Deuteronomy 1:44 — Meaning and Application

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“And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, {even} unto Hormah.”

Deuteronomy 1:44

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And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I {am} not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. {went...: Heb. ye were presumptuous, and went up}

And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, {even} unto Hormah.

And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode {there}.

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Deuteronomy 1:1

"These {be} the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red {sea}, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. {the Red...: or, Zuph}"

Deuteronomy 1:2

"({There are} eleven days' {journey} from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)"

Deuteronomy 1:3

"And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first {day} of the month, {that} Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;"

Deuteronomy 1:4

"After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:"

Deuteronomy 1:5

"On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,"

Deuteronomy 1:6

"The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:"

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