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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 3:18-22

The Charge To The Two and a Half Tribes Settling In Transjordan (Deuteronomy 3:18-22 ). The great victories over Sihon and Og having been described, along with the giving of their land to the two and a half tribes of Israel, the charge is now given for the advancement on the land proper. It is given, first to the two and a half tribes in response to their reception of their land, and then to Joshua on behalf of all the people. When Moses had agreed that the land west of the Jordan which had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 3:23-29

Moses’ Plea To Be Able To Enter The Land (Deuteronomy 3:23-29 ). But one of the things that grieved Moses most was the fact that through his own sin of impatience, carelessness, petulance and uncontrolled anger in smiting the rock at Meribah when he had been told only to speak the powerful word of Yahweh, and as a result cloaking Yahweh’s act of compassion and mercy in providing water in a garb of petulance and anger (Numbers 20:1-13), he was to be prevented from entering the land by death.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 3:21-29

Deuteronomy 3:21-Joel : . Moses encourages his successor ( Deuteronomy 3:21 f. absent from Numbers 3:32)and prays, though in vain, to be allowed to cross the Jordan ( Deuteronomy 3:23-Joel : recorded here only). Deuteronomy 3:24 b. Which of the gods in whose existence and power the heathen believe can perform the mighty things which Thou hast wrought? The words do not necessarily prove that the writer believed in the real existence of heathen deities ( cf. Exodus 15:11 (J), Deuteronomy... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:1-29

CRITICAL NOTES.—Conquest of Og. Israel were able to advance to the Jordan after the defeat of Sihon and the conquest of his land. But Og, the Amonitish King, still kept the northern half of Gilead and all Bashan, a rugged mountainous country, valuable for rich and luxuriant pastures.Deuteronomy 3:1. Came out. Without provocation, disliking the presence of the Israelites, or seeking to revenge the overthrow of his friends and allies, Og rushed to attack.Deuteronomy 3:2. Cf. Numbers 21:31,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Deuteronomy 3:23-28

DISCOURSE: 188MOSES VIEWS CANAAN FROM PISGAHDeuteronomy 3:23-28. And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain and Lebanon! But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:1-29

Chapter 3In chapter three:So we turned, and went by the way of Bashan: unto Og the king of Bashan who came out against us, wit all of his people. And the LORD said unto me, Don't fear him: for I will deliver him, and all of his people, and his land, into your hands; and thou shalt do unto him as you did unto Sihon the king of Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all of his people. And we took all of his city, there was... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 3:1-29

Deuteronomy 3:9 . Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion. The LXX, willing to adapt the language of the sacred writings to their own age, say, “Which Hermon the Phœnicians call Sanior.” See notes on Psalms 133:0. Deuteronomy 3:11 . Og, king of Bashan, the remnant of the giants. Though Og was the last of the race east of the Jordan, there was a family of them in Philistia, in the west. 1 Samuel 17:0. The bedstead of this tyrant was preserved in Rabbath, (afterwards called Philadelphia)... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 3:23-26

Deuteronomy 3:23-26Thou hast begun to show.Revelation always new“Thou hast begun.” That is all He can do. Always beginning, never ending that is the mystery and that is the glory of the Divine revelation. When we come to see that all things are but in the bud, and can never get out of it, we shall begin to see the greatness of God. How pitiable is the condition of the man who has worn out anything that has in it real life, poetry, meaning, and application to the affairs and destinies of life!... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:21

Deu 3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. Ver. 21. So shall the Lord. ] God hath, and, therefore, God will, is a strong medium of hope, if not a demonstration of Scripture logic. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:24

Deu 3:24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? Ver. 24. What god is there? ] Whether deputed or reputed? read more

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