Deuteronomy 1:19, Deuteronomy 1:2, Deuteronomy 1:46 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-46

Moses here makes a large rehearsal of the fatal turn which was given to their affairs by their own sins, and God's wrath, when, from the very borders of Canaan, the honour of conquering it, and the pleasure of possessing it, the whole generation was hurried back into the wilderness, and their carcases fell there. It was a memorable story; we read it Num. 13:1-14:45; but divers circumstances are found here which are not related there. I. He reminds them of their march from Horeb to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19

And when we departed from Horeb ,.... As the Lord commanded them to do, when they were obedient: we went through all the great and terrible wilderness ; the wilderness of Paran, called "great", it reaching from Mount Sinai to Kadeshbarnea, eleven days' journey, as Adrichomius F12 Theatrum Terrae, p. 116. relates; and "terrible", being so hard and dry as not to be ploughed nor sown, and presented to the sight something terrible and horrible, even the very image of death; to which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19

That great and terrible wilderness. An emblem of the rough and afflictive way by which God leads his people to the higher rest. I. THE FACT OF THIS WILDERNESS DISCIPLINE . We need not exaggerate. We admit all that can be said of the world as a fair and delightful residence, in which we have much to make us happy. But it cannot be denied that the picture has a darker side. The man who has drunk deepest of the world's pleasures is he who can tell best how unsatisfying it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-23

EXPOSITION Here Moses passes from the judges to the people at large; from charging officials to judge righteously, to reminding the people that they also had received from him commandments which they had to obey. The "things" referred to are either the injunctions specified in Exodus 21:1-36 ; etc; or simply the instructions mentioned in the preceding verses. God had called the Israelites out of Egypt that they should go up at once to Canaan, and he had by Moses done all that was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-26

That great and terrible wilderness: the desert forming the western side of the Stony Arabia. It bears now the name of Et-Tih , i . e . The Wandering, a name "doubtless derived from the wanderings of the Israelites, the tradition of which has been handed down through a period of three thousand years It is a pastoral country ; unfitted as a whole for cultivation, because of its scanty soil and scarcity of water". In the northern part especially the country is rugged and bare, with vast... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-33

Sending the spies. This paragraph contains a brief review of events which are recorded in Numbers 13:1-33 ; Numbers 14:1-45 . Israel had left the wilderness of Sinai; the cloud now rested in the wilderness of Paran. At this point they were not very many days' journey from the land of promise. But it would seem that they did not like to go in and take possession of the land without more information than they as yet possessed as to its accessibility and its fitness for their permanent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-33

The unbelief in sending and in hearkening to the spies. Moses reminds his audience of the conduct of their fathers at Kadesh-barnea, when exhorted to go up and possess the land. Duty was clear. They had been brought up out of Egypt for the very purpose of entering into and possessing the land of Canaan. But instead of courageously following the path of duty, they resolved to send over spies. The result was an evil report and an evil resolution on the people's part not to attempt invasion.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-46

Irrecoverableness of wasted opportunity. I. THE CULMINATION OF OPPORTUNITY OFTEN FINDS A MAN UNPREPARED TO OCCUPY IT . The point of time referred to here was the supreme moment in Israel's history. They had relinquished Egypt, endured privation, performed a toilsome journey, for one object, viz. to possess Canaan; yet, when they touched the threshold of the inheritance, they failed to rise to the conception of their privilege. They hesitated, dawdled, feared—and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 1:19

That great and terrible wilderness - Compare Deuteronomy 8:15. This language is such as people would employ after having passed with toil and suffering through the worst part of it, the southern half of the Arabah (see Numbers 21:4 note); and more especially when they had but recently rested from their marches in the plain of Shittim, the largest and richest oasis in the whole district on the Eastern bank near the mouth of the Jordan. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:19

Deuteronomy 1:19. Great and terrible wilderness Great, because it extended a great way; and terrible, because mostly desolate, or only inhabited by wild beasts. By the way of the mountain of the Amorites All the way you went toward that mountain. read more

Deuteronomy 1:19, Deuteronomy 1:2, Deuteronomy 1:46 Kjv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:19-46

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 1:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:19

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