Deuteronomy 1:8
in Deuteronomy 1See, 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
I have set the land before you--literally, "before your faces"--it is accessible; there is no impediment to your occupation. The order of the journey as indicated by the places mentioned would have led to a course of invasion, the opposite of what was eventually followed; namely, from the seacoast eastward--instead of from the Jordan westward (see on Nu 20:1).
This site's exposition
The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb
on Deuteronomy 1:6-8
The first words quoted from God in this book are an order to leave, ye have dwelt long enough in this mount. Clarke reckons the stay at Horeb at close to a year, from the arrival at Exodus 19:1 to the departure at Numbers 10:11. The borders named in verse 7 reach the Euphrates, which is the grant made to Abram at Genesis 15:18, and verse 8 speaks as though the matter were closed, I have set the land before you, resting it on an oath sworn to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob rather than on anything the hearers have done.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
Behold, I have set the land before you,.... Described it to them, and set its bounds, as well as had given them a grant of it: go in and possess the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and their seed after them: and which being thus made sure unto them, they had nothing more to do than to go and take possession of it.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
in the fortieth year . . . Moses spake unto the children of Israel, &c.--This impressive discourse, in which Moses reviewed all that God had done for His people, was delivered about a month before his death, and after peace and tranquillity had been restored by the complete conquest of Sihon and Og.
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The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רְאֵ֛ה | reeh | see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| נָתַ֥תִּי | natati | I set | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם | lifneikhem | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בֹּ֚אוּ | bou | go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וּרְשׁ֣וּ | ureshu | and take possession of | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֣ע | nishba' | he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| יְ֠הוָה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַאֲבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם | laavoteikhem | to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְאַבְרָהָ֨ם | leavraham | to Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| לְיִצְחָ֤ק | leyitzchak | to Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ | uleyaako | and to Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| לָתֵ֣ת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֔ם | lahem | to them | ||
| וּלְזַרְעָ֖ם | ulezaram | and to offspring their | H2233 → | 229 times |
| אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾachareihem | after them | H310 → | 715 times |
רְאֵ֛הsee
reehH7200 →1300 times
נָתַ֥תִּיI set
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם<to> before you
lifneikhemH6440 →2123 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
בֹּ֚אוּgo
bouH935 →2568 times
וּרְשׁ֣וּand take possession of
ureshuH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֣עhe swore
nishba'H7650 →186 times
יְ֠הוָהYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַאֲבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜םto ancestors your
laavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
לְאַבְרָהָ֨םto Abraham
leavrahamH85 →175 times
לְיִצְחָ֤קto Isaac
leyitzchakH3327 →108 times
וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙and to Jacob
uleyaakoH3290 →350 times
לָתֵ֣תto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֔םto them
lahem
וּלְזַרְעָ֖םand to offspring their
ulezaramH2233 →229 times
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃after them
ʾachareihemH310 →715 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
Genesis 15:18On 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—
it leads to
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 1:3–4
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
- 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 24:7
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this…
- Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- Genesis 13:15
Through
Genesis 12:7Then 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.
it leads to
- Genesis 17:8
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 18:1
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
- Genesis 17:8
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Deuteronomy

Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PersonPatriarchsIsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
