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Deuteronomy 1:1 open_in_new
These. Note the ten (see App-10) addresses by Moses: 1) Deuteronomy 1:6-4 2)Deuteronomy 5:1-10 3) Deuteronomy 10:10-12 4) Deuteronomy 13:1-26 5) Deuteronomy 27:1-26; Deuteronomy 28:1-63 6) Deuteronomy 29:2-29; Deuteronomy 30:1-20 7) Deuteronomy 31:2-6 8)Deuteronomy 32:1-43 9) Deuteronomy 32:44-47 10) Deuteronomy 33:2-29
the words. Haddebarim. See note above.
all Israel. Compare Deuteronomy 5:1. Mode given by God, Exodus 3:16; Exodus 4:29; Leviticus 24:14. "All" used by Figure of speech Synecdoche (App-6) to signify. national gathering of any size (1Sa 7:3. 1 Samuel 12:1; 1 Samuel 12:19. 1Ki 8:2, 1 Kings 8:14; 1 Kings 8:22 1 Kings 8:55, 1 Kings 8:62; 1 Kings 12:12 1 Kings 12:16, 1 Kings 12:18, &c).
this side Jordan. across Jordan,. neutral term, expression to be determined by context. Numbers 22:1.
the plain. Hebrew. 'Arabah. name of vale from Jordan to gulf of Akabah. Red sea = Suph, name of. place. Omit "sea". See Numbers 33:48; Numbers 33:49; Numbers 33:50; Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:13.
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Deuteronomy 1:3 open_in_new
fortieth. The number of Probation. See App-10. First month, Miriam died, Numbers 20:1. fifth month, Aaron died, Numbers 33:38. at the end, Moses died on 29 Sebat, 1452; for the thirty days' mourning end with last day of the fortieth year (29 Adar, 1452). See App-50,:4.
children. sons.
according unto, &c. Always thus. Compare 2 Peter 1:20; 2 Peter 1:21.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Deuteronomy 1:4 open_in_new
and Og. Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6.). "and [had slain] Og". Compare Numbers 21:34.Numbers 3:5. in Edrei. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and in". Compare Joshua 12:4.
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Deuteronomy 1:5 open_in_new
began. undertook with will. Heb ya'al. First occurrence Genesis 18:27; Genesis 18:31.
declare. Hebrew. ba'ar, make plain, show sense, set forth, especially in writing. Occurs only here and Deuteronomy 27:8, and Habakkuk 2:2.
law. torah. instruction.
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Deuteronomy 1:6 open_in_new
The LORD our God. Jehovah 'eloheinu. Two titles of later date do not occur in Deut.: "The LORD of hosts" (Samuel) and "the Holy Ono of Israel" (Isaiah).
spake. Jehovah spake only here to "us". His speaking to others, see Deuteronomy 2:1. Jehovah "said", See Deuteronomy 2:9. Jehovah "commanded", See Deuteronomy 4:14. Horeb. Twentieth day of second month. Numbers 10:11-13.
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Deuteronomy 1:7 open_in_new
Turn you. Face about. Note the Figure of speech Polyonymia (App-6) in this verse. Hebrew. panah, set one's face; start.
vale. Hebrew. Shephelah = Philistia.
south. Hebrew. Negeb, the hill country south of Judea. See note on "South", Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1.
river. Hebrew. nahar,. flood, not nahal,. wady. Compare Genesis 15:18.
the river. Figure of speech Anadiplosis. App-6.
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Deuteronomy 1:8 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6).
Abraham. Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 24:7; Genesis 26:3, &c. This promise mentioned twenty-seven times in Deut., but unintelligible without Genesis.
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Deuteronomy 1:9 open_in_new
I spake. See Exodus 18:17; Exodus 18:18; Numbers 11:14.
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Deuteronomy 1:10 open_in_new
multiplied. Compare Deuteronomy 10:22.
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Deuteronomy 1:11 open_in_new
as. according as.
promised. See Genesis 12:2; Genesis 22:17, &c.
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Deuteronomy 1:12 open_in_new
How. See note on Lamentations 1:1. cumbrance. Hebrew. torah, only here and Isaiah 1:14 (trouble).
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Deuteronomy 1:13 open_in_new
men. Hebrew, plural of 'ish or 'enosh
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Deuteronomy 1:14 open_in_new
tribes. Hebrew. shebet, tribe, according to historical or political corporation; always this word in Deut. Where "tribe" is genealogical or geographical elsewhere it is matteh.
