41<\/strong>. We have sinned against the Lord<\/em> ] Sam. and LXX add our God<\/em>: cp. JE, Num 14:40<\/span> b<\/em>, we have sinned<\/em>.<\/p>\n we will go up and fight<\/em> ] we, we Will go up<\/strong>, etc. We ourselves, the doomed generation, and not leave the advance to our children. JE, Behold us, we will go up<\/em>.<\/p>\n and were forward to go up<\/em> ] deemed it a light thing to go up<\/strong> (R.V. marg.). The verb ( tahnu<\/em>) does not occur elsewhere in the O.T. and ancient translators gave it various meanings. In Ar. the same root is ‘to be slight’ or ‘light’ (see on Deu 1:43<\/em><\/span>); the causative Heb. form is best rendered made light of<\/em>. This quick revulsion of popular feeling is true to life and admirably depicted. The change was too facile to be real. It is remarkable how alike Hosea and the authors of D are in their attitude to such ethical phenomena. As Hosea declares of his generation (Deu 1:15<\/span> ff.), so the generation of Moses does not appreciate how deep is its evil disposition; and, therefore, its repentance is futile. Mere enthusiasm is no atonement for guilt. Men cannot run away from their moral unworthiness on bursts of feeling. The next verse tells that God rejected the light-minded offer; and the truth underlies both verses that He did not do so arbitrarily. Lack of the sense of the seriousness of obedience, of the difficulty of doing God’s will, of the agony which Christ supremely felt, is as great a sin as the refusal to obey. Both are equally proof of unworthiness to work with God. He can do nothing with such shallow natures.<\/p>\n Ye were ready to go up into the hill – <\/B>Rather, perhaps, ye made light of going up; i. e. ye were ready to attempt it as a trifling undertaking. Deu 1:43<\/span> shows the issue of this spirit in action; compare marginal references.<\/P> <\/p>\n Or, ye offered yourselves<\/I>, or you began<\/I>, or you earnestly resolved<\/I> and attempted<\/I>. <\/P> <\/p>\n Then ye answered, and said unto me<\/strong>,…. Not being willing to go into the wilderness again, though they wished they had died in it; nor to go the way of the Red sea, which was their way back again to Egypt, though they had been for appointing a captain, and returning thither; but now they repented of what they had said and done:<\/p>\n we have sinned against the Lord<\/strong>; by murmuring against his servants, and disobeying his commands:<\/p>\n we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God hath commanded us<\/strong>; which is more than they were bid to do; they were only ordered to go up and possess the land, and it was promised them the Lord would fight for them:<\/p>\n and when ye had girded on every man his weapon<\/strong>; his sword upon his thigh; a large number of them, for all of them were not so disposed, though many were:<\/p>\n ye were ready to go unto the hill<\/strong>; though before backward enough, when they were bid to do it. De Dieu, from the use of the word n in the Arabic language, renders it, “ye reckoned it easy to go up unto the hill”; before it was accounted very difficult, by reason the passes were kept and guarded by the Amorites; but now there was no difficulty, when they were bid to go another way, but were ready at once to go up, which comes to the same sense; he further observes, that the word, in another conjugation in the same language, signifies to make light of, or despise o; and so may be rendered, “and ye despised”; that is, rejected and despised the order given them to go into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea in the preceding verse, by their attempting to go up the hill; though the word so taken will bear another sense, agreeable to the first, that they now made a light matter of it, as if it was nothing, and there was no difficulty in it to go up the hill, which before was too hard and heavy for them.<\/p>\n n “levis et facilis fuit res”, Golius, col. 2593. o “Contempsit”, ib.<\/p>\n 41. Then ye answered and said unto me. The repentance was too late, which impelled the Israelites to their unseasonable effort of activity; although, as I have above explained, they did not truly and seriously repent, since, when they ought patiently to have borne the chastening of God, they endeavored to shake it off, and to drive it far away from them by a new act of disobedience. In a word, they did nothing else but kick against the pricks. But such is the energy of men, when their own fancy leads them, that they will dare anything which God forbids. But herein did their far worse folly betray itself, in that, when they were again withheld, they still refuse to obey. Besides, He does not merely forbid them to fight, but denies them His assistance. What then could be more monstrous than that, in opposition to God’s will, and when the hope of His assistance was withdrawn, they should engage in what they had just before obstinately refused to attempt under His auspices, and by His command, and with the sure promise of success? And yet, so does hypocrisy blind men’s minds, that they imagined they were correcting and compensating for the evil which they doubled. Moses then relates how they received the reward which they deserved; as much as to say, that, although they might be slow to learn, still they were made acquainted, by the reverse which they experienced, how fatal a thing it is not to obey God: for fools never learn wisdom except beneath the rod. <\/p>\n b. BECAUSE OF PRESUMPTION (Deu. 1:41-46<\/span>)<\/p>\n Deu. 1:41<\/span> Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country. 