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These be the words which Mosesspake unto all Israel on this sideJordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red[a] sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
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(There are eleven*days' journey from Horeb by the way of mountSeir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
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And it came to pass in the fortiethyear, in the eleventh*month, on the first day of the month, that Mosesspake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
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After he had slainSihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
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On this sideJordan, in the land of Moab,beganMoses to declare this law,saying,
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The LORD our Godspake unto us in Horeb,saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
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Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh[b] thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the seaside, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the greatriver, the riverEuphrates.
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Behold, I have set[c] the landbefore you: go in and possess the land which the LORDsware unto your fathers,Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seedafter them.
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And I spake unto you at that time,saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
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The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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(The LORDGod of your fathers make you a thousandtimes so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)