Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
Ver. 3. Turn you northward.] Thus God's word was their director unto all places, and in all actions. In which respect these histories of holy Scripture excel all human histories in the world, as is well observed. That which they tell us of their Dea vibilia, guiding passengers, &c., is a mere fiction.
Verse Deuteronomy 2:3. _TURN YOU NORTHWARD._] From Mount Seir, in order to get to Canaan. This was not the way they went before, viz., by Kadesh-barnea, but they were to proceed between Edom on the on...
Deuteronomy 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses’ present purpose. The command of Deuteronomy 2:2 relates to their journey from K...
_3. AFTER THE FORTY YEARS AND FROM CONFLICT TO CONQUEST_ CHAPTER 2 _ 1. From Kadesh to the land of the Amorites (Deuteronomy 2:1)_ 2. The command to possess (Deuteronomy 2:24) 3. The conquest of S...
FROM KADESH-BARNEA TO WADY-ZERED. The present passage seems to contradict the parallel narrative in Numbers 20 f. Deuteronomy 2:1_ b. i.e._ we lingered in the neighbourhood of Mt. Seir a good length o...
_Ye have compassed this mountain long enough_ For the idiom see on Deuteronomy 1:6. _turn you northward_ Marching from Ḳadesh down the W. of Mt Se-îr, Israel had now reached not the sea, but probably...
Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_...
LESSON TWO DEUTERONOMY 2:1-23 4. PASSING THROUGH EDOM (Deuteronomy 2:1-8) Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compasse...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promised Land...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 V1 ‘Then we turned back and we went towards the *desert. We travelled along the way to the Re...
YE HAVE COMPASSED THIS MOUNTAIN LONG ENOUGH: TURN YOU NORTHWARD. — Apparently this command must have been issued when they were in Kadesh the second time, at the commencement of the fortieth year (Num...
רַב ־לָכֶ֕ם סֹ֖ב אֶת ־הָ הָ֣ר הַ...
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 3:1 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1,...
JOURNEYING AND DYING IN THE WILDERNESS Deuteronomy 1:41; Deuteronomy 2:1 We cannot obtain by our impetuosity and insistence what God offers only as a free gift to our faith. The Land of Promise is no...
Continuing his discourse, Moses reviewed the second movement from Kadesh\-barnea to Heshbon. The notes which characterized the description of the first period are found also in this review of the seco...
It is a sweet lesson, spiritually considered, which the LORD'S people may read here. Mount Seir is a type of the earth, and all its carnal pursuits and pleasures. These hath the LORD given to the chil...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...
YE HAVE COMPASSED THIS MOUNTAIN LONG ENOUGH,.... It was time to be gone from thence, as from Horeb, Deuteronomy 1:6, TURN YOU NORTHWARD; from the southern border of Edom towards the land of Canaan, w...
1 The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor with the Moabites, 17 nor with the Ammonites, 24 but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them. 1 THEN we turned, and to...
FROM KADESH TO THE BROOK ZERED...
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough, after they had been journeying back and forth some thirty-seven years; TURN YOU NORTHWARD, back once more to the edge of the Wilderness of Paran....
WILDERNESS WANDERINGS (vs.1-25) From Kadesh Barnea Israel had to virtually retrace their steps, going back toward the Red Sea. Believers today find similar experiences because of lack of faith. Inste...
1-7 Only a short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness is given. God not only chastised them for their murmuring and unbelief, but prepared them for Canaan; by humbling them for sin, t...
Towards the land of the Amorites and Canaanites....
The closing lines of chapter 1 show us the people weeping before the Lord. "And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. So ye abode i...
Deuteronomy 2:3 skirted H5437 (H8800) mountain H2022 enough H7227 turn H6437 (H8798) northward H6828 long enough -...
CHAPTER 2 THERE ARE OTHERS TO WHOM YAHWEH HAS GIVEN LAND AND THEY ARE TO BE LEFT ALONE; THE DEFEAT OF SIHON, KING OF THE AMORITES. So their fathers had failed to receive the land. But now the people a...
CONTENTS: The wanderings and conflicts in the wilderness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Sihon. CONCLUSION: It is a work of time to make souls meet for the heavenly Canaan and it must be done by many a lon...
Deuteronomy 2:10. _The Emims;_ that is, men of terrific aspect with regard to stature, armour, and appearance. Deuteronomy 2:12. _The Horims,_ Horites, Genesis 14:6, which Esau had destroyed. The infe...
_Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward._ A SERMON FOR THE NEW YEAR Such were the words which the Lord spoke to Moses, after the children of Israel had been compassing Mount...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:1__ Moses recalls a time near the end of the 40-year wilderness period when Israel peacefully passed through three nations distantly related to it (see Numbers
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:2 THE LORD SAID TO ME. This expression highlights Moses’ role as God’s official spokesman. LONG ENOUGH. See also...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Deuteronomy 2:1. The story continued. After the unsuccessful attack, Israel broke up emcampment at Kadesh. Many days. _i.e._, many years in a nomadic life, wandering in various direc...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 2:1 THE NEW BEGINNING AND REVIEW OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF ISRAEL FROM KADESH TO THE RIVER
So we turned, and took our journey by way of the wilderness back toward the Red sea. And the LORD spake to me saying, you've compassed this mountain long enough: go north. And he commanded the people....
Deuteronomy 1:6; Deuteronomy 2:14; Deuteronomy 2:7...
TURNING BACKWARD Deuteronomy 2:1 _and Deuteronomy 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They had come up to K...
Northward — Towards the land of the Amorites and Canaanites....