42 and Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies, 43 So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country. 44 And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah, 45 And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you. 46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.<\/p>\n THOUGHT QUESTIONS 1:4146<\/p>\n 27.<\/p>\n There is a vast difference between remorse and repentance; discuss that difference as indicated in these verses.<\/p>\n 28.<\/p>\n What is involved in the sin of presumption?<\/p>\n 29.<\/p>\n Why didnt the Lord pity these people and forgive them?<\/p>\n 30.<\/p>\n How could they abide in Kadesh and yet wander for thirty eight years in the wilderness?<\/p>\n AMPLIFIED TRANSLATION 1:4146<\/p>\n 41 Then you said to me, We have sinned against the Lord; we will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us. And you girded on every man his battle weapons and thought it a simple matter to go up into the hill country. COMMENT 1:4146<\/p>\n Here we have the second failure of Israel at Kadeshand in some ways this is more pitiable than the first. Trapped now by the curse of the Lordhe who had before promised to fight for and with them in all their battlesthey suddenly decided to put on a show of repentance and courage!<\/p>\n THEN YE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO ME, WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST JEHOVAH, WE WILL GO UP AND FIGHT, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT JEHOVAH OUR GOD COMMANDED US (Deu. 1:41<\/span>)How useless! God was not with them. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain (Psa. 127:1<\/span>). How can we ever hope to accomplish the Lords will and purpose in life, without the Lords blessing? I can do all things in him that strengthened me (Php. 4:13<\/span>). And we will find it hard, as Saul did, to kick against the goadsespecially the goads of God! No, Israel could not fight the very enemies of God without his blessing and oversightnor can we! It was quite impossible for Jehovah to accompany them along the path of self-will and rebellion; and, most assuredly, Israel, without the divine presence, could be no match for the Amorites. If God be for us and with us, all must be victory; but we cannot count on God if we are not treading the path of obedience. It is simply the height of folly to imagine that we have God with us if our ways are not right. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into it and is safe. But if we are not walking in practical righteousness, it is wicked presumption to talk of having the Lord as our strong tower.Mackintosh<\/p>\n SAY UNTO THEM, GO NOT UP, NEITHER FIGHT: FOR I AM NOT AMONG YOU; LEST YE BE SMITTEN BEFORE YOUR ENEMIES (Deu. 1:42<\/span>)Now proud, haughty, and rebellious, the advice was summarily rejected, and matters were taken into their own hands. This always means disasterit cannot be otherwise, in that age or this! To go contrary to the Lords appointed purpose is, in essence, to be found fighting against God (Act. 5:39<\/span>). No one fights against our Maker and wins!<\/p>\n YE HEARKENED NOT: BUT YE REBELLED AGAINST THE COMMANDMENT OF JEHOVAH, AND WERE PRESUMPTUOUS, AND WENT UP INTO THE HILL COUNTRY (Deu. 1:43<\/span>)The Hebrew word for presumptuous (Zud or Zid) is from a root meaning to boil, to boil over (speaking of water). It is onomatopetic, as the English to seethe, the Greek Zeo, the German sieden. Gesenius states, Like the Gr. Zeo and Lat. ferveo, it is transferred to the violence or fierceness of a passionate mind . . . and thus to insolence and wickedness, giving the meaning here as to act insolently, fiercely, wickedly, especially in speaking of those who sin knowingly and purposely against the precepts of God.<\/p>\n Acting upon such a rebellious impulse, the will of God was cast aside: the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God (Jas. 1:20<\/span>).