Deuteronomy 1:40
38 Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
39 And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
41 “We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
42 But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
- KJV
- But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
- WEB
- But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
- ASV
- But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
- DARBY
- But ye, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
- BLB
- And [as for] you⁺, turn and set out for yourselves into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”
- ÅB
- Men vend dere om og ta ut i ørkenen, på veien til det Røde Hav!
- OTB
- Men dere, vend om og sett ut mot ørkenen langs veien til Rødehavet.'
- B1930
- Men vend I om og ta ut i ørkenen, på veien til det Røde Hav!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 14:25
Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
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