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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Deuteronomy 1:9-18

The Assistants of Moses v. 9. 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 purpose. It was while the people were encamped at Horeb that Moses arranged for assistants, Exodus 18:13-Ezekiel :. The seventy elders were appointed at a later date, Numbers 11:14-Amos :. v. 10. The Lord, your God, hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Deuteronomy 1:6-46

I. THE FIRST DISCOURSEDeuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 4:401. The command of God for the breaking up from Horeb—and the promise. (Deuteronomy 1:6-8).6The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all [his neighbors—see marg.] the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea-side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:1-18

Moses Recalls the Start from Horeb Deuteronomy 1:1-18 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, it was necessary to re-edit it. The name of this book means the second giving of the Law. The Red Sea in Deuteronomy 1:1 , a.v., must be replaced by Suph, r.v. Evidently it was somewhere in the neighborhood of Pisgah. It is meet for us on a birthday, or some such anniversary, to review the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 1:1-46

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 the forty years. This occupies chapters 1 Timothy 4:0, verse 43. The whole journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea should have occupied eleven days (verse Deu 1:2 ). The distance was not more than 125 miles. Because of unbelief they had spent forty years in the wilderness. We have in this chapter a... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:1-43

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 chapter opens with this tremendous statement: "These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel." That Moses spake under the inspiration of God, we know. The Lord Jesus in referring to the Books of the Pentateuch said, concerning the words of Moses, "Have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God?"... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:9-18

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 Safely Through The Wilderness. Their Failure Was Not Yahweh’s Fault (Deuteronomy 1:9-18 ). He now draws attention to the fact that there was no excuse for the failure of their fathers to possess the land, because Yahweh had made them a great nation with an established and satisfactory system of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:9-18

Deuteronomy 1:9-Job :— cf. Exodus 18:13-Ezekiel : * ( E)) . The idea of appointing judges to assist Moses is in Exodus 18:17-Isaiah : suggested by Jethro not, as here, by Moses himself. The parallel passage differs also as to the time. See Deuteronomy 16:18-Proverbs : * and Deuteronomy 17:8-1 Chronicles : *, where further provision is made for the administration of justice. Deuteronomy 1:15 . officers: Deuteronomy 16:18 *. Deuteronomy 1:16 . a man and his brother: a Hebraism meaning “ one... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 1:16

That converseth or dealeth with him. To such God would have justice equally administered as to his own people, partly for the honour of religion, and partly for the interest which every man hath in matters of common right. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:1-46

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 audacity. Shortly before the appearance of Israel, he had dispossessed Moab of a splendid territory. He did not temporise, like Balak, but fought at once … Og. עוֹנ. Ὤγ. The Amoritish king of Bashan, who ruled sixty cities (cf. Joshua 13:12). One of the last of the Rephaim. According to tradition, he escaped... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:1-46

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 getting up there now, about a hundred and twenty years old. His eyesight is still keen, he can still hear very well and he is addressing these people, rehearsing for them the work of God in their past because many of them were born while in the wilderness. Many of them did not see the miracle of the... read more