Mosheh's last parting words between 1st Shevat 2488 (vs 3) and 7 Adar 2488 (1273 BCE). This portion of scripture is read annually on the Shabbat preceding on each year of the 9th of Av.
Eleh ha Devarim asher diber Mosheh el-kol-Yisrael beever haYarden bamidbar baArabah molsuf bein-Paran uvein-Tofel veLavan vaChatzerot veDi-Zahav:
These are the Words which Mosheh spoke unto all Yisrael on the far side of the Yarden in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suf, between Paran, and Tophel, and Lavan, and Chazerot, and Di-zahav.
1:2 ([There are] eleven days' [journey] from Horev by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh Barnea.)
1:3 And it came to pass in the 40th year, in the eleventh (Shevet) month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Mosheh (משׁה) spake unto benai Yisrael, according unto all that YHWH (יהוה) had given him in commandment unto them;
1:4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Emori, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astarot in Edre'i:
1:5 Across the Yarden in the land Moav, Mosheh took it upon himself to expound this Torah, saying:
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1:6 YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu spake unto us in Horev, saying:
"You have stayed long enough in this mountain:
1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Emori, and unto all [the places] nigh thereunto, in the Arabah (plain), in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land ha Kena'ani, and unto Levanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
1:8 See (reeh), I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which YHWH (יהוה) sware unto avoteikhem, Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
1:10 YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem has multiplied you, and, hinnei, you [are] this day as the kokhavei (stars) Ha shamayim.(shamayim) for multitude.
(YHWH (יהוה) Elohei avotekhem make you a thousand times so many more as you [are], and bless you, as he has promised you!)
1:12 How can I myself alone bear your trouble, and your massa (burden), and your strife?
1:13 Take you wise men, and Binah (understanding), and known among your shevet (tribes), and I will make them rulers over you.
1:14 And you answered me, and said:
The thing which thou hast spoken [is] good [for us] to do.
1:15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and made them heads over you, leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes.
1:16 And I charged shofteikhem (your judges) at that time, saying, Shema [the causes] between your brethren, and shofet tzedek between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
1:17 Ye shall not show partiality in mishpat (judgment); [but] you shall shema the small and great alike; you shall not fear man; for the mishpat (judgment) [is] Elohim (אלהים)'s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will shama it.
1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
1:19 And when we departed from Horev, we went through all that great and terrible midbar, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Emori, as YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Emori, which YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu doth give unto us.
1:21 See, YHWH (יהוה) Eloheicha has set the land before thee: go up [and] yaresh (possess) [it], as YHWH (יהוה) Elohim (אלהים) of thy avot has said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
And all of you approached me and said:
We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took Shneym Asar (twelve) men of you, one of a shevet (tribe):
1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshkol, and searched it out.
1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, [It is] a good land which YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu doth give us.
1:26 Notwithstanding you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem:
1:27 And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because YHWH (יהוה) hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land Mitzrayim, to deliver us into the hand of the Emori, to destroy us.
1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to shamayim; and moreover we have seen the banim of the Anakim (long neck) there.
1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
1:30 YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Mitzrayim before your eyes;
1:31 And in the midbar, where thou hast seen how that YHWH (יהוה) Eloheicha bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that you went, until you came into this place.
1:32 Yet in this thing you did not believe YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem,
1:33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents [in], in fire by night, to shew you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day.
1:34 And YHWH (יהוה) heard the voice of your devarim, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your avot,
1:36 Except Kalev Ben Yefunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he has walked upon, and to his children, because he has followed YHWH (יהוה) fully.
1:37 Also YHWH (יהוה) was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
1:38 [But] Yehoshua Ben Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him:
For he shall cause Yisrael to inherit it.
1:39(iv) Small children to inherit
Moreover your little ones, which you said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between tov (good) and rah (evil), they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall yaresh (possess) it.
1:40 But [as for] you, turn you, and take your journey into the midbar by the way of the Yam Suf.
1:41 Then you answered and said unto me:
We have sinned against YHWH (יהוה), we will go up and fight, according to all that YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu commanded us. And when you had girded on every man his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the hill.
1:42 And YHWH (יהוה) said unto me:
"Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for ANI (I) not among you; lest you be smitten before your enemies.
1:43 So I spake unto you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of YHWH (יהוה), and went presumptuously up into the hill.
1:44 And the Emori, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah.
1:45 And you returned and wept before YHWH (יהוה); but YHWH (יהוה) would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
1:46 So you remain in Kadesh yamim rabbim (for many days), according unto the days that you spent [there].
Amorite (Sumerian Mar.tu, Akkadian Amurrūm, Egyptian Amar, Hebrew ’emōrî) refers to a Semitic people who first occupied the country west of the Euphrates from the second half of the third millennium B.C.E.. They were originally a nomadic people whose prowess as warriors gradually brought them into a powerful position in Mesopotamia. Their rise to power brought about significant changes in Mesopotamian civilization. From 2000-1600 B.C.E., they came to dominate the region, the most famous Amorite king being the great Hammurabi.
In the later second millennium B.C.E., the Amorites migrated or were pushed westward toward Canaan. There, the Israelites treated them as enemies and left several records of their defeat by Israelite heroes such as Joshua. The Amorites disappear from the historical record as a distinct population group around the sixth century B.C.E.
1. First Discourse 第一次论述: Review of Yisrael's History after the Exodus and its lessons - 1:1-4:49
2. Second Discourse 第二次论述: Rehearsal of the Sinatic Torah, with warnings and Exhortations (5:1-26:19)
3. Third Discourse 第三次论述 : Blessing and Curses for Obedience and Disobedience (27:1-28:68)
4. Fourth Discourse 第四次论述: The Brit renewal. Its wranings and Promised Blessings (29－30)
5。Conclusion 摩西的结论: Final Word and Acts of Mosheh and His Death (31-34)