1-5 Nu 21.21-35.This book contains the speeches that Mosesmade while Israelwas in the land of Moab, camped near the town of Suphin the desert east of the Jordan River. The town of Paranwas in one direction from their camp, and the towns of Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab1.1-5 Suph … Paran … Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab: The exact location of these towns is not known.were in the opposite direction.
Earlier, Moseshad defeated the Amorite King Sihonof Heshbon. Moseshad also defeated King Ogof Bashan, who used to live in Ashtarothfor part of the year and in Edreifor the rest of the year.
Although it takes only eleven days to walk from Mount Sinai1.1-5 Mount Sinai: The Hebrew text has "Horeb," another name for Mount Sinai.to Kadesh-Barnea by way of the Mount SeirRoad, these speeches were not made until 40 years after Israelleft Egypt.1.1-5 Egypt: The Israelites would soon enter Canaan, but they would have entered the land of Canaan from Kadesh-Barnea 40 years earlier if they had not rebelled against God (see verses 6-40).
The Lord’s Command at Mount Sinai
The Lordhad given Moseshis laws for the people of Israel. And on the first day of the eleventh month,1.1-5 eleventh month: Shebat, the eleventh month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-January to mid-February.Mosesbegan explaining those laws by saying:
6 People of Israel, when we were in our camp at Mount Sinai,1.6 Mount Sinai: See the note at 1.1-5. the Lordour God told us:
You have stayed here long enough. 7 Leave this place and go into the land that belongs to the Amorites and their neighbors the Canaanites. This land includes the Jordan Rivervalley, the hill country, the western foothills, the Southern Desert, the Mediterranean seacoast, the LebanonMountains, and all the territory as far as the Euphrates River. 8 I give you this land, just as I promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Now you must go and take the land.
9 Right after the Lordcommanded us to leave Mount Sinai,1.9 Mount Sinai: See the note at 1.1-5. I told you:
Israel, being your leader is too big a job for one person. 10 The Lordour God has blessed us, and so now there are as many of us as there are stars in the sky. 11 God has even promised to bless us a thousand times more, and I pray that he will. 12 But I cannot take care of all your problems and settle all your arguments alone. 13 Each tribe must choose some experienced men who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will make those men the official leaders of their tribes.
14 You answered, "That’s a good idea!" 15 Then I took these men, who were already wise and respected leaders, and I appointed them as your official leaders. Some of them became military officers in charge of groups of 1,000, or 100, or 50, or 10, 16 and others became judges. I gave these judges the following instructions:
When you settle legal cases, your decisions must be fair. It doesn’t matter if the case is between two Israelites, or between an Israelite and a foreigner living in your community. 17 And it doesn’t matter if one is helpless and the other is powerful. Don’t be afraid of anyone! No matter who shows up in your court, God will help you make a fair decision.
If any case is too hard for you, bring the people to me, and I will make the decision.
18 After I gave these instructions to the judges, I taught you the Lord's commands.
19 The Lordhad commanded us to leave Mount Sinai1.19 Mount Sinai: See the note at 1.1-5. and go to the hill country that belonged to the Amorites, so we started out into the huge desert. You remember how frightening it was, but soon we were at Kadesh-Barnea, 20,21 and I told you, "We have reached the hill country. It belongs to the Amorites now, but the Lordour God is giving it to us. He is the same God our ancestors worshiped, and he has told us to go in and take this land, so don’t hesitate and be afraid."
22 Then all of you came to me and said, "Before we go into the land, let’s send some men to explore it. When they come back, they can tell us about the towns we will find and what roads we should take to get there."
23 It seemed like a good idea, so I chose twelve men, one from each tribe. 24 They explored the hill country as far as Bunch Valley1.24 Bunch Valley: Or "Eshcol Valley," famous for its large bunches of grapes.25 and even brought back some of the fruit. They said, "The Lordour God is giving us good land."
26 Dt 9.23;He 3.16.You did not want to go into the land, and you refused to obey the Lordyour God. 27 You stayed in your tents and grumbled, "The Lordmust hate us—he brought us out of Egypt, just so he could hand us over to the Amorites and get rid of us. 28 We are afraid, because the men who explored the land told us that the cities are large, with walls that reach to the sky. The people who live there are taller and stronger than we are,1.28 The people … we are: Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts and one ancient translation "the people who live there are stronger than we are, and there are more of them than there are of us."and some of them are Anakim.1.28 Anakim: Perhaps a group of very tall people that lived in or near Palestine before the Israelites. See also 2.10,11, 20,21; Numbers 13.33.We have nowhere to go."
29 Then I said, "Don’t worry! 30 The Lordour God will lead the way. He will fight on our side, just as he did when we saw him do all those things to the Egyptians. 31 Ac 13.18.And you know that the Lordhas taken care of us the whole time we’ve been in the desert, just as you might carry one of your children."
