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**These.** Note the ten (see App-10 ) addresses by Moses: 1) [Deuteronomy 1:6-40](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/6-40) 2)[Deuteronomy 5:1-5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/1-5) 3) [Deuteronomy 10:10-32](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/10-32) 4) [Deuteronomy 13:1-19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/1-19) 5) [Deuteronomy 27:1-26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/27/1-26) ; [Deuteronomy 28:1-63](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/1-63) 6) [Deuteronomy 29:2-29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/2-29) ; [Deuteronomy 30:1-20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/1-20) 7) [Deuteronomy 31:2-6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/2-6) 8)[Deuteronomy 32:1-43](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/1-43) 9) [Deuteronomy 32:44-47](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/44-47) 10) [Deuteronomy 33:2-29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/2-29)
**the words** = *Haddebarim.* See note above.
**all Israel.** Compare [Deuteronomy 5:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/1) . Mode given by God, [Exodus 3:16](../../../kjv/exodus/3/16) ; [Exodus 4:29](../../../kjv/exodus/4/29) . [Leviticus 24:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/14) . "All" used by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* ( App-6 ) to signify a national gathering of any size ( 1Sa 7:3 ; [1 Samuel 12:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/1) , [1 Samuel 12:19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/19) ; 1Ki 8:2 , [1 Kings 8:14](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/14) , [1 Kings 8:22](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/22) , 1Ki 8:55 , [1 Kings 8:62](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/62) ; [1 Kings 12:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/12) , 1Ki 12:16 , [1 Kings 12:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/18) , &c).
**this side Jordan** = across Jordan, a neutral term, expression to be determined by context. [Numbers 22:1](../../../kjv/numbers/22/1) .
**the plain.** Hebrew. *'Arabah* = name of vale from Jordan to gulf of Akabah. Red sea *= Suph,* name of a place. Omit "sea". See [Numbers 33:48](../../../kjv/numbers/33/48) , [Numbers 33:49](../../../kjv/numbers/33/49) , [Numbers 33:50](../../../kjv/numbers/33/50) ; [Numbers 35:1](../../../kjv/numbers/35/1) ; [Numbers 36:13](../../../kjv/numbers/36/13) .

**eleven days':** i.e. going direct.
**Seir** = Edom.
**Kadesh-barnea.** See [Numbers 32:8](../../../kjv/numbers/32/8) .

**fortieth.** The number of Probation. See App-10 . First month, Miriam died, [Numbers 20:1](../../../kjv/numbers/20/1) ; fifth month, Aaron died, [Numbers 33:38](../../../kjv/numbers/33/38) ; at the end, Moses died on 29 Sebat, 1452; for the thirty days' mourning end with last day of the fortieth year (29 Adar, 1452). See App-50 ,:4.
**children** = sons.
**according unto, &c.** Always thus. Compare [2 Peter 1:20](../../../kjv/2-peter/1/20) , [2 Peter 1:21](../../../kjv/2-peter/1/21) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**and Og.** Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 .) = "and [had slain] Og". Compare [Numbers 21:34](../../../kjv/numbers/21/34) .[Numbers 3:5](../../../kjv/numbers/3/5) . in Edrei. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and in". Compare [Joshua 12:4](../../../kjv/joshua/12/4) .

**began** = undertook with will. Heb *ya'al.* First occurrence [Genesis 18:27](../../../kjv/genesis/18/27) , [Genesis 18:31](../../../kjv/genesis/18/31) .
**declare.** Hebrew. *ba'ar* , make plain, show sense, set forth, especially in writing. Occurs only here and [Deuteronomy 27:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/27/8) , and [Habakkuk 2:2](../../../kjv/habakkuk/2/2) .
**law** = *torah* = instruction.

**The LORD our God** = *Jehovah 'eloheinu.* Two titles of later date do *not* occur in Deut.: "The LORD of hosts" (Samuel) and "the Holy Ono of Israel" (Isaiah).
**spake** . Jehovah spake only here to "us". His speaking to others, see [Deuteronomy 2:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/1) . Jehovah "said", See [Deuteronomy 2:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/9) . Jehovah "commanded", See [Deuteronomy 4:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/14) . Horeb. Twentieth day of second month. [Numbers 10:11-13](../../../kjv/numbers/10/11-13) .

