Deuteronomy 1:41-45

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 1:44

The Amorites - In Numbers 14:45, it is “the Amalekites and the Canaanites” who are said to have discomfited them. The Amorites, as the most powerful nation of Canaan, lend their name here, as in other passages (eg. Deuteronomy 1:7) to the Canaanite tribes generally. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:44

Deuteronomy 1:44. As bees As bees, which, being provoked, come out of their hives in great numbers, and with great fury pursue their adversary and disturber. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:45-46

Deuteronomy 1:45-46. The Lord would not hearken to you Your sorrow not proceeding from a penitent mind, or from a concern that God was displeased with you, but from this, that you yourselves could not do as you desired, God would not listen to your cry, as he always doth to the cry of those who pray to him in sincerity, and weep from genuine, godly sorrow. Ye abode in Kadesh many days Near a whole year, not being now permitted to make any further progress toward Canaan. 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 1:41

answered and said. Idiom. App-6 . In this idiom the word "answered" receives its meaning from the context. Here it = confessed, or repented and said. we will go up. Compare Numbers 14:40-42 . ready. Hebrew. hun. Occurs only here: = rash, or presumptuous. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 1:43

rebelled. Numbers 14:44 , Numbers 14:45 . commandment. Hebrew mouth. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , put for what is uttered by it, as in Deuteronomy 1:26 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 1:44

Amorites. Compare Numbers 14:43 . See App-25 . bees. Hebrew with art. "the bees". Art. of species. destroyed you = beat you down. Hebrew. kathath. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:41

"Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country. And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight, for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 1:44

Ver. 44. Chased you, as bees do— The Syriac, Onkelos, and an Arabic MS. which Bochart saw in Sweden, have it, as bees do when irritated by smoke. It is well known, that smoke is applied to drive these insects from their hives; and as then the bees, being enraged, unite, and fall with impetuosity upon those who venture thus to dislodge them, Moses draws thence an elegant comparison to express the number and vivacity of the Amorites, who came suddenly upon the Israelites, boldly purposing to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 1:6-46

1. God’s guidance from Sinai to Kadesh 1:6-46Moses began his recital of Israel’s history at Horeb (Sinai) because this is where Yahweh adopted the nation by making the Mosaic Covenant with her. The trip from Egypt to Sinai was only preparation for the giving of the covenant. The Mosaic Covenant is central in Deuteronomy."The importance of history has two focal points: (a) there is the covenant tradition of promise, from Abraham to Moses; (b) there is the experience of God in history working out... read more

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