What does Deuteronomy 1:44 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah."
Verse Deuteronomy 1:44. _THE AMORITES - CHASED YOU_] Numbers 14:40: _as bees do _- by irresistible numbers....
THE AMORITES - In Numbers 14:45, it is “the Amalekites and the Canaanites” who are said to have discomfited them. The Amorites, as the most powerful nation of Canaan, lend their name here, as in other...
_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 (Deuteronom...
DEUTERONOMY 1:19. GREAT AND TERRIBLE WILDERNESS (Deuteronomy 8:15); _i.e._ the desert of et-Tih between the peninsula of Sinai and S. Palestine. AS. COMMANDED US: _cf._ Deuteronomy 1:7. Deuteronomy 1...
AMORITES. Compare Numbers 14:43. See App-25. BEES. Hebrew with art. "the bees". Art. of species. DESTROYED YOU. beat you down. Hebrew. _kathath._...
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_(Deuteronomy 3...
_VER._ 44. _CHASED YOU, AS BEES DO_— The Syriac, Onkelos, and an Arabic MS. which Bochart saw in Sweden, have it, _as bees do when irritated by smoke._ It is well known, that smoke is applied to drive...
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 comma...
_BUT AS FOR YOU, TURN YOU, AND TAKE YOUR JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS BY THE WAY OF THE RED SEA._ Turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness. This command they disregarded; and determined, in...
1:44 Hormah. (a-30) 'Destruction.' see Numbers 14:45 . hill (e-8) Or 'mountain,' ver. 19....
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 Lan...
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...
AS BEES DO. — This should be observed as illustrating what is said of the hornet in Exodus 23:28, and further on in Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:12. The incidental mention of the bees in this place sho...
וַ יֵּצֵ֨א הָ אֱמֹרִ֜י הַ יֹּשֵׁ֨ב בָּ † הָ֤ר הַ הוּא֙ לִ קְרַאתְכֶ֔ם וַ יִּרְדּ
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 n...
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 t...
_Bees do. This similitude shews the vivacity, courage, and numbers of those who pursued the Hebrews from Seir to Horma. See Numbers xxi. 3., Psalm cvii. 12., and Isaias vii. 18._...
I did not think it needful to stop the Reader with any observations which arise out of these verses, having already dwelt upon the subject in the Commentary on the 13th and 14th Chapter s of the Book...
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...
AND THE AMORITES WHICH DWELT IN THE MOUNTAIN,.... Elsewhere called Canaanites, being one, and a principal one of the seven nations of Canaan, and who were joined and assisted in the attack by the Amal...
_As bees_ As bees, which, being provoked, come out of their hives in great numbers, and with great fury pursue their adversary and disturber....
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...
Kadesh-Barnea and the Spies....
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 th...
19-46 Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggrava...
AS BEES DO; as bees which being provoked come out of their hives in great numbers, and with great fury pursue and sting their adversary and disturber, PSALMS 118:12....
"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 1:44 Amorites H567 dwelt H3427 (H8802) mountain H2022 out H3318 (H8799) against H7125 (H8800) chased H7291 (H8799) bees H1682 do H6213 (H8799) back H3807 (H8686) Seir H8165 Hormah H2767 c...
Deuteronomy 1:42 ‘ And Yahweh said to me, “Say to them, Do not go not up, nor fight, for I am not among you, lest you be smitten before your enemies.” So Yahweh, Who knew the truth of what would lay...
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...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 1:42 If God did not FIGHT for Israel, defeat was certain (compare v. Deuteronomy 1:30). CHASED YOU AS BEES DO. Compare Exodus 23:28. Instead of fighting for Israel, God...
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...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 1:19-5 Here Moses passes from the judges to the people at large; from charging officials to judge righteously, to reminding the people that they also had received from him comm...
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...
Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 7:18; Numbers 14:45; Numbers 21:3; Psalms 118:12...
As bees — As bees which being provoked come out of their hives in great numbers, and with great fury pursue their adversary and disturber....