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Themes in Deuteronomy 1

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Themes in Deuteronomy 1

Deuteronomy 1:1 (show verse)

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel [while they were still] beyond [that is, on the east side of] the Jordan [River] in the wilderness [across from Jerusalem], in the Arabah [the long, deep valley running north and south from the eastern arm of the Red Sea to beyond the Dead Sea] opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab (place of gold).

journey of israel through the Desert » To libnah or laban
Hazeroth » A station in the journeyings of the people of israel
Law » Given at sinai
the Law of moses » Rehearsed by moses
Paran » Desert or wilderness of
Seir » A range of hills southwest of the dead sea » Along the route from horeb to kadesh-barnea
Tophel » A place in the wilderness of sinai

Deuteronomy 1:2 (show verse)

It is [only] eleven days’ journey from Horeb (Mount Sinai) by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea [on Canaan’s border; yet Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years before crossing the border and entering Canaan, the promised land].

Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
the Law of moses » Rehearsed by moses
Mountains » Names of » Seir
Seir » A range of hills southwest of the dead sea » The people of israel travel by
Seir » A range of hills southwest of the dead sea » Along the route from horeb to kadesh-barnea
Seir » A range of hills southwest of the dead sea
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The people of israel arrive at, in their wanderings in the wilderness
Travelers » Estimated the length of their journey by the number of days which it occupied

Deuteronomy 1:3 (show verse)

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded him to say to them,

journey of israel through the Desert » Return to the plains of moab » The law rehearsed
the Law of moses » Rehearsed by moses
Month » Sebat (february) » Moses probably died in
moses » Prophecies of

Deuteronomy 1:4 (show verse)

after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived at Ashtaroth in Edrei.

Amorites » Territory of
Ashtaroth » City of bashan
Ashtaroth » The capital city of bashan
Edrei » Joshua defeats og at
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Og » Defeated and killed by moses

Deuteronomy 1:5 (show verse)

Beyond (east of) the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,

No Themes for this verse.

Deuteronomy 1:6 (show verse)

“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough on this mountain.

Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge righteously
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent

Deuteronomy 1:7 (show verse)

Turn and resume your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland (the Shephelah), in the Negev (South country) and on the coast of the [Mediterranean] Sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

Amorites » Territory of
the Amorites » Originally inhabited a mountain district in the south
Beasts » Unclean » Not eaten
Euphrates » The eastern limit of the kingdom of israel
Euphrates, the » Extreme eastern boundary of the promised land
Euphrates, the » Called » The great river
Holy land » Extent of » As promised
Lebanon » Bounded the land of canaan on the north
Lebanon » Northern boundary of the land of canaan
Valleys » Called » Vales

Deuteronomy 1:8 (show verse)

Look, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the Lord swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.’

Beasts » Unclean » Not eaten
jacob » Prophecies concerning himself and his descendants

Deuteronomy 1:9 (show verse)

“I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.

Deuteronomy 1:10 (show verse)

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and look, today you are as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 1:11 (show verse)

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!

journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Judges appointed
Fathers » God
Government » Mosaic » Administrative and judicial system
Israel » Organization » Government » Jethro
moses » Institutes a system of government
moses » Benedictions of » upon the people
The promises of God » Subjects of » Blessing

Deuteronomy 1:12 (show verse)

How can I alone bear the weight and pressure and burden of you and your strife (contention) and complaining?

journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Judges appointed
Government » Mosaic » Administrative and judicial system
Israel » Organization » Government » Jethro
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
moses » Institutes a system of government
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Strife » Causes of » General examples of
Strife » Exemplified » israelites
Strife » Instances of » israelites

Deuteronomy 1:13 (show verse)

Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, experienced, and respected men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as heads (leaders) over you.’

journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Judges appointed
Elder » Equivalent to the title senator, in present use » Elders, with delegated powers, were authorized to act for their constituency
Government » Mosaic » Administrative and judicial system
Government » Representative
Israel » Organization » Government » Jethro
Magistrates » Wisdom and integrity essential to
moses » Institutes a system of government
Officer » Civil » Chosen by the people
Rulers' » Wisdom and integrity essential to
The Nation » Of israel and judah rulers » Wisdom and integrity essential to

Deuteronomy 1:14 (show verse)

And you answered me, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’

journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Judges appointed
Government » Mosaic » Administrative and judicial system
Government » Representative
Israel » Organization » Government » Jethro
moses » Institutes a system of government
Officer » Civil » Chosen by the people

Deuteronomy 1:15 (show verse)

So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and made them leaders over you, commanders of thousands, and hundreds, and fifties, and tens, and officers (administrators) for your tribes.

