Deuteronomy 1:35
in Deuteronomy 1“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
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ASV
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
KJV
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry
on Deuteronomy 1:34-36
The sworn sentence falls on "this evil generation", the adults numbered at Numbers 14:29. Verse 36 excepts Caleb, because "he followed the LORD wholeheartedly." He claims this promise at eighty-five in Joshua 14:9-12.
This site's exposition
this evil generation
Two oaths meet here: verse 34 shuts the generation out, and the older oath to the fathers promised the land. John Gill extends the sentence past the spies to the whole people who believed their report and complained.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land,.... The land of Canaan; not only not one of the spies that brought the ill report of that land, but of that body of people that gave credit to it, and murmured upon it: which I sware to give unto your fathers; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; see Deu 1:8.
Thus they could not enter in because of unbelief. It was not the breach of any of the commands of the law that shut them out of Canaan, no, not the golden calf, but their disbelief of that promise which was typical of gospel grace, to signify that no sin will ruin us but unbelief, which is a sin against the remedy.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth--In consequence of this aggravated offense (unbelief followed by open rebellion), the Israelites were doomed, in the righteous judgment of God, to a life of wandering in that dreary wilderness till the whole adult generation had disappeared by death.
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The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| יִרְאֶ֥ה | yireh | he will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אִישׁ֙ | ʾish | anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| בָּאֲנָשִׁ֣ים | baanashim | among the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הַדּ֥וֹר | hador | the generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
| הָרָ֖ע | hara' | <the> evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֣רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַטּוֹבָ֔ה | hatovah | <the> good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי | nishba'ti | I swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| לָתֵ֖ת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | laavoteikhem | to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
יִרְאֶ֥הhe will see
yirehH7200 →1300 times
אִישׁ֙anyone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
בָּאֲנָשִׁ֣יםamong the men
baanashimH582 →566 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
הַדּ֥וֹרthe generation
hadorH1755 →167 times
הָרָ֖ע<the> evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
הָאָ֣רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַטּוֹבָ֔ה<the> good
hatovahH2896 →538 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּיI swore
nishba'tiH7650 →186 times
לָתֵ֖תto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃to ancestors your
laavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:3
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And…
- Hebrews 4:5
And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Numbers 14:23
not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
- Hebrews 4:3
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on 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.