<\/p>\n AND THE AMORITES, THAT DWELT IN THE HILL-COUNTRY, CAME OUT AGAINST YOU, AS BEES DO, AND BEAT YOU DOWN IN SEIR, EVEN UNTO HORMAH (Deu. 1:44<\/span>)the inevitable result of their rebellion and presumption, See Num. 14:40-45<\/span>, The Ark of God, the symbol of his presence, did not leave the camp. These men were strictly on their ownwithout the endorsement, encouragement, or blessing of God, All such enterprises must fail! Israel was Gods chosen nation and his beloved people, but they could not accomplish his grand purpose for them without resting their all upon his divine authority. And though they confessed their guilt in their first rebellion (we have sinned, Deu. 1:41<\/span>, cf. Num. 14:40<\/span>), they only sinned again by supposing they could assault the Amorites without divine direction. Mere confession of guilt does not relieve one of his responsibilities toward God! Even when they wept before Jehovah (Deu. 1:45<\/span>) their curse was not retracted. Again and again God had endured their murmurings and rebellion. But though he was longsuffering, Israel continued to disobey, . . . all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice (Num. 14:22<\/span>), Besides, their confession and weeping seems to be much more of an emotional outburst from those who were totally unqualified to carry out Gods purposes, than true repentance. Such people are rejected not because God is unmoved by pity but because they can never successfully fight his battles.Francisco<\/p>\n SO YE ABODE IN KADESH MANY DAYS (Deu. 1:46<\/span>)See also our comments under Deu. 1:19<\/span>. If we understand and we came to Kadesh-barnea (Deu. 1:19<\/span>) to refer to Israels first arrival at that place, and the present statement to be a general one (including the many days spent there after the return from the approximate thirty-eight years in the wilderness, we have no trouble taking up in chapter two in the fortieth year after Israels exodus from Egypt, (Note carefully our comments and the quote from McGarvey under Deu. 2:1<\/span> of the next lesson, where the problem of harmonizing the chronology of Numbers and Deuteronomy is more fully discussed).<\/p>\n From Num. 20:1<\/span> we learn that Israel did not begin its circuit of Mt. Seir until after their second visit to that place. They came into the wildernes of Zin in the first month: [of the fortieth year, as the consequent context will show] and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. Before Israel leaves Kadesh he requests and is refused passage through Edom (Num. 20:20<\/span>). Then, they journeyed from Kadesh (Num. 20:22<\/span>). The vast period of time between being repulsed by the Amorites (Deu. 1:44-45<\/span>) and the journey around Edom (Deu. 2:1<\/span>) is not surprising when we remember two things: (1) Very little is said about this nearly thirty-eight year period between visits at Kadesh in any of the accounts; and (2) it simply was not important to Moses present purposes of exhortation. We know that from the first visit to Kadesh until their arrival at the brook Zered at the southeast corner of the Dead Sea, was thirty-eight years (Deu. 2:14<\/span>).<\/p>\n (41) We have sinned . . . we will go up and fight.<\/strong>The emphatic we <\/em>of this verse may be compared with the we of Deu. 1:28<\/span>. In both instances it was we, <\/em>without Jehovah. <\/em>It was a change from cowardice to presumption, not from unbelief to faith.<\/p>\n Ye were ready to go up into the hill.<\/strong>Some render, Ye made light of <\/em>going up.<\/p>\n 41<\/strong>. <\/strong> Ye were ready to go up into the hill <\/strong> The Hebrew reads, You acted frivolously to go up.<\/p>\n Deu 1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.<\/p>\n Ver. 41. We have sinned, we will go up.<\/strong> ] Temporaries are set upon sin in the very confession thereof. Unless to the confession of sin we add confusion of sin, we do nothing. Pro 28:13 Yet “honour me before the people,” said Saul: Give me a bribe, said trembling Felix.<\/p>\n NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Deu 1:41-46<\/p>\n 41Then you said to me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD; we will indeed go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ And every man of you girded on his weapons of war, and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country. 42And the LORD said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be defeated before your enemies.’ 43So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead you rebelled against the command of the LORD, and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country. 44The Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah. 45Then you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you. 46So you remained in Kadesh many days, the days that you spent there.<\/p>\n Deu 1:41 We have sinned against the LORD; we will indeed go up andfight This is apparently consequence-related repentance. Theologically this shows that many times a lost opportunity, because of unbelief, cannot be regained. This context clearly shows that they were not obeying YHWH (cf. Deu 1:43). This theological truth is the central focus of many of the OT historical narratives.<\/p>\n Deu 1:42 I am not among you The key to victory was not their military strength, but the presence of YHWH (cf. Deu 1:43).<\/p>\n Deu 1:43 Notice the parallel descriptions of Israel:<\/p>\n 1. You would not listen – BDB 1033, KB 1570, Qal PERFECT<\/p>\n 2. You rebelled against the command – BDB 598, KB 632, Hiphil IMPERFECT<\/p>\n 3. Acted presumptuously – BDB 267, KB 268, Hiphil IMPERFECT<\/p>\n If Israel would have listened to YHWH earlier and done this very thing they would have successful, but by doing it now it shows their continual self-asserting waywardness!