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Deuteronomy 1

Deuteronomy 1:43

The Defeat at Hormah · Deuteronomy 1:41–46
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Translations

Modern
So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
Traditional
So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
Literal
And I spoke to you and you would not listen, and you rebelled against the mouth of YHWH and proudly went up into the mountain.
Latin
Locutus sum, et non audistis: sed adversantes imperio Domini, et tumentes superbia, ascendistis in montem.

Original

Hebrew
English
So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.

Notes

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 14:40–45

Glossary

Amorites Anak, Anakim, Anakites Archaeology and the Bible Deuteronomy, Book of

Topics

Desert, Journey of Israel Through The: People Smitten by Amalek for Going up Without the Lord Israel: Reaction, and Their Purpose to Enter the Land; are Defeated by the Amalekites Reprobacy: Israel Reproof: Faithfulness in Moses, of the Israelites