Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 10:7
From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
7. From thence they journeyed ] E’s formula, Num 21:12-13.
Gudgodah to Jotbathah ] P, Num 33:32 f.; Hor-haggidgad and Yobathah unknown. Both names are possibly derived from the character of the landscape. Ar. ‘gadgad’ is hard, level ground; and Yobah, or Yobathah, is probably goodliness or pleasantness: a land of brooks of water. On all these names Doughty’s remarks ( Ar. Des. i. 49) are instructive:
‘Here a word of the camping grounds of Moses: all their names we may never find again in these countries, and wherefore? Because they were a good part passengers’ names and without land-right they could not remain in the desert, in the room of the old herdsmen’s names. There is yet another kind of names, not rightly of the country, not known to the Beduins, which are caravaners’ names. The caravaners passing in haste, with fear of the nomads, know not the wide wilderness without their landmarks; nor even in the way, have they a right knowledge of the land names. What wonder if we find not again some which are certainly caravaners’ names in the old itineraries.’
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Either,
1. From that place, and that either from Mosera, last mentioned, or from Bene-jaakan; for relatives many times in Scripture belong to the remoter antecedent. Or,
2. From that time; for this particle sometimes notes not place, but time, as 2Ki 2:21; Isa 65:20. So the meaning is, at, or about that time, as it is Deu 10:8, which being considered, may serve to clear the great difficulty discoursed upon the last verse concerning the seeming contradiction of this place and Num 33:1,32.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah,…. Which Jarchi takes to be the same with Horhagidgad, and so do most; see
Nu 33:32, but Aben Ezra says it is not, but is a general name, including Zalmonah, Punon, and Oboth, places the Israelites came to after they removed from Mount Hor, where Aaron died; see
Nu 33:41
and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters; which the above writer takes to be the same with Beer, the well, Nu 21:16 and by this description of it, it was a place where there was much water.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
7. Unto Gudgodah In Num 33:32, this station is called Hor Hagidgad.
Jotbath In Num 33:33, Jotbathah. A broad plain southwest of the AElanitic Gulf, containing many palm trees, and well supplied with water, is thought to be ancient Jotbath.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Deu 10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
Ver. 7. A land of rivers of water. ] A rare thing in a dry desert. Lysimachus sold his crown for a less matter.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Num 33:32 – General Num 33:33 – Jotbathah