Deuteronomy 1:8

Translations

Modern

See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”

Traditional

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

Literal

See, I have set before you the land. Go in and possess the land that YHWH swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.”

Latin

En, inquit, tradidi vobis: ingredimini et possidete eam, super qua juravit Dominus patribus vestris Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob, ut daret illam eis, et semini eorum post eos.

Original

Hebrew

English

See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”

Notes

Deuteronomy 1:8

possess the land (literally acquire it as an inheritance): The land already belonged to Israel because God had promised it to their ancestors centuries earlier (Genesis 15:18–21; 26:3; Exodus 23:31). Israel was not taking new territory from rightful owners but was reclaiming their own land.

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.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Covenant with Abraham

Related verses

Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 26:3–4
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Genesis 17:7–8
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Genesis 13:14–15
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
Genesis 28:13–14
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Genesis 22:16–18
…saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Parallels

Exodus 33:1–6

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Deuteronomy, Book of Hill Country of the Amorites

Topics

Beasts: Unclean: Not Eaten Jacob: Prophecies Concerning Himself and his Descendants Stagnation

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