Deuteronomy 1:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 6. The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, &c.— Rather by, or near Horeb. In this first speech, which ends at the 43rd verse of the fourth chapter, Moses reminds the Israelites of the travels of their fathers towards Canaan; dating his account from the transactions at mount Sinai or Horeb, at which place they stayed almost a year, receiving the law, erecting the tabernacle, numbering the people, ranking them under standards, &c. For all these particulars we refer our readers to the margins of our Bibles. Mr. Locke observes, that the first thirteen Chapter s of this book are an exhortation of Moses to the Israelites, to strict loyalty to God their king.