Deuteronomy 1:1-15

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Transjordanian <05676> [on this.]

Suph ... Paran <05489 06290> [Red sea. or, Zuph. Or rather, Suph.]

This could not have been the Red Sea, not only because the word {yam,} "sea," is not joined with it as usual, but because they were now east of Jordan, and farther from the Red Sea than ever. It seems to be the same which is called {Suphah} in Nu 21:14; which must necessarily signify some place in or adjoining to the plains of Moab, and not far from the Jordan and Arnon. Ptolemy mentions a people called Sophonites that dwelt in Arabia Petr‘a, who may have taken their name from this place.

Paran <06290> [Paran.]

Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab, seem to have been either places or cities not far from the plains of Moab; for it is evident that Paran and Hazeroth could not have been those near the Red sea, and not far from Horeb.

Hazeroth <02698> [Hazeroth.]

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way <01870> [by the way.]

Kadesh Barnea <06947> [unto.]

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deliver <0874> [to declare.]

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Horeb <02722> [in Horeb.]

stayed <03427> [Ye have.]

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hill country ........... highlands <02022> [the mount.]

areas <07934> [all the places. Heb. all his neighbours. in the plain.]

Great <01419> [the great.]

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given <05414> [set. Heb. given. which.]

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able <03201> [I am not.]

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God <0430> [your God.]

population ..... that <03117> [ye are this day.]

This was the promise made by God to Abraham, (Ge 15:5, 6,) which Moses considers now as amply fulfilled. Many suppose the expression to be hyperbolical; and others, no friends to revelation, think it a vain, empty boast, because the stars, in their apprehension, amount to innumerable millions. But, as this refers to the number of stars that appear to the naked eye, which only amount to about 3,010 in both hemispheres, the number of the Israelites far exceeded this; for independently of women and children, at the last census, they amounted to more than 600,000.

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thousand <0505> [make you.]

blessing ...... said <01288 01696> [and bless you.]

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Select <03051> [Take. Heb. Give.]

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chose <03947> [I took.]

placing <05414> [made. Heb. gave.]

administrators ..... thousands <0505 08269> [captains over thousands.]