Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Deuteronomy 3:17
The plain — The low country towards Jordan. The sea of the plain — That is, that salt sea, which before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain.
The plain — The low country towards Jordan. The sea of the plain — That is, that salt sea, which before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain.
Verse Deuteronomy 3:17. _FROM CHINNERETH_] Numbers 34:11, Numbers 34:11....
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
DEUTERONOMY 3:8 gives an account of the distribution, between Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, of the territories taken from the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og. Deuteronomy 3:8. beyond Jordan: see Deu...
CHINNERETH. Afterward called Gennesaret, compare Numbers 34:11.Joshua 19:35. So called from its shape, _kinnor_,. harp. THE PLAIN. Hebrew. _'Arabah_. See Deuteronomy 1:1. ASHDOTH-PISGAH. the sp
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_...
_the Arabah also, and Jordan_ FOR A _border_ The territory included the E. strip of the -Arabah hence _eastwards_at the end of the verse with the Jordan as its W. limit, and this between _Chinnereth_o...
Allotment of the Conquered Lands Thus Israel had taken the two Amorite kingdoms, from the "Arnon to Ḥermon (Deuteronomy 3:8) on which a note is given (Deuteronomy 3:9) that is, from S. to N., the tow...
_VER._ 17. _UNDER ASHDOTH-PISGAH_— _Under the declivities of Pisgah,_ Hiller. Hierophut. pars II. p. 70. _Subter clivum Phasga._ Houb. "From the mountain of _Quarantania,"_ says Dr. Shaw, "the very sa...
8. EXTENT AND DIVISION OF CONQUERED EAST-SIDE LANDS (Deuteronomy 3:12-17) 12 And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-countr...
_THE PLAIN ALSO, AND JORDAN, AND THE COAST THEREOF, FROM CHINNERETH EVEN UNTO THE SEA OF THE PLAIN, EVEN THE SALT SEA, UNDER ASHDOTHPISGAH EASTWARD._ The plain also - i:e., the Arabah, including the...
3:17 plain (e-2) plain, (e-19) The _ Arabah_ , see ch. 1.1....
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...
Chinnereth] the Lake of Gennesaret, or Sea of Galilee. The plain is again the Arabah: see on Numbers 1:1. Ashdod-pisgah] RV 'the slopes of Pisgah': cp. Deuteronomy 4:49. 18-20. See on Numbers 32. 23-...
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...
AND UNTO THE REUBENITES AND UNTO THE GADITES I GAVE. — The circumstances are detailed in Numbers 32. They desired the land for their cattle....
(13-17) Comp. Numbers 32:33, and Notes thereon,...
וְ הָֽ עֲרָבָ֖ה וְ הַ יַּרְדֵּ֣ן וּ
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,...
THE INHERITANCE OF REUBEN, GAD AND MANASSEH Deuteronomy 3:1 Sihon's defeat, described in the previous chapter, compelled his ally Og to take the field and oppose the further advance of Israel. “ _He...
_Foot. Hebrew and Septuagint Ashdoth-pisga. Eusebius seems to have taken these for two different towns. The former was situated near Phasga, Josue xii. 3. This mount was the eastern boundary of Ruben....
All these verses, and the events recorded in them, are but a recapitulation of the history which we had before in Numbers 32:1 to which I refer. I shall only, therefore, detain the Reader with observi...
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...
THE PLAIN ALSO, AND JORDAN,.... The plain by Jordan, the plains of Moab on the side of it, together with the river: AND THE COAST THEREOF; the country adjoining to it: FROM CHINNERETH EVEN UNTO THE...
_The plain_ The low country toward Jordan. _The sea of the plain_ That is, that salt sea, which before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain....
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...
the plain also, the lowlands along the Jordan, AND JORDAN, to the middle of the stream, AND THE COAST THEREOF, FROM CHINNERETH, afterward the Sea of Galilee, EVEN UNTO THE SEA OF THE PLAIN, EVEN THE S...
THE DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY...
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...
ASHDOTHPISGAH: Or, under the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill...
12-20 This country was settled on the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: see Deuteronomy 3:32. Moses repeats the condition of the grant to which they agreed. When at rest, we should...
THE PLAIN; the low country towards Jordan. CHINNERETH; of which see on NUMBERS 34:11 JOSHUA 12:3. THE SEA OF THE PLAIN, i.e. that salt sea, as it here follows, which before that dreadful conflagration...
"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 3:17 plain H6160 Jordan H3383 border H1366 Chinnereth H3672 side H4217 Sea H3220 Arabah H6160 Salt H4
A DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE LAND THAT IS CAPTURED (DEUTERONOMY 3:8). a They took out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites in Transjordan the land from Mount Hermon in the north to the River Ar...
ASHDOTH-PISGAH That is, the springs of Pisgah, or the hill....
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...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 3:17 CHINNERETH is another name for the Sea of Galilee. PISGAH is the peak of Mount Nebo, overlooking Jericho and the north end of the Dead Sea. It is the place where M...
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...
Deuteronomy 4:49; Genesis 13:10; Genesis 14:3; Genesis 19:28; Ge
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...