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Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:1-46

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 also of a district in Moab, many think that the latter is here to be understood. Deuteronomy 1:3 . In the eleventh month. The Deuteronomy comprises only the space of a single month. Deuteronomy 1:6 . Ye have dwelt long enough; that is, about a year, in Horeb. Deuteronomy 1:13 . Take you... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 1:9-18

Deuteronomy 1:9-18And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone.The promised increase pleadedI. The glorious being addressed. “The Lord God of your fathers.”1. In His essential character as Lord God.(1) In creation.(2) In providence.(3) In redemption.2. In His relative character. “Lord God of your fathers.”(1) Literally in its application to Israel. The Lord God, who called Abraham, blessed Isaac, and named Jacob; who delivered His people from the proud yoke... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:16

Deu 1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him. Ver. 16. Hear the causes, &c. ] Hear them out. In the Forum of Rome the accuser had six hours allotted him to accuse, the accused had nine hours to make his answer a And judge righteously. ] So upright was the sentence of the Areopagites in Athens, that none could ever say he was unjustly... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 1:16

charged: Deuteronomy 27:11, Deuteronomy 31:14, Numbers 27:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:11, 1 Timothy 5:21, 1 Timothy 6:17 Hear: Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:19, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 23:8, Leviticus 19:15, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:6-2 Samuel :, Psalms 58:1, John 7:24 the stranger: Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 10:19, Deuteronomy 24:14, Exodus 22:21, Exodus 23:9, Leviticus 24:22 Reciprocal: Exodus 21:6 - the judges Judges 11:10 - be witness 2 Chronicles 19:9 - in... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.The stranger — That converseth or dealeth with himn. To Such God would have justice equally adtninistred 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

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:6-46

DISCOURSES BY MOSES. First Discourse, Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 4:40. Addressing the people, with the Promised Land in their sight, Moses reviews the events that have occurred in their march from Horeb to the plains of Moab. He reminds them how God had fulfilled his promises, and how they had sinned, and by their unbelief and rebellion had been kept from entering into the promised possession; and he admonishes them not to forfeit by new transgressions the land they are destined to conquer. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF THEIR DUTIES, Deuteronomy 1:9-18. For a more particular statement see Exodus 18:13-26, where it is said Moses adopted this plan at the counsel of Jethro. He tells the people he had provided, for the organization of the nation, a government by men of their own choice, but to be installed by himself and to receive directions as to their duties from him. They were well organized for their onward march. And to remind them of God’s faithfulness to his... read more

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