“ And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: ”
The plan of sending the spies originated with the people; and, as in itself a reasonable one, it approved itself to Moses; it was submitted to God, sanctioned by Him, and carried out under special...
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 ....
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
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...
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 Promi...
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1-46 ; Deuteronomy 2:1-37 ; Deuteronomy 3:1-29 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two ve...
the Penalty of Unbelief Deuteronomy 1:19-40 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 souther...
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...
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...
And the saying pleased me well ,.... Taking it to be a rational and prudent scheme, not imagining it was the effect of fear and distrust: and I took twelve men of you out of a tribe ; whose names...
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: Ver. 23. Pleased me well. ] Seeing you were set upon it, and it would be no better.
THE COMMAND TO LEAVE HOREB (vs.1-8) In Numbers 32:1-42 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...
Israel's Sin at Kadesh. B. C. 1451. 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went throug...
The saying pleased me well; for there seemed to be some prudence and good policy in it: but Moses could not see into their hearts, nor from what root this desire grew; but God saw it, and therefore...
Israel Journey to Kadesh With A View To Entering The Land And Withdraw Because of Unbelief ( Deuteronomy 1:19 to Deuteronomy 2:1 ). This next section of the speech follows a chiastic pattern br...
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...
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...
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 fro...
Kadesh-Barnea and the Spies.
Numbers 13:3-33
Kadesh-Barnea Deuteronomy 1:1-43 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 chap...