<\/p>\n This context clearly shows that obedience is integrally related to His covenant promises, presence, and power!<\/p>\n Deu 1:44 the Amorites who lived in that hill country See Special Topic: The Pre-Israelite Inhabitants of Palestine .<\/p>\n NASB crushed you<\/p>\n NKJV drove you back<\/p>\n NRSV beat you down<\/p>\n TEV chased you<\/p>\n NJB pursued you<\/p>\n The VERB (BDB 510, KB 507, Hiphil IMPERFECT) means to beat into pieces. This is recorded in Num 14:45.<\/p>\n The ADJECTIVE was used of beating oil out of olives (cf. Exo 29:40; Num 28:5). It is used for the destruction of (1) the golden calf (cf. Deu 9:21) and (2) of the smashing of idols (cf. Mic 1:7).<\/p>\n from Seir Seir refers to Edom.<\/p>\n NASB, NKJV,<\/p>\n NJBto Hormah<\/p>\n NRSV, TEV as far as Hormah<\/p>\n Hormah means place of the ban. The term (BDB 356) means devoted to destruction, which reflects Num 21:3. It was originally called Zephath (cf. Jdg 1:17). After the Israelites destroyed it, they renamed it devoted\/destroyed to\/for YHWH (like Jericho, Joshua 6-7). It was located in the tribal allocation of Simeon, northeast of Beersheba.<\/p>\n The PREPOSITION (BDB 723 III) implies that the Canaanites\/Amorites chased the Israelites from Edom (Seir) to this area just northeast of Beersheba, where they totally defeated them! YHWH was not with His rebellious and presumptuous people!<\/p>\n Deu 1:45 Then you returned and wept before the LORD The people wept outwardly, but God knew their hearts. It was sorrow based on consequences, not repentance.<\/p>\n but the LORD did not listen to your voice, nor give ear to you It was not that God did not hear them, but He did not hearken unto them. He heard them, but said No. Sin always brings consequences, even forgiven sin!<\/p>\n DISCUSSION QUESTIONS<\/p>\n This is a study guide commentary which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. Each of us must walk in the light we have. You, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit are priority in interpretation. You must not relinquish this to a commentator.<\/p>\n These discussion questions are provided to help you think through the major issues of this section of the book. They are meant to be thought provoking, not definitive.<\/p>\n 1. What is the basic purpose of Deuteronomy?<\/p>\n 2. Why are Sihon and Og mentioned here briefly when they are discussed fully in Deuteronomy 2, 3?<\/p>\n 3. List the vital items concerned with the judicial system of Moses?<\/p>\n 4. Where did the giants come from?<\/p>\n 5. Why was God so angry at Israel?<\/p>\n 6. Did Israel’s repentance affect God’s decision?<\/p>\n answered and said. Idiom. App-6. In this idiom the word “answered” receives its meaning from the context. Here it = confessed, or repented and said. <\/p>\n we will go up. Compare Num 14:40-42. <\/p>\n ready. Hebrew. hun. Occurs only here: = rash, or presumptuous. <\/p>\n Journeying and Dying in the Wilderness<\/p>\n Deu 1:41-46; Deu 2:1-15<\/p>\n We cannot obtain by our impetuosity and insistence what God offers only as a free gift to our faith. The Land of Promise is not to be obtained by strength of hand, but by the soul that lives in the will of God. Even when we are rebellious and unbelieving, God does not forget nor forsake us, Deu 2:7. He knows our walking through the great wilderness which we have chosen. Through all the forty years He goes with His people as their fellow-pilgrim. Even under such circumstances they lack nothing that is necessary to a complete and blessed life.<\/p>\n Edom was not to be injured, because of the ancient grant, Gen 32:3. So with Moab. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. He will remember His Abrahams and His Lots long after they have passed from this mortal sphere, and will care for their children and childrens children. See Isa 59:21.<\/p>\n We have sinned: Num 14:39, Num 14:40-45, Num 22:34, Pro 19:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Psa 78:9 – The children<\/p>\n 1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, {x} we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.<\/p>\n (x) This declares man’s nature, who will do that which God forbids, and will not do that which he commands.<\/p>\n Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 41. 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42 And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not among you; lest you be dangerously hurt by your enemies.
43 So I spoke to you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and were presumptuous and went up into the hill country.
44 Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and struck you down in Seir as far as Hormah.
45 And you returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not heed your voice or listen to you.
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