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
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