32 He 3.19.But you still would not trust the Lord, 33 even though he had always been with us in the desert. During the daytime, the Lordwas in the cloud, leading us in the right direction and showing us where to camp. And at night, he was there in the fire.1.33 the cloud … the fire: See Exodus 40.34-38; Numbers 9.15-23.
34 He 3.18.You had made the Lordangry, and he said:
35 You people of this generation are evil, and I refuse to let you go into the good land that I promised your ancestors. 36 Calebson of Jephunnehis 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.
37 The Lordwas even angry with me because of you people, and he said, "Moses, I won’t let you go into the land either. 38 Instead, I will let Joshua1.38 Joshua: Hebrew "Joshua son of Nun."your assistant lead Israel to conquer the land. So encourage him."
39 Then the Lordspoke to you again:
People of Israel, you said that your innocent young children would be taken prisoner in the battle for the land. But someday I will let them go into the land, and with my help they will conquer it and live there.
40 Now, turn around and go back into the desert by way of Red Sea1.40 Red Sea: Hebrew yam suph, here referring to the Gulf of Aqaba, since the term is extended to include the northeastern arm of the Red Sea (see also the note at 11.4).Road.
41 Then you told me, "We disobeyed the Lordour 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.
42 But the Lordsaid, "Moses, warn them not to go into the hill country. I won’t help them fight, and their enemies will defeat them."
43 I told you what the Lordhad said, but you paid no attention. You disobeyed him and went into the hill country anyway. You thought you were so great! 44 But when the Amorites in the hill country attacked from their towns, you ran from them as you would run from a swarm of bees. The Amorites chased your troops into Seir1.44 Seir: An area of hills and mountains that was part of the territory of Edom.as far as Hormah, killing them as they went. 45 Then you came back to the place of worship at Kadesh-Barnea and wept, but the Lordwould not listen to your prayers.
Israel Spent Years in the Desert
Moses said to Israel:
46 After we had been in Kadeshfor a few months, we obeyed the Lordand headed back into the desert by way of Red Sea1.46 Red Sea: See the notes at 1.40; 11.4.Road.
Pessoa
Tribo de Levi
Moses
מֹשֶׁ֔הmoshehΜωϋσῆςMōüsē͂s
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
The Jordan is the river in the middle of which Joshua set up twelve stones, where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood. The boundary of the land went down along the river to the Salt Sea (Joshua 4:9).
Paran is a desert where Israel camped after leaving Hazeroth. From there Moses sent leaders of the Israelites, who returned to Kadesh, in the same desert, with fruit of the land (Numbers 13:26).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Bashan is the land of the kingdom of Og, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and was defeated by Moses. It was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, and in it was Golan, a city of refuge (Joshua 13:12).
Edrei was the city where Og king of Bashan marched out with his whole army to battle against those who went up along the road toward Bashan (Numbers 21:33).
Mount Horeb is the mountain of God, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt and where Moses placed the two tablets (2 Chronicles 5:10).
Mount Seir is the mountain that the Lord gave as an inheritance to Esau; the descendants of Esau drove out the Horites from there and settled in their place (Deuteronomy 2:12).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Mount Horeb is the mountain of God, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt and where Moses placed the two tablets (2 Chronicles 5:10).
Canaan is the land God promised to give the Israelites as an inheritance. Jacob and his sons lived there, and the Israelites ate manna forty years until they reached the borders of Canaan (Exodus 16:35).
The Euphrates is the great river to which Israel was told to go, toward the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon; beyond it lived Terah, the father of Abraham, and the ancestors of Israel (Joshua 24:2).
Lebanon is a land of mountains and cedars, where timber was cut with the help of the Sidonians and where Solomon built whatever he desired, as he did in Jerusalem and throughout the rest of his realm (1 Kings 9:19).
The Euphrates is the great river to which Israel was told to go, toward the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon; beyond it lived Terah, the father of Abraham, and the ancestors of Israel (Joshua 24:2).
Abraham, called by God, left his country for Canaan, received the promise that he would be the father of many nations, and fathered Isaac, the son of promise (Genesis 12:1).
Isaac was the son God promised to Abraham and Sarah in their old age; his father nearly offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 22:2).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Mount Horeb is the mountain of God, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt and where Moses placed the two tablets (2 Chronicles 5:10).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Caleb, son of Jephunneh, was one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan and, with Joshua, trusted that Israel could conquer the land; therefore he received Hebron as an inheritance (Numbers 14:24).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Hoje: road between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba
סוּףsuphἐρυθρόςEruthros
The Way of the Red Sea was the road by which the people turned back toward the wilderness, as the Lord commanded, and later set out from Mount Hor to go around the land of Edom (Deuteronomy 2:1).
Mount Seir is the mountain that the Lord gave as an inheritance to Esau; the descendants of Esau drove out the Horites from there and settled in their place (Deuteronomy 2:12).
Hormah is the city of Zephath, so called after Judah and Simeon destroyed it, and the place to which the Amalekites and the Canaanites chased Israel (Judges 1:17).