**Turn you** = Face about. Note the Figure of speech *Polyonymia* ( App-6 ) in this verse. Hebrew. *panah,* set one's face; start.
**vale.** Hebrew. *Shephelah =* Philistia.
**south.** Hebrew. *Negeb,* the hill country south of Judea. See note on "South", [Genesis 12:9](../../../kjv/genesis/12/9) ; [Genesis 13:1](../../../kjv/genesis/13/1) .
**river.** Hebrew. *nahar,* a flood, not *nahal,* a wady. Compare [Genesis 15:18](../../../kjv/genesis/15/18) .
**the river.** Figure of speech *Anadiplosis.* App-6 .

**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos* ( App-6 ).
**Abraham.** [Genesis 15:18](../../../kjv/genesis/15/18) ; [Genesis 17:7](../../../kjv/genesis/17/7) , [Genesis 17:8](../../../kjv/genesis/17/8) ; [Genesis 24:7](../../../kjv/genesis/24/7) ; [Genesis 26:3](../../../kjv/genesis/26/3) , &c. This promise mentioned twenty-seven times in Deut., but unintelligible without Genesis.

**I spake.** See [Exodus 18:17](../../../kjv/exodus/18/17) , [Exodus 18:18](../../../kjv/exodus/18/18) . [Numbers 11:14](../../../kjv/numbers/11/14) .

**multiplied.** Compare [Deuteronomy 10:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/22) .

**as** = according as.
**promised.** See [Genesis 12:2](../../../kjv/genesis/12/2) ; [Genesis 22:17](../../../kjv/genesis/22/17) , &c.

**How.** See note on [Lamentations 1:1](../../../kjv/lamentations/1/1) . cumbrance. Hebrew. *torah,* only here and [Isaiah 1:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/14) (trouble).

**men.** Hebrew, plural of *'ish* or *'enosh*

**tribes.** Hebrew. *shebet,* tribe, according to historical or political corporation; always this word in Deut. Where "tribe" is genealogical or geographical elsewhere it is *matteh.*

**I took.** Compare [Exodus 18:21-26](../../../kjv/exodus/18/21-26) .
**chief.** Hebrew. *sar.* Compare [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) .
**men.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**respect** = recognise.
**persons.** Hebrew faces. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part), App-6 , put for persons. Compare [Leviticus 19:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/15) .
**judgment.** Hebrew the judgment: i.e. suited to each case. Compare [Exodus 18:26](../../../kjv/exodus/18/26) .
**is God's** = it [is] God's.

**wilderness** = desert. Compare [Numbers 10:11-36](../../../kjv/numbers/10/11-36) ; [Numbers 11:5](../../../kjv/numbers/11/5) ; [Numbers 12:16](../../../kjv/numbers/12/16) ; [Numbers 13:26](../../../kjv/numbers/13/26) ; and Ch. [Deuteronomy 8:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/8/15) .
**as** = according as.
**Kadesh-barnea.** Compare [Numbers 32:8](../../../kjv/numbers/32/8) . A place of solemn import in Israel's history.

**Amorites** = descendants of the *Nephilim.* See App-25 .

**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**fear not, &c.** Compare [Deuteronomy 31:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/6) , [Deuteronomy 31:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/8) . [Joshua 1:9](../../../kjv/joshua/1/9) ; [Joshua 8:1](../../../kjv/joshua/8/1) ; [Joshua 10:25](../../../kjv/joshua/10/25) ). [1 Chronicles 22:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/22/13) ; [1 Chronicles 28:20](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/20) . [2 Chronicles 20:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/20/15) , [2 Chronicles 20:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/20/17) ; [2 Chronicles 32:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/7) . [Jeremiah 23:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/4) ; [Jeremiah 30:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/30/10) .

**every one, &c.** = all of you. See note on [Deuteronomy 1:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/1) .
**We will send, &c.** Proposal came from people, and is here charged home against them. Jehovah assented, and this assent appears in the history. [Numbers 13:1-3](../../../kjv/numbers/13/1-3) .
**men.** Hebrew, plural of 'ish, or *'enosh.* App-14 .

**Eshcol** = a cluster of grapes. [Numbers 13:22-25](../../../kjv/numbers/13/22-25) .

**good land.** Compare [Numbers 13:27](../../../kjv/numbers/13/27) .

**commandment.** Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the word spoken by it. So [Deuteronomy 1:43](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/43) .[Exodus 17:1](../../../kjv/exodus/17/1) .[Genesis 24:57](../../../kjv/genesis/24/57) , &c.

