[John O]

The plain English of the passages refutes what you say.

Read them again. Start with Deuteronomy 1:1-4 and then on to the actual statement made by God through Moses.

[spunkets]

" Read them again. Start with Deuteronomy 1:1-4 "

I always start by going to God Himself, Jesus, to learn about Him. Then when I read something else, I have the real thing for a reference from which to judge. You have no reference, so anything goes and it has no counterpart in reality.