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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:18

And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. Delivered to them all the laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which were then given him at Mount Sinai. 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:20

And I said unto you, you are come unto the mountain of the Amorites ,.... Which was inhabited by them, and was one of the seven nations the Israelites were to destroy, and possess their land, and which lay on the southern part of the land of Canaan: which the Lord our God doth give unto us ; not the mountain only, but the whole country of that people, and even all the land of Canaan. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:21

Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee ,.... The land of Canaan, on the borders of which they then were; See Gill on Deuteronomy 1:8 , go up ; the mountain, by that way of it which was the way the spies went, and up to which some of the Israelites presumed to go when forbidden, they not complying with the call of God: and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee ; as in Deuteronomy 1:8 , fear not, neither be discouraged ; though the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:1

These be the words which Moses spake - The five first verses of this chapter contain the introduction to the rest of the book: they do not appear to be the work of Moses, but were added probably either by Joshua or Ezra. On this side Jordan - בעבר beeber , at the passage of Jordan, i. e., near or opposite to the place where the Israelites passed over after the death of Moses. Though עבר eber is used to signify both on this side and on the other side, and the connection in which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:2

There are eleven days' journey - The Israelites were eleven days in going from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, where they were near the verge of the promised land; after which they were thirty-eight years wandering up and down in the vicinity of this place, not being permitted, because of their rebellions, to enter into the promised rest, though they were the whole of that time within a few miles of the land of Canaan! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:3

The fortieth year - This was a melancholy year to the Hebrews in different respects; in the first month of this year Miriam died, Numbers 20; on the first day of the fifth month Aaron died, Numbers 33:38 ; and about the conclusion of it, Moses himself died. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:5

Began Moses to declare this law - Began, הואיל hoil , willingly undertook; to declare, באר beer , to make bare, clear, etc., fully to explain, this law. See the conclusion of the preface. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:6

Ye have dwelt long enough, etc. - They came to Sinai in the third month after their departure from Egypt, Exodus 19:1 , Exodus 19:2 ; and left it the twentieth of the second month of the second year, so it appears they had continued there nearly a whole year. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:7

Go to the mount of the Amorites - On the south of the land of Canaan, towards the Dead Sea. Land of the Canaanites - That is, Phoenicia, the country of Sidon, and the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea from the country of the Philistines to Mount Libanus. The Canaanites and Phoenicians are often confounded. The river Euphrates - Thus Moses fixes the bounds of the land, to which on all quarters the territories of the Israelites might be extended, should the land of Canaan, properly so... read more

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