But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, Numbers 20:12, and would not hear me, He refused to change the decision which He had made at Meribah; and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto Me of this matter, Moses was not to add either prayer or wish to his words, for it would avail him nothing.
Verse Deuteronomy 3:26. _LET IT SUFFICE THEE_] רב לך _rab lach_, _there is an_ _abundance to thee _- thou hast had honour enough already, and may well dispense with going over Jordan. He surely has no...
THE LORD WAS WROTH WITH ME FOR YOUR SAKES - Here, as in Deuteronomy 1:37; Deuteronomy 4:21; the sin of the people is stated to be the ground on which Moses’ prayer is denied. In Deutero
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The conquest of Og (Deuteronomy 3:1)_ 2. The land possessed (Deuteronomy 3:12) 3. Joshua in the place of Moses (Deuteronomy 3:21) In obedience to the word of the
Moses encourages his successor (Deuteronomy 3:21 f. absent from Numbers 3:32)and prays, though in vain, to be allowed to cross the Jordan (Deuteronomy 3:23 recorded here only)....
WROTH. See Numbers 20:12. SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 2:9....
Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_...
Moses" Prayer and its Rejection At that time Moses besought God to finish what He had begun and show him all His greatness (Deuteronomy 3:23 f.), by letting him cross Jordan and view the whole land ...
_But the Lord was wroth with me_ Heb. _hith-abber_(lit. _to exceed bounds) was enraged_, a stronger term than that in Deuteronomy 1:37, the note on which see for the whole of this verse....
DISCOURSE: 188 MOSES VIEWS CANAAN FROM PISGAH Deuteronomy 3:23. And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for wh...
SEE COMMENTARY ON DEUTERONOMY 3:29...
_VER._ 21-29. As Joshua was ordained to succeed Moses in the government, he repeats the encouragement that he gave him to be brave and confident in so good a cause. Joshua had seen already some of God...
10. MOSES DENIED ENTRANCE INTO CANAAN (Deuteronomy 3:21-29) 21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall Jeh...
_BUT THE LORD WAS WROTH WITH ME FOR YOUR SAKES, AND WOULD NOT HEAR ME: AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, LET IT SUFFICE THEE; SPEAK NO MORE UNTO ME OF THIS MATTER._ Speak no more unto me of this matter - i:...
FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promised Land...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 ‘Next we turned and we went along the route towards Bashan. Og, king of Bashan, came out w...
(23-28) AND I BESOUGHT THE LORD AT THAT TIME. — Two things Moses is recorded to have asked _for himself_ in the story of the exodus. The first is written in Exodus 33:18, “I beseech thee shew me thy g...
FOR YOUR SAKES. — Because “I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified” (Leviticus 10:3; Numbers 20:12); And also because the death of Moses and the s...
וַ יִּתְעַבֵּ֨ר יְהוָ֥ה בִּי֙ לְמַ֣עַנְכֶ֔ם וְ...
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 3:1 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1,...
“TAKE HEED TO THYSELF” Deuteronomy 3:23; Deuteronomy 4:1 Strong faith was required by the two and a half tribes to leave their wives and children while they went to succor their brethren. But God's c...
Your account. Moses cannot help reminding the people that they were the occasion of his giving way to diffidence, and thus incurring a most sensible chastisement from the hands of God. Their conduct h...
Observe with what humility and approbation the man of God speaks of the LORD'S refusal. Oh! it is precious faith which enables the believer to lay passive in the hand of GOD, and know no will but his....
26._But the Lord was wroth with me. _Some imagine that God was offended by such a longing as this; but Moses is rather giving the reason why he did not obtain what he sought, viz., because he had been...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...
BUT THE LORD WAS WROTH WITH ME FOR YOUR SAKES,.... Not at this time, and for this prayer of his, but on account of he and Aaron not sanctifying him at the waters of Meribah; or of some expressions of...
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. Ver. 26. _Speak no more._] Christians must...
1 The story of the conquest of Og king of Bashan. 11 The bignes of his bed. 12 The distribution of those lands to the two tribes and halfe. 23 Moses prayer to enter into the land. 26 He is permitt...
OG, KING OF BASHAN, DEFEATED (vs.1-11) The history of Og's defeat is in Numbers 21:33. Moses recounts this. Og and his people came out against Israel to battle, just as the ungodly would oppose the t...
21-29 Moses encouraged Joshua, who was to succeed him. Thus the aged and experienced in the service of God, should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those who are young, and setting out in r...
FOR YOUR SAKES; by occasion of your sins, which provoked me to unadvised words and carriages, PSALMS 106:32,33. See Numbers 20:12 Deuteronomy 31:2,...
"Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And the Lord said unto me, Fear Him not: for I will deliver hi...
Deuteronomy 3:26 LORD H3068 angry H5674 (H8691) listen H8085 (H8804) LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Enough...
MOSES' PLEA TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THE LAND (DEUTERONOMY 3:23). But one of the things that grieved Moses most was the fact that through his own sin of impatience, carelessness, petulance and uncontrolled...
CONTENTS: Further review of journeyings. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Og, Joshua. CONCLUSION: That cause cannot but be victorious for which the Lord of Hosts fights. «If God be for us who can be against...
Deuteronomy 3:9. _Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion._ The LXX, willing to adapt the language of the sacred writings to their own age, say, “Which Hermon the Phœnicians call Sanior.” See notes on...
_Thou hast begun to show._ REVELATION ALWAYS NEW “Thou hast begun.” That is all He can do. Always beginning, never ending that is the mystery and that is the glory of the Divine revelation. When we c...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 3:26 BECAUSE OF YOU. See note on 1:37–38. PISGAH. See...
CRITICAL NOTES.—CONQUEST OF OG. Israel were able to advance to the Jordan after the defeat of Sihon and the conquest of his land. But Og, the Amonitish King, still kept the northern half of Gilead and...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 3:1 CONQUEST OF OG,_ _KING OF_ _BASHAN. The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by _the Moabites _and the _Edomites _from the giant aborigines; and...
In chapter three: So we turned, and went by the way of Bashan: unto Og the king of Bashan who came out against us, wit all of his people. And the LORD said unto me, Don't fear him: for I will deliver...
1 Chronicles 17:12; 1 Chronicles 17:13; 1 Chronicles 17:4; 1 Chronicles 22:7;...
TURNING BACKWARD Deuteronomy 2:1 _and Deuteronomy 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They had come up to K...