived, you might have made a graven image, or an image of male or female17a likeness of any of the beasts, which are upon the earth, or of birds, which fly under heaven18or of reptiles, which move across the earth, or of fish, which abide in the waters under the earth19Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are under heaven20But the Lord has taken you up, and led you away from the iron furnaces of Egypt, in order to have a people of inheritance, just as it is to the present day21And the Lord became angry against me because of your words, and he swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give to you22Behold, I shall die on this soil. I shall not cross over the Jordan. You shall cross it, and you shall possess the singular land23Be careful, lest you at sometime forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he has formed with you, and lest you make for yourselves a graven likeness of those things which the Lord has prohibited to be made24For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God25When you will have conceived sons and grandsons while abiding in the land, and if, having been deceived, you make for yourselves any likeness, accomplishing evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to wrath26I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that you shall quickly perish from the land, which, when you have crossed over the Jordan, you will possess. You will not live in it for a long time; instead, the Lord will destroy you27And he will scatter you among all the nations, and few of you will remain among those nations, to which the Lord will lead you28And there, you will serve gods which were fabricated by the hands of men: gods of wood and of stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell29And when you will seek the Lord your God in that place, you shall find him, if only you seek him with all your heart, and in all the tribulation of your soul30After all these things which have been foretold have found you, in the end time, you shall return to the Lord your God, and you will hear his voice31For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not abandon you, nor will he entirely destroy you, nor will he forget the covenant, which he swore to your fathers32Inquire concerning the days of antiquity, which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to another, if anything similar has ever occurred, or whether any such thing has ever been known33that a people would hear the voice of God, speaking from the midst of fire, just as you have heard it, and live34whether God has acted so as to enter and take for himself a nation from the midst of the nations, by means of tests, signs, and wonders, by means of fighting, and a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, and terrible visions, in accord with all the things which the Lord your God has accomplished for you in Egypt, in the sight of your eyes35So may you know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him36He has caused you to hear his voice from heaven, so that he might teach you. And he showed you his exceedingly great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire37For he loved your fathers, and he chose their offspring after them. And he led you away from Egypt, advancing before you with his great power38so as to wipe away, upon your arrival, nations, very great and stronger than you, and so as to lead you in, and to present to you their land as a possession, just as you discern in the present day39Therefore, know on this day and consider in your heart, that the Lord himself is God in heaven above, and on earth below, and there is no other40Keep his precepts and commandments, which I am teaching to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, and so that you may remain for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.41Then Moses set aside three cities, across the Jordan toward the eastern region42so that anyone might flee to these if he has killed his neighbor unwillingly, who was not his enemy a day or two earlier, and so that he would be able to escape to one of these cities43Bezer in the wilderness, which is situated in the plains of the tribe of Ruben; and Ramoth in Gilead, which is in the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, which is in the tribe of Manasseh44This is the law, which Moses set forth before the sons of Israel45And these are the testimonies and ceremonies as well as judgments, which he spoke to the sons of Israel, when they departed from Egypt46across the Jordan, in the valley opposite the shrine of Peor, in the land of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses struck down. Accordingly, the sons of Israel, having departed from Egypt47possessed his land, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the land of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun48from Aroer, which is situated above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as Mount Zion, which is also called Hermon49the entire plain across the Jordan, from its eastern region, as far as the sea of the wilderness, and even to the base of Mount Pisgah