Deuteronomy 1:30

who goeth before you Heb. emphatically, the goer before you is He, found only in D as here or with slight differences, Deuteronomy 1:33; Deuteronomy 20:4; Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 31:8; J, Exodus 13:21, has the same part, without the def. art. adding the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire; E, Exodus 14:19, the angel of God going before the camp. It is in such differences of style as well as of figure that the distinction of D consists. See Driver on Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:9.

he shall fight for you Cp. JE, Exodus 14:14, and these deuteronomic passages: Exodus 14:25: Deuteronomy 3:22; Joshua 10:14 b, Joshua 10:42; Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:10.

before your eyes LXX omit. Cp. Deuteronomy 4:6; Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 6:22; Deuteronomy 9:17; Deuteronomy 25:3; Deuteronomy 25:9; Deuteronomy 28:31; Deuteronomy 29:1; Deuteronomy 31:7; Deuteronomy 34:12; Joshua 10:12; Joshua 24:17. Here Moses insists that the people must prefer their experience of God to the reports of the spies about a situation not yet reached. See Deuteronomy 1:27.