This eBook was produced by David Widger
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.
05:001:001 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.
05:001:002 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
05:001:003 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;
05:001:004 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:
05:001:005 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to
declare this law, saying,
05:001:006 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt
long enough in this mount:
05:001:007 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.
05:001:008 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.
05:001:009 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to
bear you myself alone:
05:001:010 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are
this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
05:001:011 (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!)
05:001:012 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden,
and your strife?
05:001:013 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your
tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
05:001:014 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken
is good for us to do.
05:001:015 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.
05:001:016 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.
05:001:017 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear th