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Texts -- Deuteronomy 1:38-46 (NET)

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1:38 However, Joshua son of Nun , your assistant , will go . Encourage him , because he will enable Israel to inherit the land. 1:39 Also, your infants , who you thought would die on the way , and your children , who as yet do not know good from bad , will go there ; I will give them the land and they will possess it. 1:40 But as for you , turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea .”
Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan
1:41 Then you responded to me and admitted , “We have sinned against the Lord . We will now go up and fight as the Lord our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country . 1:42 But the Lord told me: “Tell them this: ‘Do not go up and fight , because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies .’” 1:43 I spoke to you, but you did not listen . Instead you rebelled against the Lord and recklessly went up to the hill country . 1:44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees , striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah . 1:45 Then you came back and wept before the Lord , but he paid no attention to you whatsoever . 1:46 Therefore, you remained at Kadesh for a long time – indeed, for the full time .

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • Let me share with you a couple of quotations that point out the importance of this book."Deuteronomy is one of the greatest books of the Old Testament. Its significance on the domestic and personal religion of all ages has no...
  • I. Introduction: the covenant setting 1:1-5II. Moses' first major address: a review of God's faithfulness 1:6-4:40A. God's past dealings with Israel 1:6-3:291. God's guidance from Sinai to Kadesh 1:6-462. The march from Kades...
  • ". . . an explicit literarystructure to the book is expressed in the sermons or speeches of Moses; a substructureis discernible in the covenantal character of the book; and a theologicalstructure is revealed in its theme of t...
  • Moses began his recital of Israel's history at Horeb 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. Th...
  • "The passage at hand is without comparison as a discourse on the doctrine of God."56Moses' three rhetorical questions (vv. 32-34) clearly point out the uniqueness of Yahweh."In addition to His self-disclosure in event, in his...
  • These verses are similar to 1:4-5. They summarize and introduce with historical references what follows. In a larger sense these verses summarize all of chapters 1-3. This is narration about Moses, not a discourse by Moses."T...
  • "From a literary standpoint Deut 9:1-10:11 is a travel narrative much like Deut 1:6-3:29, with which, in fact, it shares much in common. For example, both are introduced (1:1-5; 9:1-6) and concluded (3:29; 10:11) by a setting...
  • The emphasis in this section is on God's faithfulness in bringing Israel to its present position (cf. 1:6-4:40). To do this God had provided for the people in the wilderness and had given them victory over some of their enemi...
  • When the people had dealt with the sin of Achan as God had commanded, Israel was ready to engage the enemy again.8:1-2 In view of Israel's defeat God's encouraging words were necessary to strengthen Joshua's resolve (cf. 1:9)...
  • Naaman (Aram. gracious) was commander of the Aramean army under Ben-Hadad II (cf. 1 Kings 15:18, 20). Leprosy in the ancient world degenerated the bodies of its victims and eventually proved fatal. At this time no one could c...
  • 20:10-12 So the Lord led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the wilderness. At Mount Sinai He gave them statutes and ordinances that would result in their welfare if they obeyed them, namely, the Mosaic Law. He also gave th...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • The image is the same as in Deut. 1. already referred to. It recurs also in (Isaiah 46:3-4),'Even to hoar hairs will I carry you, and I have made and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver'; and in (Hosea 11:3), I t...
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