Deuteronomy 1:29-33

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 1:29

Then I said unto you, dread not, neither be afraid of them. With such like words he had exhorted and encouraged them before the spies were sent, and he still uses the same, or stronger terms, notwithstanding the report that had been made of the gigantic stature and walled cities of the Canaanites. This speech of Moses, which is continued in the two following verses, is not recorded in Numbers 14:5 , it is only there said, that Moses and Aaron fell on their faces, but no account is given of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord your God, which goeth before you ,.... In a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night: he shall fight for you ; wherefore, though their enemies were greater and taller than they, yet their God was higher than the highest; and cities walled up to heaven would signify nothing to him, whose throne is in the heavens: according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes : which is observed to encourage their faith in God; for he that wrought such wonders... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:31

And in the wilderness ,.... Where he had fed them with manna, brought water out of rocks for them, protected them from every hurtful creature, had fought their battles for them, and given them victory over Amalek, Sihon, and Og: where thou hast seen how the Lord thy God bare thee as a man doth bear his son ; in his arms, in his bosom, with great care and tenderness: in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place ; supplying their wants, supporting their persons, subduing... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:32

Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God. That they might go up and possess the land at once, and that he would fight for them, and subdue their enemies under them; or notwithstanding the favours bestowed upon them, and because of them, they did not believe in the Lord their God, and which was a great aggravation of their unbelief, and was the cause of their not entering into the good land, Hebrews 3:19 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 1:33

Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in ,.... For when the cloud was taken up they journeyed, and when that rested, there they pitched their tents; and hereby they were directed to places the most convenient for water for them and their flocks, or for safety from those that might annoy them: in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go ; which otherwise they could not have found in dark nights, in which they sometimes travelled, and in,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord - shall fight for you - In the Targum of Onkelos, it is, the Word of the Lord shall fight for you. In a great number of places the Targums or Chaldee paraphrases use the term דיי מימרא meimera dayeya or Yehovah , the Word of the Lord, exactly in the same way in which St. John uses the term Λογος Logos in the first chapter of his Gospel. Many instances of this have already occurred. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:29

Verse 29 29.Then I said unto you, Dread not. He here omits the address of Caleb and Joshua: since he only states briefly the heads of what he had spoken to the people. He merely shows that, when he endeavored to recall them to their right senses, his efforts and pains were ineffectual. Moreover, he reasons from experience that they might well place their hopes in the assistance of God, because He went before them as a light; and, in proof of this, he reminds them that, after the discomfiture of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:31

Verse 31 31.And it, the wilderness where thou hast seen. The constant course of God’s grace is here commemorated; from whence they might safely infer, that He, who had pursued them with so many benefits, would still be the same in this crowning act. He, therefore, uses the image of bearing, because the way would have been by no means passable unless God had borne them, as it were, on His shoulders, just as a father is wont to bear his infant child. Thus, on the one hand, the incredible goodness... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 1:32

Verse 32 32.Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord. He signifies that they had been most prejudiced observers of the works of God, since His power, so often experienced and. so thoroughly understood, had not aroused them to confidence in Him. For in the word דבר, dabar, which we have translated thing, he embraces all the proofs whereby God had testified, that in Him alone there was all that was necessary to insure their complete salvation. And this was, so to speak, real or practical... read more

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