Deuteronomy 1:19
in Deuteronomy 1And 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,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That great and terrible wilderness - Compare Deu 8:15. This language is such as people would employ after having passed with toil and suffering through the worst part of it, the southern half of the Arabah (see Num 21:4 note); and more especially when they had but recently rested from their marches in the plain of Shittim, the largest and richest oasis in the whole district on the Eastern bank near the mouth of the Jordan.
This site's exposition
And when we departed from Horeb
on Deuteronomy 1:19-21
What lay between Horeb and Kadesh-barnea is called that great and terrible wilderness, a phrase the book uses again at 8:15 where the serpents and scorpions and the thirsty ground are named. Fear not, neither be discouraged in verse 21 is the first appearance of a formula that runs to 31:6 and 31:8 and is handed on to Joshua at Joshua 1:9. It is spoken here to a generation that will not act on it, and Moses says it a second time at verse 29 after they have refused.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And when we departed from Horeb,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
we went through all that great and terrible wilderness--of Paran, which included the desert and mountainous space lying between the wilderness of Shur westward, or towards Egypt and mount Seir, or the land of Edom eastwards; between the land of Canaan northwards, and the Red Sea southwards; and thus it appears to have comprehended really the wilderness of Sin and Sinai [FISK].
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The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַנִּסַּ֣ע | vanisa' | and we set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| מֵחֹרֵ֗ב | mechorev | from Horeb | H2722 → | 17 times |
| וַנֵּ֡לֶךְ | vanelekh | and we walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר | hamidbar | the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| הַגָּדוֹל֩ | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְהַנּוֹרָ֨א | vehanora' | and <the> awesome | H3372 → | 315 times |
| הַה֜וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רְאִיתֶ֗ם | reitem | you saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| דֶּ֚רֶךְ | derekh | [the] way of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַ֣ר | har | [the] hill country of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֛ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֹתָ֑נוּ | ʾotanu | <obj.> us | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַנָּבֹ֕א | vanavo' | and we came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| קָדֵ֥שׁ | kadesh | Kadesh | H6947 → | 20 times |
| בַּרְנֵֽעַ׃ | barnea' | Barnea | H6947 → | 20 times |
וַנִּסַּ֣עand we set out
vanisa'H5265 →146 times
מֵחֹרֵ֗בfrom Horeb
mechorevH2722 →17 times
וַנֵּ֡לֶךְand we walked
vanelekhH1980 →1546 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַמִּדְבָּ֣רthe wilderness
hamidbarH4057 →270 times
הַגָּדוֹל֩<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
וְהַנּוֹרָ֨אand <the> awesome
vehanora'H3372 →315 times
הַה֜וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רְאִיתֶ֗םyou saw
reitemH7200 →1300 times
דֶּ֚רֶךְ[the] way of
derekhH1870 →707 times
הַ֣ר[the] hill country of
harH2022 →546 times
הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֛הhe had commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
אֹתָ֑נוּ<obj.> us
ʾotanuH853 →10935 times
וַנָּבֹ֕אand we came
vanavo'H935 →2568 times
עַ֖דto
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
קָדֵ֥שׁKadesh
kadeshH6947 →20 times
בַּרְנֵֽעַ׃Barnea
barnea'H6947 →20 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
it leads to
- Hosea 13:5
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Psalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Deuteronomy 8:15–16
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Hosea 13:5
Through
Numbers 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit…
it leads to
- Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 32:8
Through
Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
it leads to
- Numbers 20:11
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- Numbers 21:6
So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
- Numbers 20:11
Through
Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- Deuteronomy 32:10
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.