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This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must
not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The
former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only.
A comparison...
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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 (Deuteronom...
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DEUTERONOMY 1:9_ cf._ Exodus 18:13 * (_E_))_._ The idea of appointing
judges to assist Moses is in Exodus 18:17 suggested by Jethro not, as
here, by Moses himself. The parallel passage differs also as...
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I SPAKE. See Exodus 18:17; Exodus 18:18; Numbers 11:14....
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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_(Deuteronomy 3...
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_VER._ 9-11. _AND I SPAKE UNTO YOU_— That is, _to your fathers,_ as
being alive at the time here referred to. We may observe here, once
for all, that Moses, throughout this book, frequently speaks of...
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2. CIVIL ORGANIZATION UNDER MOSES (Deuteronomy 1:9-18)
Deuteronomy 1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not
able to bear you myself alone: 10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied
you, and,...
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_AND I SPAKE UNTO YOU AT THAT TIME, SAYING, I AM NOT ABLE TO BEAR YOU
MYSELF ALONE:_
I spake unto you at that time - a little before their arrival in
Horeb. Moses addresses that new generation as the...
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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 Lan...
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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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I AM NOT ABLE TO BEAR YOU MYSELF ALONE. — Repeated almost exactly
from Numbers 11:14....
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וָ אֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵכֶ֔ם בָּ † עֵ֥ת הַ הִ֖וא
לֵ אמֹ֑ר לֹא ־אוּכַ֥ל לְ בַדִּ֖י
שְׂאֵ֥ת
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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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MOSES RECALLS THE START FROM HOREB
Deuteronomy 1:1
To this new generation Moses spake the holy law of God, since they had
not heard it at Sinai. In view of the great Lawgiver's approaching
decease,...
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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 t...
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And I spake (g) unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear
you myself alone:
(g) By the counsel of Jethro my father-in-law, (Exodus 18:19)....
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_I said, following the advice of Jethro, Exodus xviii. 18._...
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Reader, do not overlook in this, as well as in numberless other
instances, how inferior every character is to JESUS. Moses was
faithful in all his house, we are told by the apostle, as a
servant, b...
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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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9._And I spoke unto you at that time. _He does not here say that the
counsel was suggested to him from another quarter, as to the
appointment of the judges; but, perhaps, he dared not mention any name...
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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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AND I SPAKE UNTO YOU AT THAT TIME,.... About that time; for it was
after the rock in Horeb was smitten, and before they encamped at Mount
Sinai, that Jethro gave the advice which Moses took, and proce...
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And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you
myself alone:
Ver. 9. _I am not able._] _Politici et ecclesiastici labores maximi
sunt,_ saith Luther. None have so hard a tug of...
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_I spake unto you_ Unto your fathers, who were alive at the time here
referred to, but now dead, Numbers 26:64. _At that time_ That is,
about that time, a little before their coming to Horeb. See Exod...
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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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And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you
myself alone. Moses does not observe the chronological order of
events, but selects such as were of importance for his present
purp...
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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 th...
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9-18 Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their
government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not
their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham,...
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AT THAT TIME, i.e. about that time, to wit, a little before their
coming to Horeb, EXODUS 18:18....
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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 1:9 spoke H559 (H8799) time H6256 saying H559 (H8800)
alone H905 able H3201 (H8799) bear H5375 (H8800)
I am not - Exodus 18:18; Numbers 11:11-14, Numbers 11:17...
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HE POINTS OUT THAT THERE SHOULD IN FACT HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEM WITH
THEIR POSSESSING CANAAN BECAUSE YAHWEH HAD MADE THEM A GREAT NATION,
JUSTLY AND WISELY WATCHED OVER BY THEIR RULERS, AND HAD LED THEM...
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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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_And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you
myself alone._
THE PROMISED INCREASE PLEADED
I. The glorious being addressed. “The Lord God of your fathers.”
1. In His essenti...
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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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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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TITLE AND INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 1:1.
EXPOSITION
DEUTERONOMY 1:1
In these verses we have the inscription and general introduction to
the book, announcing the contents of the book, the author of i...
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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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Exodus 18:18; Numbers 11:11; Numbers 11:17...
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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...
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At that time — That is, about that time, namely, a little before
their coming to Horeb....