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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 1:4

Astaroth - On this place compare Genesis 14:5 and note.In Edrei - These words should, to render the sense clear, come next after “slain.” The battle in which Sihon and Og were defeated took place at Edrei. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:1

Deuteronomy 1:1. These be the words which Moses spake In the last encampment of the Israelites, which was in the plains of Moab, there being now but two months before the death of Moses, and their passage into the land of Canaan. Moses spent this last part of his time in laying before them an account of their travels, and of the many singular providences, mercies, and judgments which had attended them; in repeating and enlarging upon the several laws which God had prescribed for their civil... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:2

Deuteronomy 1:2. There are eleven days’ journey This is added, to show that the reason why the Israelites in so many years were advanced no farther from Horeb than to these plains, was not the distance of the places, but because of their rebellions. Kadesh-barnea Which was not far from the borders of Canaan. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:3-4

Deuteronomy 1:3-4. The eleventh month Which was but a little before his death. All that the Lord had given him in command Which shows not only that what he now delivered was in substance the same with what had formerly been commanded, but that God now commanded him to repeat it. He gave this rehearsal and exhortation by divine direction: God appointed him to leave this legacy to the church. Og His palace or mansion-house was at Astaroth, and he was slain at Edrei. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:1-46

1:1-4:43 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONIn style similar to that of ancient treaty documents, Deuteronomy opens by recounting all that Yahweh, Israel’s covenant God, has done for his people. It reminds them of his gracious acts on their behalf and calls from them a fitting response of covenant loyalty. The section summarizes events recorded in greater detail in Numbers 10:11-32:42.From Sinai to Kadesh (1:1-46)It was only eleven days’ journey from Mount Sinai to Kadesh-barnea, and about the same from... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 1:1

These. Note the ten (see App-10 ) addresses by Moses: 1) Deuteronomy 1:6-4:40 2)Deuteronomy 5:1-10:5 3) Deuteronomy 10:10-12:32 4) Deuteronomy 13:1-26:19 5) Deuteronomy 27:1-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-63 6) Deuteronomy 29:2-29 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-20 7) Deuteronomy 31:2-6 8)Deuteronomy 32:1-43 9) Deuteronomy 32:44-47 10) Deuteronomy 33:2-29 the words = Haddebarim. See note above. all Israel. Compare Deuteronomy 5:1 . Mode given by God, Exodus 3:16 ; Exodus 4:29 . Leviticus 24:14 . "All" used by... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 1:2

eleven days': i.e. going direct. Seir = Edom. Kadesh-barnea. See Numbers 32:8 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 1:3

fortieth. The number of Probation. See App-10 . First month, Miriam died, Numbers 20:1 ; fifth month, Aaron died, Numbers 33:38 ; at the end, Moses died on 29 Sebat, 1452; for the thirty days' mourning end with last day of the fortieth year (29 Adar, 1452). See App-50 ,:4. children = sons. according unto, &c. Always thus. Compare 2 Peter 1:20 , 2 Peter 1:21 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 1:4

and Og. Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 .) = "and [had slain] Og". Compare Numbers 21:34 .Numbers 3:5 . in Edrei. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and in". Compare Joshua 12:4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:1

"These are the words which Moses spake unto all the children of Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth and Dizahab.""These are the words which Moses spake ..." These are the most important words in the Book of Deuteronomy, and until these words are properly understood, there is no such thing as understanding the whole book. The words as they stand in the sacred text are either true, or they are untrue, and... read more

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