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Deuteronomy 1

Deut. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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These be the words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
which Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
spake
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto all Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
on thisb side
`eber (Hebrew #5676)
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
KJV usage: X against, beyond, by, X from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
Pronounce: ay'-ber
Origin: from 5674
Jordan
Yarden (Hebrew #3383)
a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
KJV usage: Jordan.
Pronounce: yar-dane'
Origin: from 3381
in the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
, in the plain
`arabah (Hebrew #6160)
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
KJV usage: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also 1026.
Pronounce: ar-aw-baw'
Origin: from 6150 (in the sense of sterility)
over against
muwl (Hebrew #4136)
or mowtl (Nehemiah 12:38) {mole}; or mul (Numbers 22:5) {mool}; from 4135; properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
KJV usage: (over) against, before, (fore-)front, from, (God-)ward, toward, with.
Pronounce: mool
Origin: or mowl (Deuteronomy 1:1) {mole}
the βRed
Cuwph (Hebrew #5489)
the Reed (Sea)
KJV usage: Red Sea.
Pronounce: soof
Origin: for 5488 (by ellipsis of 3220)
sea, between Paran
Pa'ran (Hebrew #6290)
ornamental; Paran, a desert of Arabia
KJV usage: Paran.
Pronounce: paw-rawn'
Origin: from 6286
, and Tophel
Tophel (Hebrew #8603)
quagmire; Tophel, a place near the Desert
KJV usage: Tophel.
Pronounce: to'-fel
Origin: from the same as 8602
, and Laban
Laban (Hebrew #3837)
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Laban.
Pronounce: law-bawn'
Origin: the same as 3836
, and Hazeroth
Chatserowth (Hebrew #2698)
yards; Chatseroth, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Hazeroth.
Pronounce: khats-ay-roth'
Origin: feminine plural of 2691
, and Dizahab
Diy (Hebrew #1774)
of gold; Dizahab, a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Dizahab.
Pronounce: zahab
Origin: as if from 1768 and 2091
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Josh. 9:1,10• 1And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and along all the coast of the great sea as far as opposite to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it,
 10and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. (Josh. 9:1,10)
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or, Suph.

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Dizahab,
Hazeroth,
Israel,
Jordan,
Laban,
Moses,
Paran,
Plain,
Red Sea,
River,
Tophel,
Wilderness

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Ministry on This Verse

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The Fifth Book of Moses, called Deuteronomy.
1-5:  Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth year;
6-13:  briefly rehearsing the history of God's sending them from Horeb;
14-18:  of giving them officers;
19-33:  of sending the spies to search the land;
34-40:  of his anger for their incredulity;
41-46:  and disobedience.on this.
Num. 32:5,19,32• 5and they said, If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession: bring us not over the Jordan.
 19For we will not inherit with them on yonder side the Jordan, and further, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side the Jordan eastward.
 32We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance on this side the Jordan shall be ours. (Num. 32:5,19,32)
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Num. 34:15• 15the two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side the Jordan of Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising. (Num. 34:15)
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Num. 35:14• 14Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. (Num. 35:14)
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Josh. 9:1,10• 1And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and along all the coast of the great sea as far as opposite to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it,
 10and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. (Josh. 9:1,10)
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Josh. 22:4,7• 4And now Jehovah your God hath given rest to your brethren, as he said unto them; and now return, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.
 7And to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan, and to the other half thereof had Joshua given among their brethren on this side the Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them also, (Josh. 22:4,7)
Red sea.
or, Zuph.
Or rather, Suph.This could not have been the Red Sea, not only because the word {yam,} "sea," is not joined with it as usual, but because they were now east of Jordan, and farther from the Red Sea than ever.
It seems to be the same which is called {Suphah} in Nu 21:14; which must necessarily signify some place in or adjoining to the plains of Moab, and not far from the Jordan and Arnon.
Ptolemy mentions a people called Sophonites that dwelt in Arabia Petræa, who may have taken their name from this place.Paran.Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab, seem to have been either places or cities not far from the plains of Moab; for it is evident that Paran and Hazeroth could not have been those near the Red sea, and not far from Horeb.
Deut. 33:2• 2And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose up from Seir unto them; He shone forth from mount Paran, And he came from the myriads of the sanctuary; From his right hand went forth a law of fire for them. (Deut. 33:2)
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Gen. 21:21• 21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. (Gen. 21:21)
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Num. 10:12• 12And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stood still in the wilderness of Paran. (Num. 10:12)
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Num. 12:16• 16And afterwards the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. (Num. 12:16)
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Num. 13:3,26• 3And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.
 26And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land. (Num. 13:3,26)
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1 Sam. 25:1• 1And Samuel died; and all Israel were gathered together, and lamented him; and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. (1 Sam. 25:1)
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Hab. 3:3• 3+God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise. (Hab. 3:3)
Hazeroth.
Num. 11:35• 35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth; and they were at Hazeroth. (Num. 11:35)
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Num. 33:17‑18• 17And they removed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
 18And they removed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. (Num. 33:17‑18)
• It is not then a grouping of types, whatever might be the particular scope and aim of those employed, such as we have seen in distinct forms throughout the books of Exodus, Leviticus, or Numbers; but here all that the Spirit is using, whether it be direct moral application which forms much the larger part of the book, or whether it be a selection of such shadows as fall in with its practical object, seems to be from first to last an enforcement of obedience, grounded on the relationship between Jehovah their God and Israel, whom He was just bringing as His people into His land. Accordingly the very large introduction is an address to the people for the purpose of enforcing these claims. (“Deuteronomy 1-16 - Introduction” by W. Kelly)
• The prime duty for every creature, whether Jew or Christian, is obedience. This then is the leading truth of Deuteronomy. (“Deuteronomy 1-16 - Introduction” by W. Kelly)
• The prime duty for every creature, whether Jew or Christian, is obedience. This then is the leading truth of Deuteronomy. (“Deuteronomy 1” by W. Kelly)
• Division 1. (Deut. 1-4:43). Retrospect and exhortation to obedience. Division 2. (Deut. 4:44-30). The law recapitulated, amplified and enforced. Sub-Division 1. (Deut. 4:44-11). Sub-Division 2. (Deut. 12-26). Special application of the law Godward and manward. Sub-Division 3. (Deut. 27-30) Blessings and curses as the law is kept or disobeyed.  Division 3. (Deut. 31-34) The prophetic outlook and the close. (“Chapter 5: Deuteronomy” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plaine, opposite to Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

JND Translation Notes

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The Arabah. so ver. 7; chs. 2.8; 3.17; 4.49; 11.30; Josh.3.16; 18.18; Zech.14.10.