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Deuteronomy 1

Deuteronomy 1:19

Twelve Spies Sent Out · Deuteronomy 1:19–25
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Translations

Modern
And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
Traditional
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh–barnea.
Literal
And we departed from Horeb and went through all that great and fearful wilderness, which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorite, as YHWH our God had commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea,
Latin
Profecti autem de Horeb, transivimus per eremum terribilem et maximam, quam vidistis, per viam montis Amorrhæi, sicut præceperat Dominus Deus noster nobis. Cumque venissemus in Cadesbarne,

Original

Hebrew
English
And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,

Notes

Deuteronomy 1:19

Kadesh-barnea was a large oasis with many wells and springs. It was about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Beersheba, which was the traditional southern point of Israel (see 2 Samuel 3:10; 1 Chronicles 21:2).

Deuteronomy 1:6–4:40

Secular treaties (formal agreements between nations) often included a section about the past relationship between the two partners. This section reviewed what had happened before the agreement.

In this case, the purpose was to review Israel’s successes and failures since the exodus from Egypt. It reminded the people that God had kept his word, even when they did not obey him.

To prepare the Israelites for life in Canaan, Moses reminded them about life in Egypt, their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, and their past mistakes. He warned them to obey God's covenant. He assured them that God's grace would follow them as they learned to trust and obey the Lord.

Parallels

Numbers 13:1–33

People

Amorites: Canaanite people group, enemies of Israel

Places

Kadesh: An important oasis in the Wilderness of Zin Sinai: Mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments

Glossary

Amorites Anak, Anakim, Anakites Archaeology and the Bible Deuteronomy, Book of Hill Country of the Amorites Midian, Midianite Numbers, Book of Wilderness of Zin

Topics

Amorites: Territory of Deserts: Great and Terrible Horeb: A Range of Mountains of Which Mount Sinai is the Most Prominent Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Kadeshbarnea in Wilderness of Rithmah or Paran