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Deuteronomy 01 Translation Questions
Q? Where was Moses when he spoke to Israel?
A. Moses was beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain of the Jordan river valley. [1:1]
Q? When did Moses speak to the people of Israel, telling them all that Yahweh commanded him?
A. It was the fortieth year, the first day of the eleventh month, on the first day of the month. [1:3]
Q? To whom had Yahweh sworn to give the land?
A. Yahweh had sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give the land to them and to their descendants after them. [1:8]
Q? Why did Moses feel he could not carry the people alone?
A. God had multiplied them, made them as the stars of heaven. [1:9-10]
Q? Who would help Moses carry the loads, burdens, and disputes of the people?
A. They would take wise understanding men of good repute, tribe by tribe, and make these men heads over them. [1:12-13]
Q? What did Moses command the judges to do?
A. He commanded them to hear the disputes between brothers, and the foreigner who is with him. [1:16]
Q? What did Israel travel through as they journeyed from Horeb to the hill country?
A. They traveled through all the great and terrible wilderness. [1:19]
Q? Why did the people ask Moses to send men ahead of them?
A. They asked Moses to send men ahead to search out the land and bring back word about how they should attack and about the cities. [1:22]
Q? Who did Moses choose to scout out the land in the hill country?
A. He chose twelve men, one man for every tribe. [1:23]
Q? What did the men report back about the land?
A. They said, "It is a good land that Yahweh our God is giving to us." [1:25]
Q? Why did the men say Yahweh brought them out of the land of Egypt?
A. They said Yahweh hated them and he brought them out of the land of Egypt to destroy them. [1:27]
Q? What did their brothers say about the people of the land?
A. They said that the people of the land were bigger and taller than the Israelites. [1:28]
Q? What did Moses say was there reason the people did not need to be afraid?
A. He told them not to be afraid, because Yahweh would go before them and would fight for them like he did in Egypt and in the wilderness. [1:29-31]
Q? What did Yahweh say because he was angry?
A. He swore and said, "Surely not one of these men of this evil generation will see the good land except Caleb." [1:34-35]
Q? What did Yahweh tell Moses to do for Joshua the son of Nun?
A. Yahweh told Moses to encourage Joshua for he will lead Israel to inherit the land. [1:38]
Q? Who did Yahweh say will go into the land and possess it?
A. He said their little children will go in and will possess it. [1:39]
Q? What did the people do when Yahweh told them not to attack the hill country?
A. They were arrogant and attacked the hill country, and the Amorites came against the men, and chased them like bees. [1:43-44]