Deuteronomy 1:6-8

Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 4:40. Moses-' first discourse, based on JE in Ex. and Nu. though possessing peculiar features due to a Deuteronomic editor.

Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Moses Reviews the Journey of the Israelites from Horeb.

Deuteronomy 1:6. The words suggest that the Israelites would be able to take possession of the land immediately they entered it; cf. Joshua, which describes such an entrance into Canaan. The more historical view is that given by Judges.

Deuteronomy 1:6. The Lord. spake: where? (cf. Exodus 33:1).

Deuteronomy 1:7. hill country, etc.: a common name for W. Palestine from its leading physical characteristics; Deuteronomy 1:4 * (Amorties). all the places, etc.: render, all their bordering peoples (or tribes). Araban: I*. Here it means that part of it which stretched from S. of Sea of Galilee to some fifty miles S. of Dead Sea. lowland: (pp. 31f.), the flat country of the Philistines. South: Heb. Negeb, the technical term for the barren region S. of the Judæ an mountains (p. 32). The writer's use of the word for S. shows that he lived W. of the Jordan. the sea shore: i.e. the maritime plain to the N. of Philistia. the land of the Canaanites: probably an interpolation. Lebanon. Euphrates: the ideal boundaries N. and E.; Deuteronomy 11:24, cf. Joshua 1:4.

Deuteronomy 1:8. This oath is often mentioned by JE (Genesis 24:7, etc.) and in Dt. (Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 6:18; Deuteronomy 6:23, etc.). The contents of the oath are expressly stated in Genesis 22:16 f. only (see Genesis 26:3 f. (J)