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Verse Deuteronomy 1:28. _CITIES - WALLED UP TO HEAVEN_] That is, with
very high walls which could not be easily scaled. High walls around
houses, c., in these parts of Arabia are still deemed a suffi...
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_2. FROM HOREB TO KADESH_
_ 1. The command to go in and to possess the land (Deuteronomy 1:6)_
2. The appointment of judges reviewed (Deuteronomy 1:9)
3. The failure to possess the land ...
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DEUTERONOMY 1:19. GREAT AND TERRIBLE WILDERNESS (Deuteronomy 8:15);
_i.e._ the desert of et-Tih between the peninsula of Sinai and S.
Palestine. AS. COMMANDED US: _cf._ Deuteronomy 1:7....
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OUR BRETHREN. our own brethren. Compare Numbers 13:28.
HEART. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "hearts"
(plural)
TALLER. greater. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and
Septua...
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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_...
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_VER._ 28. _WALLED UP TO HEAVEN_— A strong hyperbole, usual with the
very best writers, to express the height and strength of their
enemies' walls. See Genesis 11:4 and Bochart's Phaleg. lib. 1: cap....
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3. Two FAILURES AT KADESH-BARNEA (Deuteronomy 1:19-46)
a. BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF (Deuteronomy 1:19-40)
Deuteronomy 1:19 And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all
that great and terrible
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_AND YE CAME NEAR UNTO ME EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND SAID, WE WILL SEND MEN
BEFORE US, AND THEY SHALL SEARCH US OUT THE LAND, AND BRING US WORD
AGAIN BY WHAT WAY WE MUST GO UP, AND INTO WHAT CITIES WE SHAL...
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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...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
THE AUTHOR
There are three main opinions about who wrote the book of
Deuteronomy. 1. Deuteronomy says t...
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WHITHER SHALL WE GO UP? OUR BRETHREN HAVE DISCOURAGED OUR HEART. —
So Caleb says in Joshua 14:8, “My brethren made the heart of the
people melt.” For the rest of the verse see Numbers 13:28....
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אָנָ֣ה ׀ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹלִ֗ים אַחֵינוּ֩
הֵמַ֨סּוּ אֶת...
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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,...
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THE PENALTY OF UNBELIEF
Deuteronomy 1:19
There is little to distinguish Kadesh-barnea among the sand-dunes of
the desert. It was situated on the frontier, where Canaan fades into
the southern desert....
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The Book of Deuteronomy is didactic rather than historic. It consists
of a collection of the final utterances of Moses and is a Book of
review.
It commences with a discourse in which Moses reviewed th...
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Whither shall we go up? our (r) brethren have discouraged our heart,
saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are]
great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the s...
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I did not think it needful to stop the Reader with any observations
which arise out of these verses, having already dwelt upon the subject
in the Commentary on the 13th and 14th Chapter s of the Book...
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In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be
called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of
institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
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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...
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WHITHER SHALL WE GO UP?.... What way can we go up into the land? where
is there any access for us? the mountain we are come to, and directed
to go up, is possessed by the Amorites, a strong and mighty...
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_The people is greater_ In number, and strength, and valour. _The
cities are great, and walled up to heaven_ An hyperbole, signifying
that their cities were fenced with very high walls, which Moses
hi...
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1 Moses speech in the end of the fortieth yeere, briefly rehearsing
the story,
6 of Gods promise,
9 of giuing them officers,
19 of sending the spies to search the land,
34 of Gods anger for their...
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Kadesh-Barnea and the Spies....
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Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our heart,
saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great
and walled up to heaven; and, moreover, we have seen the sons of...
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THE COMMAND TO LEAVE HOREB
(vs.1-8)
In Numbers 32:1 Israel is seen to remain in the area east of Jordan
long enough for the two and a half tribes to build cities. Thus God
required no haste as to the...
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19-46 Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to
Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows
how near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggrava...
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THE PEOPLE IS GREATER, in number and strength and valour. UP TO
HEAVEN, i.e. to a great height. A common hyperbole, as GENESIS 11:4
PSALMS 107:26. The Anakims; the children of Anak or Enak. See Judges...
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"These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side
Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red Sea,
between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahah. Th...
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Deuteronomy 1:28 up H5927 (H8802) brethren H251 discouraged H4549
(H8689) hearts H3824 saying H559 (H8800) peop
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Deuteronomy 1:26
‘ Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of
Yahweh your God, and you murmured in your tents, and said, “Because
Yahweh hated us, he has brought us out of the la...
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CONTENTS: Review of the failure at Kadesh-barnea.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Caleb, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: A sad pass it has come to with us when the God of eternal
truth cannot be believed. All disobedie...
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Deuteronomy 1:1. _In the plain over against the Red sea._ סו _Suph,
red,_ not being joined in the text _with_ ים _Yam, sea,_ should not
be rendered _the Red sea._ Zuph being the name of a town, and al...
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_Our brethren have discouraged our heart._
DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED
To be discouraged is to lose one’s energy and vitality. When a man
is discouraged he is of no use; his power has gone out of him. Cour...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 1:6 Moses’ First Speech:
Historical Prologue. Moses’ first speech reviews Israel’s past
failure at Kadesh; its passing through Edom, Moab, and Ammon without
fighting; i...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 1:28 ANAKIM were reputed to be
giants (Numbers 13:33; compare...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
I. Biographical. _SIHON_. סִיחן (Slkhôn). LXX. Σηών. Joseph.
Σιχών. King of the Amorites when the Israelites reached the
borders of Canaan,—a man of courage and audacit...
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EXPOSITION
DEUTERONOMY 1:19-5
Here Moses passes from the judges to the people at large; from
charging officials to judge righteously, to reminding the people that
they also had received from him comm...
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Let's turn to Deuteronomy. The word Deuteronomy means the second law.
It is really sort of Moses' final address to the people. It probably
covers the last month and a half of Moses' life. So he's gett...
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2 Samuel 21:16; Deuteronomy 20:8; Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 9:2;...
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KADESH-BARNEA
Deuteronomy 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There are three things which need to be brought out in a definite way.
1. THE SUGGESTION OF THE VERBAL INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE. The chapter
opens w...
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Greater — In number and strength and valour....