Deuteronomy 10:11
in Deuteronomy 10Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
KJV
And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.
This site's exposition
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights
on Deuteronomy 10:10-11
This picks up the second forty days of 9:18 and answers the prayer of 9:25-29. Moses asked that God would not destroy the people, and the reply comes back in the same terms, the LORD "agreed not to destroy you".
This site's exposition
ahead of the people
The command Get up repeats God's words at 9:12, where they sent Moses down to a people who had corrupted themselves. Here they send him on ahead of a people spared.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Take thy journey before the people - 'Twas fit that he who had saved them from ruin by his intercession, should have the conduct and command of them. And herein he was a type of Christ, who, as he ever lives to make intercession for us, so has all power in heaven and in earth.
And the Lord said unto me, arise, take thy journey before the people,....
It was a mercy to them that they had such a friend, so faithful both to him that appointed him and to those for whom he was appointed. It was fit that he who had saved them from ruin, by his intercession with heaven, should have the conduct and command of them. And herein he was a type of Christ, who, as he ever lives making intercession for us, so he has all power both in heaven and in earth.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
This is connected with the expression [in the following verse] for thy good. He is stating: “He does not require anything of you for His sake, only for your sake,” similar in meaning to the verse, If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? 243 Job:7.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| ק֛וּם | kum | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| לֵ֥ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לְמַסַּ֖ע | lemasa' | to journeying | H4550 → | |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָעָ֑ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְיָבֹ֙אוּ֙ | veyavou | so they may go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְיִֽרְשׁ֣וּ | veyirshu | and they may take possession of | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי | nishba'ti | I swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| לַאֲבֹתָ֖ם | laavotam | to ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לָתֵ֥ת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶֽם׃ פ | lahem | to <the> them |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
ק֛וּםarise
kumH6965 →628 times
לֵ֥ךְgo
lekhH1980 →1546 times
לְמַסַּ֖עto journeying
lemasa'H4550 →
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הָעָ֑םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וְיָבֹ֙אוּ֙so they may go
veyavouH935 →2568 times
וְיִֽרְשׁ֣וּand they may take possession of
veyirshuH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיI swore
nishba'tiH7650 →186 times
לַאֲבֹתָ֖םto ancestors their
laavotamH1 →1212 times
לָתֵ֥תto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶֽם׃ פto <the> them
lahem
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
Exodus 33:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and…
it leads to
- 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.
- Exodus 32:13
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will…
- Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
- Genesis 12:7
Through
Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Exodus 23:20
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
- Exodus 33:2
And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Matthew 23:35
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and…
- Exodus 33:14–15
And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- Deuteronomy 32:35
Where this verse is studied
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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 (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.