The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:2
Horeb . The name generally given to Sinai in Deuteronomy (see introduction, § 4). Sinai, however, occurs in Deuteronomy 33:2 of this book. By the way of mount Seir , i . e . by the way that leads to Mount Seir; just as in Deuteronomy 2:1 , "the way of the Red sea" is the way that leads to that sea (see also Numbers 14:25 ). Mount is here, as often elsewhere, for mountain range . The mountain range here referred to seems to have been, not that on the east of the 'Arabah,... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:1-18
The impartiality of God to be reflected in the judges of his people. In the following Homilies we adhere to the traditional view of the Mosaic authorship of the book, believing that no sufficient evidence has yet been adduced by the critics for departing from that view. Moses enters upon his addresses in the land of Moab by recapitulating the salient points of the Exodus. The first notable reference is to the appointment of the judges. The qualifications and directions here recorded are... read more