Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 1:15
So I took the chief Not in authority, but in endowments for governing. And officers Inferior officers, that were to attend upon the superior magistrates, and to execute their decrees.
So I took the chief Not in authority, but in endowments for governing. And officers Inferior officers, that were to attend upon the superior magistrates, and to execute their decrees.
Verse Deuteronomy 1:15. _CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS, C._] What a curious and well-regulated economy was that of the Israelites! See its order and arrangement: 1. GOD, the KING and Supreme Judge 2. _Mos...
This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only. A comparison b...
_2. FROM HOREB TO KADESH_ _ 1. The command to go in and to possess the land (Deuteronomy 1:6)_ 2. The appointment of judges reviewed (Deuteronomy 1:9) 3. The failure to possess the land ...
DEUTERONOMY 1:9_ cf._ Exodus 18:13 * (_E_))_._ The idea of appointing judges to assist Moses is in Exodus 18:17 suggested by Jethro not, as here, by Moses himself. The parallel passage differs also as...
I TOOK. Compare Exodus 18:21. CHIEF. Hebrew. _sar._ Compare Genesis 32:28. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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_...
_VER._ 15. _SO I TOOK THE CHIEF—AND MADE THEM HEADS_— Persons of the first rank, and who consequently were least liable to bribery and corruption, were appointed by Moses to their respective offices,...
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,...
_AND I SPAKE UNTO YOU AT THAT TIME, SAYING, I AM NOT ABLE TO BEAR YOU MYSELF ALONE:_ I spake unto you at that time - a little before their arrival in Horeb. Moses addresses that new generation as the...
1:15 chiefs (e-5) chiefs (e-16) 'Head,' as Exodus 6:14 . officers (f-35) These were evidently civil officers constantly associated with 'judges,' as chs. 16.18; 20.9, Numbers 11:16 , Joshua 8:33 , &c....
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_ THE AUTHOR There are three main opinions about who wrote the book of Deuteronomy. 1. Deuteronomy says t...
(9-18) In these words Moses appears to combine the recollection of two distinct things: (1) the advice of Jethro (Exodus 18), by following which he would be relieved from the ordinary pressure of liti...
וָ אֶקַּ֞ח אֶת ־רָאשֵׁ֣י שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם אֲנָשִׁ֤ים...
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,...
MOSES RECALLS THE START FROM HOREB Deuteronomy 1:1 To this new generation Moses spake the holy law of God, since they had not heard it at Sinai. In view of the great Lawgiver's approaching decease,...
The Book of Deuteronomy is didactic rather than historic. It consists of a collection of the final utterances of Moses and is a Book of review. It commences with a discourse in which Moses reviewed th...
So I took the chief of your tribes, (l) wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and o...
Who, &c. Hebrew, "and shoterim ( officers like our serjeants, designed to publish and execute the sentence of the judges) over or among your tribes." The Persians still call such officers chaters. The...
All these verses refer to that period in Israel's history, in which at the advice of Jethro, and by the divine permission, Moses took into the administration of justice with himself, certain of the el...
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...
SO I TOOK THE CHIEF OF YOUR TRIBES, WISE MEN, AND KNOWN,.... The principal persons among them, that were remarkable and well known for their wisdom and understanding, whom the people presented to him:...
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and offic...
1 Moses speech in the end of the fortieth yeere, briefly rehearsing the story, 6 of Gods promise, 9 of giuing them officers, 19 of sending the spies to search the land, 34 of Gods anger for their...
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them heads over you, formally invested them with the authority needed, CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OVER HUNDREDS, AND CAPTAIN...
THE ASSISTANTS OF MOSES...
THE COMMAND TO LEAVE HOREB (vs.1-8) In Numbers 32:1 Israel is seen to remain in the area east of Jordan long enough for the two and a half tribes to build cities. Thus God required no haste as to the...
MADE: _ Heb._ gave...
9-18 Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham...
THE CHIEF, not in authority, which yet they had not, but in endowments for good government. AND OFFICERS; inferior officers, that were to attend upon the superior magistrates, and to execute their dec...
"These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red Sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahah. Th...
Deuteronomy 1:15 took H3947 (H8799) heads H7218 tribes H7626 wise H2450 knowledgeable H3045 (H8803) men H58
HE POINTS OUT THAT THERE SHOULD IN FACT HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEM WITH THEIR POSSESSING CANAAN BECAUSE YAHWEH HAD MADE THEM A GREAT NATION, JUSTLY AND WISELY WATCHED OVER BY THEIR RULERS, AND HAD LED THEM...
CONTENTS: Review of the failure at Kadesh-barnea. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Caleb, Joshua. CONCLUSION: A sad pass it has come to with us when the God of eternal truth cannot be believed. All disobedie...
Deuteronomy 1:1. _In the plain over against the Red sea._ סו _Suph, red,_ not being joined in the text _with_ ים _Yam, sea,_ should not be rendered _the Red sea._ Zuph being the name of a town, and al...
_And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone._ THE PROMISED INCREASE PLEADED I. The glorious being addressed. “The Lord God of your fathers.” 1. In His essenti...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 1:6 Moses’ First Speech: Historical Prologue. Moses’ first speech reviews Israel’s past failure at Kadesh; its passing through Edom, Moab, and Ammon without fighting; i...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— I. Biographical. _SIHON_. סִיחן (Slkhôn). LXX. Σηών. Joseph. Σιχών. King of the Amorites when the Israelites reached the borders of Canaan,—a man of courage and audacit...
TITLE AND INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 1:1. EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 1:1 In these verses we have the inscription and general introduction to the book, announcing the contents of the book, the author of it...
Let's turn to Deuteronomy. The word Deuteronomy means the second law. It is really sort of Moses' final address to the people. It probably covers the last month and a half of Moses' life. So he's gett...
1 Samuel 17:18; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Samuel 8:12; Deuteronomy 16:18;...
KADESH-BARNEA Deuteronomy 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are three things which need to be brought out in a definite way. 1. THE SUGGESTION OF THE VERBAL INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE. The chapter opens w...
Officers — Inferior officers, that were to attend upon the superior magistrates, and to execute their decrees....