Court » Superior, and inferior
Courts » Other courts » Inferior
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Judges appointed
Elder » Equivalent to the title senator, in present use » Elders, with delegated powers, were authorized to act for their constituency
Government » Mosaic » Administrative and judicial system
Government » Representative
Israel » Organization » Government » Jethro
moses » Institutes a system of government
Officer » Civil » Chosen by the people

Deuteronomy 1:16 (show verse)

“Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the matters between your brothers [your fellow countrymen], and judge righteously and fairly between a man and his brother, or the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is with him.

Aliens » To be treated with justice
Court » Superior, and inferior
Court » Justice required of
Courts » Other courts » Inferior
Government » Mosaic » Administrative and judicial system
Israel » Judges of » General references to
Israel » Organization » Government » Jethro
Judges of israel » General references to
Judgment » How to judge
Magistrates » Should » Judge righteously
moses » Institutes a system of government
Officer » Civil » Chosen by the people
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Injustice to
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have justice done to them in all disputes

Deuteronomy 1:17 (show verse)

You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear and pay attention to the [cases of the] least [important] as well as the great. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you [to judge], you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’

Court » Superior, and inferior
Court » Justice required of
Courts of justice » Superior court » Decided on all appeals and difficult cases
Favoritism » Not respecting persons (not showing favoritism)
Fear » What not to fear
Government » Mosaic » Administrative and judicial system
Israel » Organization » Government » Jethro
Judges » Judgment belonging to God
Judgment » How not to judge
Judgment » How to judge
Magistrates » Should » Be impartial
moses » Institutes a system of government
Partiality » Forbidden
Social duties » Of impartiality » Partiality forbidden

Deuteronomy 1:18 (show verse)

I commanded you at that time [regarding] all the things that you should do.

moses » Institutes a system of government

Deuteronomy 1:19 (show verse)

“Then we set out from Horeb (Sinai), and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

Amorites » Territory of
journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran
Deserts » Described as » Great and terrible
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent

Deuteronomy 1:20 (show verse)

And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites which the Lord our God is about to give us.

Amorites » Given to descendants of abraham
the Amorites » Originally inhabited a mountain district in the south

Deuteronomy 1:21 (show verse)

Behold, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and take possession of it, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’

No Themes for this verse.

Deuteronomy 1:22 (show verse)

“Then all of you approached me and said, ‘Let us send men [into the land] before us, so that they may explore and search the area for us, and bring back to us word regarding the way we should go, and the cities we should enter.’

journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran » The people anxious to have the land of canaan searched
Israel » Sent » Twleve » Spies » Land » Canaan

Deuteronomy 1:23 (show verse)

The plan pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.

No Themes for this verse.

Deuteronomy 1:24 (show verse)

They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.

Eshcol » A valley or brook near hebron
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Eshcol

Deuteronomy 1:25 (show verse)

Then they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they reported back to us, and said, ‘It is a good land which the Lord our God is about to give us.’

Israel » Sent » Twleve » Spies » Land » Canaan

Deuteronomy 1:26 (show verse)

“Yet you were not willing to go up [to take possession of it], but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God.

Cowardice » Instances of » The israelites » In fearing to attempt the conquest of canaan
Disobedience to God » Instances of » In refusing to enter the promised land
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:27 (show verse)

You murmured and were ill-tempered (discontented) in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord hates us He has brought us from the land of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites to destroy us.

Cowardice » Instances of » The israelites » In fearing to attempt the conquest of canaan
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Murmuring » Instances of » israelites
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:28 (show verse)

Where can we go up? Our brothers (spies) have made our hearts melt [in fear] and demoralized us by saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large, and fortified [all the way up] to heaven. And besides, we saw the [giant-like] sons of the Anakim there.”’

