- Deuteronomy 1:11
יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵכֶם יֹסֵף עֲלֵיכֶם כָּכֶם אֶלֶף פְּעָמִים וִיבָרֵךְ אֶתְכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָכֶם׃
May the ETERNAL, the God of your ancestors, increase your numbers a thousandfold, and bless you as promised.—
Targum Onkelos
יְיָ אֱלָהָא דַּאֲבָהָתְכוֹן יוֹסֵיף עֲלֵיכוֹן כְּוָתְכוֹן אֶלֶף זִמְנִין וִיבָרֵיךְ יָתְכוֹן כְּמָא דְּמַלֵּיל לְכוֹן׃
Adonoy, God of your forefathers, will add to you one thousandfold, and will bless you as He spoke about you.
- Deuteronomy 1:12
אֵיכָה אֶשָּׂא לְבַדִּי טׇרְחֲכֶם וּמַשַּׂאֲכֶם וְרִיבְכֶם׃
How can I bear unaided the trouble of you, and the burden, and the bickering!
Targum Onkelos
אֵיכְדֵין אֲסוֹבַר בִּלְחוֹדַי טוּרְחֵיכוֹן וְעִסְקֵיכוֹן וְדִינְכוֹן׃
How can I carry [bear] alone your troublesomeness, your burdensomeness [business], and your contentiousness [judgments]?
- Deuteronomy 1:13
הָבוּ לָכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים וּנְבֹנִים וִידֻעִים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶם וַאֲשִׂימֵם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶם׃
Pick from each of your tribes individuals who are wise, discerning, and experienced, and I will appoint them as your heads.”
Targum Onkelos
הַבוּ לְכוֹן גּוּבְרִין חַכִּימִין וְסוּכְלְתָנִין וּמַרְעַן לְשִׁבְטֵיכוֹן וַאֲמַנֵּינוּן רֵישִׁין עֲלֵיכוֹן׃
Provide yourselves men, wise and understanding and renowned to your tribes, and I will designate them your leaders [appoint them to be chiefs over you].’’
- Deuteronomy 1:14
וַתַּעֲנוּ אֹתִי וַתֹּאמְרוּ טוֹב־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּרְתָּ לַעֲשׂוֹת׃
You answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲתֵיבְתּוּן יָתִי וַאֲמַרְתּוּן תָּקֵין פִּתְגָמָא דְּמַלֵּילְתָּא לְמֶעֱבַד׃
You replied to me and said, ‘‘[It is a] good thing [right] that you said to do.’’
- Deuteronomy 1:15
וָאֶקַּח אֶת־רָאשֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים וִידֻעִים וָאֶתֵּן אוֹתָם רָאשִׁים עֲלֵיכֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים וְשָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת וְשָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹת וְשֹׁטְרִים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶם׃
So I took your tribal leaders, wise and experienced men, and appointed them heads over you: chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens, and officials for your tribes.
Targum Onkelos
וּדְבַרִית יָת רֵישֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכוֹן גּוּבְרִין חַכִּימִין וּמַדְּעַן וּמַנִּיתִי יָתְהוֹן רֵישִׁין עֲלֵיכוֹן רַבָּנֵי אַלְפֵי וְרַבָּנֵי מָאוָתָא וְרַבָּנֵי חַמְשִׁין וְרַבָּנֵי עֲשׂוֹרְיָתָא וְסָרְכִין לְשִׁבְטֵיכוֹן׃
I took the leaders of your tribes, men wise and renowned, and designated [appointed] them leaders over you: masters of thousands and masters of hundreds, and masters of fifties and masters of tens, and court officers for your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 1:16
וָאֲצַוֶּה אֶת־שֹׁפְטֵיכֶם בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר שָׁמֹעַ בֵּין־אֲחֵיכֶם וּשְׁפַטְתֶּם צֶדֶק בֵּין־אִישׁ וּבֵין־אָחִיו וּבֵין גֵּרוֹ׃
I charged your magistrates at that time as follows, “Hear out your fellow Israelites, and decide justly between one party and the other—be it a fellow Israelite or a stranger.
Targum Onkelos
וּפַקֵּידִית יָת דַּיָּינֵיכוֹן בְּעִדָּנָא הַהוּא לְמֵימַר שְׁמַעוּ בֵּין אֲחֵיכוֹן וּתְדִינוּן קוּשְׁטָא בֵּין גּוּבְרָא וּבֵין אֲחוּהִי וּבֵין גִּיּוֹרָא׃
I commanded your judges at that time, to say, ‘‘Listen between your brothers and you are to judge right between a man and his brother and between his complainant.