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Deuteronomy 1:15 open_in_new
I took. Compare Exodus 18:21-26.
chief. Hebrew. sar. Compare Genesis 32:28.
men. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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Deuteronomy 1:17 open_in_new
respect. recognise.
persons. Hebrew faces. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, put for persons. Compare Leviticus 19:15.
judgment. Hebrew the judgment: i.e. suited to each case. Compare Exodus 18:26.
is God's. it [is] God's.
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Deuteronomy 1:19 open_in_new
wilderness. desert. Compare Numbers 10:11-36; Numbers 11:5; Numbers 12:16; Numbers 13:26. and Ch. Deuteronomy 8:15.
as. according as.
Kadesh-barnea. Compare Numbers 32:8. A place of solemn import in Israel's history.
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Deuteronomy 1:20 open_in_new
Amorites. descendants of the Nephilim. See App-25.
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Deuteronomy 1:21 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
fear not, &c. Compare Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:9; Joshua 8:1; Joshua 10:25). 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 20:15; 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2 Chronicles 32:7; Jeremiah 23:4; Jeremiah 30:10.
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Deuteronomy 1:22 open_in_new
every one, &c.. all of you. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1.
We will send, &c. Proposal came from people, and is here charged home against them. Jehovah assented, and this assent appears in the history. Numbers 13:1-3.
men. Hebrew, plural of 'ish, or 'enosh. App-14.
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Deuteronomy 1:24 open_in_new
Eshcol. a cluster of grapes. Numbers 13:22-25.
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Deuteronomy 1:25 open_in_new
good land. Compare Numbers 13:27.
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Deuteronomy 1:26 open_in_new
commandment. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the word spoken by it. So Deuteronomy 1:43.Exodus 17:1.Genesis 24:57, &c.
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Deuteronomy 1:27 open_in_new
murmured. Hebrew. ragan, to rebel. Only here, Psalms 106:25, and Isaiah 2:9, Isa 2:24.
Amorites. The Severus codex reads "the Amorite" (singular) See App-34.
destroy. exterminate. Hebrew. shamad.
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Deuteronomy 1:28 open_in_new
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 Septuagint, read "more in number".
walled, &c. Figure of speech Hyperbole. App-6.
Anakims. First occurrence; elsewhere, Deuteronomy 2:10; Deuteronomy 2:11; Deuteronomy 2:21; Deuteronomy 9:2.Joshua 11:21; Joshua 11:22; Joshua 14:12; Joshua 14:15. See App-25. For "sons of Anak", see note on Numbers 13:22.
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Deuteronomy 1:32 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew "in the LORD"(= Jehovah).
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Deuteronomy 1:33 open_in_new
a place. See Exodus 15:17; Numbers 10:33.Joshua 3:3; Joshua 3:4.Ezekiel 20:6.
your tents. Not only your inheritance, but the halting-place for daily journeying thither. Both were and are Jehovah's choice for His People.
in fire by night. See Exodus 13:21; Exodus 13:22.Numbers 10:33; Numbers 10:34.
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Deuteronomy 1:34 open_in_new
was wroth. See Numbers 14:20-35 and Psalms 95:8-11.
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Deuteronomy 1:36 open_in_new
Caleb. Compare Numbers 14:23; Numbers 14:24.Joshua 14:9; Judges 1:20.
children. sons.
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Deuteronomy 1:37 open_in_new
This and the next verse are put in. Parenthesis (App-6).
angry. See Numbers 20:12.
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Deuteronomy 1:39 open_in_new
your little ones. Numbers 14:31.
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Deuteronomy 1:40 open_in_new
turn you. start. Numbers 14:25.
Red sea. eastern arm. The gulf of Akabah. Compare Deuteronomy 1:1.
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Deuteronomy 1:41 open_in_new
answered and said. Idiom. App-6. In this idiom the word "answered" receives its meaning from the context. Here it. confessed, or repented and said.
we will go up. Compare Numbers 14:40-42.
ready. Hebrew. hun. Occurs only here:. rash, or presumptuous.
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Deuteronomy 1:43 open_in_new
rebelled. Numbers 14:44; Numbers 14:45.
commandment. Hebrew mouth. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, put for what is uttered by it, as in Deuteronomy 1:26.
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Deuteronomy 1:44 open_in_new
Amorites. Compare Numbers 14:43. See App-25.
bees. Hebrew with art. "the bees". Art. of species.
destroyed you. beat you down. Hebrew. kathath.
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Deuteronomy 1:46 open_in_new
abode in Kadesh. This is not. summary of the thirty-eight years' wandering, but of what happened before then. How solemn the word "abode" when the command had been "go up".