“ Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. ”
Deuteronomy 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses’ present purpose. The command of Deuteronomy 2:2-3 relates to their journ...
From Kadesh-barnea to Wady-Zered. The present passage seems to contradict the parallel narrative in Numbers 20 f. Deuteronomy 2:1 b. i.e. we lingered in the neighbourhood of Mt. Seir a good...
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. Turn you northward - From Mount Seir, in order to get to Canaan. This was not the way they went before, viz., by Kadesh-barnea, but th...
And the LORD spake unto me, saying, No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. — Apparently this command must have been issued when they were in Kadesh the second time, at the commencement of the fortieth year (...
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...
Journeying and Dying in the Wilderness Deuteronomy 1:41-46 ; Deuteronomy 2:1-15 We cannot obtain by our impetuosity and insistence what God offers only as a free gift to our faith. The Land of...
Continuing his discourse, Moses reviewed the second movement from Kadesh\-barnea to Heshbon. The notes which characterized the description of the first period are found also in this review of the sec...
It is a sweet lesson, spiritually considered, which the LORD'S people may read here. Mount Seir is a type of the earth, and all its carnal pursuits and pleasures. These hath the LORD given to the chi...
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough ,.... It was time to be gone from thence, as from Horeb, Deuteronomy 1:6 , turn you northward ; from the southern border of Edom towards the land of Ca...
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. Ver. 3. Turn you northward. ] Thus God's word was their director unto all places, and in all actions. In which respect these histor...
WILDERNESS WANDERINGS (vs.1-25) From Kadesh Barnea Israel had to virtually retrace their steps, going back toward the Red Sea. Believers today find similar experiences because of lack of faith. I...
The Seed of Esau and Lot Spared. B. C. 1451. 1 Then we turned, and took our journey into...
Towards the land of the Amorites and Canaanites.
Chapter 2 There Are Others To Whom Yahweh Has Given Land And They Are To Be Left Alone; The Defeat of Sihon, King of the Amorites. So their fathers had failed to receive the land. But now the peo...
CRITICAL NOTES .— Deuteronomy 2:1 . The story continued. After the unsuccessful attack, Israel broke up emcampment at Kadesh. Many days. i.e. , many years in a nomadic life, wandering in various...
Deuteronomy 2:10 . The Emims; that is, men of terrific aspect with regard to stature, armour, and appearance. Deuteronomy 2:12 . The Horims, Horites, Genesis 14:6 , which Esau had destroyed....
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. A sermon for the new year Such were the words which the Lord spoke to Moses, after the children of Israel had been compassing Mo...
EXPOSITION Deuteronomy 2:1-5 THE NEW BEGINNING AND REVIEW OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF ISRAEL FROM KADESH TO THE RIVER ARNON , THE FRONTIER OF THE AMORITES...
From Kadesh to the Brook Zered
Deuteronomy 1:6 ; Deuteronomy 2:14 ; Deuteronomy 2:7
Turning Backward Deuteronomy 2:1-37 and Deuteronomy 3:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They...
Northward — Towards the land of the Amorites and Canaanites.