Deuteronomy 1:20
in Deuteronomy 1I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
KJV
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis 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.
This site's exposition
You have reached the hill country of the Amorites
At Kadesh-barnea they stood at the edge of the land, with the gift already spoken in the present tense, is giving us. Matthew Henry says Moses dwells on how near they had come, so the refusal that followed is seen at full weight.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I said unto you, you are come unto the mountain of the Amorites,.... Which was inhabited by them, and was one of the seven nations the Israelites were to destroy, and possess their land, and which lay on the southern part of the land of Canaan: which the Lord our God doth give unto us; not the mountain only, but the whole country of that people, and even all the land of Canaan.
He told them with triumph, the land is set before you, go up and possess it. He lets them see how near they were to a happy settlement when they put a bar in their own door, that their sin might appear the more exceedingly sinful. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites that they were not far from the kingdom of God and yet came short, Mark xii.
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֹמַ֖ר | vaomar | and I said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵכֶ֑ם | ʾalekhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּאתֶם֙ | batem | you have come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַ֣ר | har | [the] hill country of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִ֔י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נֹתֵ֥ן | noten | [is] about to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָֽנוּ׃ | lanu | to us |
וָאֹמַ֖רand I said
vaomarH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵכֶ֑םto you
ʾalekhemH413 →5510 times
בָּאתֶם֙you have come
batemH935 →2568 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַ֣ר[the] hill country of
harH2022 →546 times
הָאֱמֹרִ֔יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
נֹתֵ֥ן[is] about to give
notenH5414 →2011 times
לָֽנוּ׃to us
lanu
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.