Bible Commentary

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying, 34. the voice of your words ] So Deu 1:28 and not elsewhere. 34. and was wroth ] Heb. wayyioph, Deu 9:19 and twice in P, but not elsewhere of God in Pent. The causative form to provoke God only … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:34”

Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents [in], in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 33. who went before you ] See on Deu 1:30, and cp. Exo 13:21. to seek you out … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:33”

Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 32. Yet in this thing ] Rather, in spite of this word, Deu 1:29-31. ye did not believe ] Heb. ye were not believing (participle), i.e. ye continued, or persisted, not to believe. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Deu 1:32 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:32”

And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 31. the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that thy God bare thee ] The second of the Sg. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:31”

The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 30. who goeth before you ] Heb. emphatically, the goer before you is He, found only in D as here or with slight differences, Deu 1:33, Deu 20:4, Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:30”

Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 29. Dread not, neither be afraid ] See on Deu 1:21. Num 14:9 has only the second verb and in a less emphatic form. Neither be afraid (lo-ta‘arsn) not elsewhere in prose. But see Deu 31:6. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:29”

Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. 28. Whither are we going up? ] That is, to what kind of a land … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:28”

And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 27. and ye murmured ] Heb. ragan, not elsewhere in Pent. P uses a different verb. in your tents … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:27”

Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: 26 33. The Disaffection of the People Israel defied the command to go up (Deu 1:26), murmuring that in hate God had brought them from Egypt, to be destroyed by the Amorite (Deu 1:27). quoting the spies that the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:26”

And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. 25. And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands ] Summary of E, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 1:25”