God bare thee, or, carried thee, as a father carries his weak and tender child in his arms, as Isaiah 49:22; or as upon eagles’ wings, as it is Exodus 19:4, through difficulties and dangers, gently leading you according as you were able to go, and sustaining you by his power and goodness. See of this or the like phrase Numbers 11:12; Deuteronomy 32:10,Deuteronomy 32:11; Psalms 91:12; Isaiah 46:3,Isaiah 46:4. read more
In this matter which God commanded and encouraged you to do, to wit, in going in confidently to possess the land. Or, in this word, whereby God promised to fight for you, and assured you of good success. read more
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
Deuteronomy 1:31 These words are part of a discourse delivered by Moses to all Israel, in the plain over against the Red Sea. Some of the most tender Divine utterances are to be found in the books of Moses. As we find flowers skirting the ice and frost of the Alpine glaciers, so in these books we find encouragements surrounding commandments and great promises sanctioning strong precepts. The subject of the text is the paternal upholding of God. I. Glance first at what we may call our history.... read more
DISCOURSE: 185THE PROSPERITY OF ZION DESIREDDeuteronomy 1:11. The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!TO decline any measure of exertion in behalf of persons committed to our care, may appear to argue a want of love to them. But there are certain bounds beyond which a man cannot go: his physical strength will fail; and his attempts to persevere beyond his capacity of performance will defeat the very object he has in... read more
DISCOURSE: 186VICTORY ASSURED TO THE TRUE ISRAELDeuteronomy 1:21. Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, and possess it, as the Lord thy God hath said unto thee: fear not, neither be discouraged.THE journeyings of the Israelites in the wilderness afford an inexhaustible fund of instruction to us. The history of their deliverance from Egypt, their trials and supports, and their final entrance into the land of Canaan, so exactly corresponds with the experience of believers... read more
eleven days Prolonged by one act of unbelief to forty years. (See Scofield " :-") . read more
Foretastes of the Heavenly Life Early 1857 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us." Deuteronomy 1:25 . You remember the occasion concerning which these words were written. The children of Israel sent twelve men as spies into the land of Canaan, who brought back with them the fruit of the land, amongst the rest a bunch of grapes... read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 1:30
Where you were weak, dispirited, divided, raw, and unexperienced, and in a great measure unarmed, and able to do nothing against your numerous, potent, united enemies, but to stand still and see the salvation of God. And therefore now your distrust is highly unreasonable, when you have been hardened and fitted for military service by your travels, disciplined and experienced in some degree as to martial affairs, encouraged by frequent and glorious miracles for forty years together, and you are... read more