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Deuteronomy 1:40
Deuteronomy 1:40 is verse 40 of Deuteronomy chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
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King James Version
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
World English Bible
But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
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Deuteronomy 1:38–42 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
40 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.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 14:25Now 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.”