Anakim » A race of giants
Anakim, the » Were called » The sons of the anakim
the Canaanites » Had many strong cities
Cities » Surrounded with walls
Cowardice » Instances of » The israelites » In fearing to attempt the conquest of canaan
Giants » Anakim
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Murmuring » Instances of » israelites
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Walls » Of cities » Often very high

Deuteronomy 1:29 (show verse)

Then I said to you, ‘Do not be shocked, nor fear them.

Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:30 (show verse)

The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you Himself, just as He did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes,

Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:31 (show verse)

and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried and protected you, just as a man carries his son, all along the way which you traveled until you arrived at this place.’

God » Sustaining providence » Supports the weak
God » Supplies of » Supporter of the weak
divine Providence » Sustaining » Supports the weak
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:32 (show verse)

Yet in spite of this word, you did not trust [that is, confidently rely on and believe] the Lord your God,

Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:33 (show verse)

who went before you along the way, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to seek a place for you to make camp and to show you the way in which you should go.

Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Tents » Sending persons to seek a convenient place for, alluded to

Deuteronomy 1:34 (show verse)

“And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying,

Caleb » One of the two survivors of the israelites permitted to enter the land of promise
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:35 (show verse)

‘Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore (solemnly promised) to give to your fathers,

exclusion Admission » Exclusion » From canaan
Caleb » One of the two survivors of the israelites permitted to enter the land of promise
journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran » Punishment for rebellion
Exclusion » From canaan
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Titles and names of the wicked » Evil generation

Deuteronomy 1:36 (show verse)

except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has walked, because he has followed the Lord completely [and remained true to Him].’

Caleb » One of the two survivors of the israelites permitted to enter the land of promise
Caleb » Facts concerning » Consecrated to God
Decision » Instances of » Caleb
journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran » Punishment for rebellion
Obedience » Instances of » Caleb
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:37 (show verse)

The Lord was angry with me also because of you, saying, ‘Not even you shall enter Canaan.

moses » Not permitted to enter canaan, but views the land from atop mount pisgah
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:38 (show verse)

Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter there. Encourage and strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Christian ministers » Duties of the church to
Inheritance » Earthly » Of israel
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Inheritance of
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Commissioned, ordained, and charged with the responsibilites of moses' office
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:39 (show verse)

Moreover, your little ones whom you said would become prey, and your sons, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter Canaan, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it.

Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:40 (show verse)

But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds).’

journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran » Punishment for rebellion
journey of israel through the Desert » Returned by the way to the red sea
Red sea » Israelites camp beside
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:41 (show verse)

“Then you answered and said to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God has commanded us.’ So you equipped every man with weapons of war, and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country.

journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran » People smitten by amalek for going up without the lord
Israel » defeated » Amalekites
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:42 (show verse)

But the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, “Do not go up and do not fight, for I am not among you [because of your rebellion]; otherwise you will be [badly] defeated by your enemies.”’

journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran » People smitten by amalek for going up without the lord
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Israel » defeated » Amalekites
Reprobacy » Instances of » Israel
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:43 (show verse)

So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead you rebelled against the command of the Lord, and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country.

journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran » People smitten by amalek for going up without the lord
Israel » defeated » Amalekites
Reprobacy » Instances of » Israel
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites

Deuteronomy 1:44 (show verse)

Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and struck you down in Seir as far as Hormah.

Bee » In palestine
journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh-barnea in wilderness of rithmah or paran » People smitten by amalek for going up without the lord
Hormah » A city » A city southwest of the dead sea
Insects » Bees
Israel » defeated » Amalekites

Deuteronomy 1:45 (show verse)

And you returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not listen to your voice nor pay attention to you.

Israel » defeated » Amalekites
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Disobedience
Prayer » Answer to, withheld » Of the israelites, when attacked by the amorites
Weeping » Caused by sin
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Disobedience

Deuteronomy 1:46 (show verse)

So you stayed in Kadesh; many days you stayed there.

Israel » Kadesh