English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 1:6
6"The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
Deuteronomy 1:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“When we were at Mount Sinai, the Lord our God said to us, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
Context of Deuteronomy 1:6
4after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. 5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying, "The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. 8See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.'
Read all of Deuteronomy 1Deuteronomy 1:6 word by word
יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֵ֖ינוּ בְּחֹרֵ֣ב לֵאמֹ֑ר רַב־לָכֶ֥ם שֶׁ֖בֶת בָּהָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 1:6
- Deuteronomy 5:2The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
- Exodus 3:1Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Exodus 19:1On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
- Numbers 10:11In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Ye have dwelt long enough, etc. - They came to Sinai in the third month after their departure from Egypt, Exodus 19:1, Exodus 19:2; and left it the twentieth of the second month of the second year, so it appears they had continued there nearly a whole year.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The first and introductory address of Moses to the people is here commenced. It extends to Deuteronomy 4:40; and is divided from the second discourse by the Deuteronomy 1:4:41-49. A summary of the address is given in the chapter-headings usually found in English Bibles.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-46Secular treaties (formal agreements between nations) often included a section about the past relationship between the two partners. This section reviewed what had happened before the agreement. In this case, the purpose was to review Israel’s successes and failures since the exodus from Egypt. It reminded the people that God had kept his word, even when they did not obey him. To prepare the Israelites for life in Canaan, Moses reminded them about life in…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-83-8. in the fortieth year ... Moses spake unto the children of Israel, &c.--This impressive discourse, in which Moses reviewed all that God had done for His people, was delivered about a month before his death, and after peace and tranquillity had been restored by the complete conquest of Sihon and Og.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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