SUMMARY OF CHAPTER ONE _Introduction to the book, 1, 2. Moses addresses the people in the fortieth year after the exodus from Egypt, 3-5; and shows how God had spoken to them in Horeb, and the directions he gave them, 6-8. How, at the commandment of the Lord, he had appointed officers, fudges, &c.,... [ Continue Reading ]
LESSON ONE DEUTERONOMY 1:1-46 I. THE FIRST DISCOURSE Review of the Journeys (Deuteronomy 1:1 to Deuteronomy 4:43) INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 1:1-5 Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Para... [ Continue Reading ]
A. THE EVENTS FROM SINAI TO THE PRESENT (Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29) 1 COMMAND TO LEAVE HOREB FOR THE PROMISED LAND (Deuteronomy 1:6-8) Deuteronomy 1:6 Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain: 7 turn you, and take your journey, and go to... [ Continue Reading ]
2. CIVIL ORGANIZATION UNDER MOSES (Deuteronomy 1:9-18) Deuteronomy 1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 Jehovah, the God of your fathers, m... [ Continue Reading ]
3. Two FAILURES AT KADESH-BARNEA (Deuteronomy 1:19-46) a. BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF (Deuteronomy 1:19-40) Deuteronomy 1:19 And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; an... [ Continue Reading ]
b. BECAUSE OF PRESUMPTION (Deuteronomy 1:41-46) Deuteronomy 1:41 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 th... [ Continue Reading ]