- Deuteronomy 1:17
לֹא־תַכִּירוּ פָנִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּט כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדֹל תִּשְׁמָעוּן לֹא תָגוּרוּ מִפְּנֵי־אִישׁ כִּי הַמִּשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהִים הוּא וְהַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר יִקְשֶׁה מִכֶּם תַּקְרִבוּן אֵלַי וּשְׁמַעְתִּיו׃
You shall not be partial in judgment: hear out low and high alike. Fear no one, for judgment is God’s. And any matter that is too difficult for you, you shall bring to me and I will hear it.”
Targum Onkelos
לָא תִּשְׁתְּמוֹדְעוּן אַפֵּי בְּדִינָא מִלֵּי זְעֵירָא כְּרַבָּא תִּשְׁמְעוּן לָא תִּדְחֲלוּן מִן קֳדָם גּוּבְרָא אֲרֵי דִּינָא דַּייָ הוּא וּפִתְגָמָא דְּיִקְשֵׁי מִנְּכוֹן תְּקָרְבוּן לְוָתִי וְאֶשְׁמְעִנֵּיהּ׃
Do not show favor in judgement; [words] small and great alike will you hear out; do not fear any man; for justice belongs to God. And the matter that will be too difficult for you, present to me and I will hear it.’’
- Deuteronomy 1:18
וָאֲצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם בָּעֵת הַהִוא אֵת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּן׃
Thus I instructed you, at that time, about the various things that you should do.
Targum Onkelos
וּפַקֵּידִית יָתְכוֹן בְּעִדָּנָא הַהוּא יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָּא דְּתַעְבְּדוּן׃
I commanded you at that time all the things that you are to do.
- Deuteronomy 1:19
וַנִּסַּע מֵחֹרֵב וַנֵּלֶךְ אֵת כׇּל־הַמִּדְבָּר הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר רְאִיתֶם דֶּרֶךְ הַר הָאֱמֹרִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֹתָנוּ וַנָּבֹא עַד קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ׃
We set out from Horeb and traveled the great and terrible wilderness that you saw, along the road to the hill country of the Amorites, as the ETERNAL our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
Targum Onkelos
וּנְטַלְנָא מֵחוֹרֵב וְהַלֵּיכְנָא יָת כָּל מַדְבְּרָא רַבָּא וּדְחִילָא הַהוּא דַּחֲזֵיתוֹן אוֹרַח טוּרָא דֶּאֱמוֹרָאָה כְּמָא דְּפַקֵּיד יְיָ אֱלָהַנָא יָתַנָא וַאֲתֵינָא עַד רְקַם גֵּיאָה׃
We traveled from Choreiv and walked the entire great wilderness, that awesome one that you saw, in the direction of the Emorite hill [region] as Adonoy, our God, commanded us; and we arrived at Kadeish Barnei’a [Rekam Geyah].
- Deuteronomy 1:20
וָאֹמַר אֲלֵכֶם בָּאתֶם עַד־הַר הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נֹתֵן לָנוּ׃
I said to you, “You have come to the hill country of the Amorites that the ETERNAL our God is giving to us.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרִית לְכוֹן אֲתֵיתוּן עַד טוּרָא דֶּאֱמוֹרָאָה דַּייָ אֱלָהַנָא יָהֵיב לַנָא׃
I said to you, ‘‘You have arrived at the Emorite hill [region] that Adonoy, our God, is giving us.
- Deuteronomy 1:21
רְאֵה נָתַן יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ עֲלֵה רֵשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֶיךָ לָךְ אַל־תִּירָא וְאַל־תֵּחָת׃
See, the ETERNAL your God has placed the land at your disposal. Go up, take possession, as the ETERNAL, the God of your fathers, promised you. Fear not and be not dismayed.”
Targum Onkelos
חֲזִי דִּיהַב יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ קֳדָמָךְ יָת אַרְעָא סַק אַחְסֵין כְּמָא דְּמַלֵּיל יְיָ אֱלָהָא דַּאֲבָהָתָךְ לָךְ לָא תִּדְחַל וְלָא תִתְּבַר׃
See! Adonoy, our God, has set the land before you. Go up, inherit [it] as promised by Adonoy, the God of your forefathers, about you; do not fear and do not tremble.’’