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Deuteronomy 1:19

in Deuteronomy 1

And 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,

BSB

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.

This verse in Deuteronomy 1

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
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

we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country

on Deuteronomy 1:19-21

The charge "Do not be afraid or discouraged" in verse 21 returns at 31:6 and 31:8 and passes to Joshua at Joshua 1:9. It is spoken to a generation that will not act on it, and Moses repeats it at verse 29.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And when we departed from Horeb,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 32:10

    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.

    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.

  • Through

    Numbers 13:26

    and 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.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 8:15

    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.

    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.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 2:6

    They 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.

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.