**murmured.** Hebrew. *ragan,* to rebel. Only here, [Psalms 106:25](../../../kjv/psalms/106/25) , and [Isaiah 2:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/9) , Isa 2:24 .
**Amorites.** The Severus codex reads "the Amorite" (singular) See App-34 .
**destroy** = exterminate. Hebrew. *shamad.*

**our brethren** = our own brethren. Compare [Numbers 13:28](../../../kjv/numbers/13/28) .
**heart.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "hearts" (plural)
**taller** = greater. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read "more in number".
**walled, &c.** Figure of speech *Hyperbole.* App-6 .
**Anakims.** First occurrence; elsewhere, [Deuteronomy 2:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/10) , [Deuteronomy 2:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/11) , [Deuteronomy 2:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/21) ; [Deuteronomy 9:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/2) .[Joshua 11:21](../../../kjv/joshua/11/21) , [Joshua 11:22](../../../kjv/joshua/11/22) ; [Joshua 14:12](../../../kjv/joshua/14/12) , [Joshua 14:15](../../../kjv/joshua/14/15) . See App-25 . For "sons of Anak", see note on [Numbers 13:22](../../../kjv/numbers/13/22) .

**son.** See [Numbers 11:11](../../../kjv/numbers/11/11) , [Numbers 11:12](../../../kjv/numbers/11/12) .

**the LORD.** Hebrew "in the LORD"(= Jehovah).

**a place.** See [Exodus 15:17](../../../kjv/exodus/15/17) . [Numbers 10:33](../../../kjv/numbers/10/33) .[Joshua 3:3](../../../kjv/joshua/3/3) , [Joshua 3:4](../../../kjv/joshua/3/4) .[Ezekiel 20:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/6) .
**your tents.** Not only your inheritance, but the halting-place for daily journeying thither. Both were and are Jehovah's choice for His People.
**in fire by night.** See [Exodus 13:21](../../../kjv/exodus/13/21) , [Exodus 13:22](../../../kjv/exodus/13/22) .[Numbers 10:33](../../../kjv/numbers/10/33) , [Numbers 10:34](../../../kjv/numbers/10/34) .

**was wroth.** See [Numbers 14:20-35](../../../kjv/numbers/14/20-35) and [Psalms 95:8-11](../../../kjv/psalms/95/8-11) .

**Caleb.** Compare [Numbers 14:23](../../../kjv/numbers/14/23) , [Numbers 14:24](../../../kjv/numbers/14/24) .[Joshua 14:9](../../../kjv/joshua/14/9) . [Judges 1:20](../../../kjv/judges/1/20) .
**children** = sons.

This and the next verse are put in a Parenthesis ( App-6 ).
**angry.** See [Numbers 20:12](../../../kjv/numbers/20/12) .

**Joshua.** [Numbers 14:30](../../../kjv/numbers/14/30) .

**your little ones.** [Numbers 14:31](../../../kjv/numbers/14/31) .

**turn you** = start. [Numbers 14:25](../../../kjv/numbers/14/25) .
**Red sea** = eastern arm. The gulf of Akabah. Compare [Deuteronomy 1:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/1) .

**answered and said.** Idiom. App-6 . In this idiom the word "answered" receives its meaning from the context. Here it = confessed, or repented and said.
**we will go up.** Compare [Numbers 14:40-42](../../../kjv/numbers/14/40-42) .
**ready.** Hebrew. *hun.* Occurs only here: = rash, or presumptuous.

**rebelled.** [Numbers 14:44](../../../kjv/numbers/14/44) , [Numbers 14:45](../../../kjv/numbers/14/45) .
**commandment.** Hebrew mouth. Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , put for what is uttered by it, as in [Deuteronomy 1:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/26) .

**Amorites.** Compare [Numbers 14:43](../../../kjv/numbers/14/43) . See App-25 .
**bees.** Hebrew with art. "the bees". Art. of species.
**destroyed you** = beat you down. Hebrew. *kathath.*

**abode in Kadesh.** This is not a summary of the thirty-eight years' wandering, but of what happened before then. How solemn the word "abode" when the command had been "go up".

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