John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:43
So I spake unto you ,.... The words, the orders he had received from the Lord to deliver to them: and ye would not hear ; so as to obey them, and act according to them: but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord : as before, by not going up when he would have had them gone, and now by attempting it when he forbid them: and went presumptuously up into the hill ; that is, of themselves, in their own strength, disregarding the commandment of God, and what they were threatened... read more
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