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The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:12-20
Distribution of territory. I. CONQUERED TERRITORY IS NOT TO BE LEFT UNOCCUPIED. This is a sound principle. Has a vice been conquered?—replace it by a contrary virtue. Has a soul been converted?—set it to Christian work.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:12-17
Distribution of the conquered land. The countries thus conquered by the Israelites were assigned by Moses to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh. The southern portion, from Aroer, in the valley o…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:13
The last part of this verse is differently construed and rendered by different translators. By some the clause all the region of Argob is connected with what precedes, while others regard this clause as in apposition wi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh by the mother's side (his father was of the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:22), obtained the Argob region unto—i.e; inclusive of (see Joshua 13:13)—the territory of the Geshuri and Maachat…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:15
Cf. Numbers 32:40; 1 Chronicles 2:22.) Deuteronomy 3:16, Deuteronomy 3:17 The possession of the tribes of Reuben and Gad is here more exactly defined. Its southern boundary was the middle of the valley (the wady) of the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:18-20
The pioneers of the invasion of Palestine. Here the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manassites are directed to "intern" their wives, little ones, and cattle in the cities of Bashan, which were now literally free from the race…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:18-29
CONCLUSION OF HISTORICAL RECAPITULATION. Deuteronomy 3:18-29.
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:18-20
Moses reminds the two and a half tribes of the conditions on which they had received the possessions they had desired beyond Jordan (see Numbers 32:20-32). All that are meet for the war; literally, all the sons of might…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:21-29
Moses encouraged Joshua, who was to succeed him. Thus the aged and experienced in the service of God, should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those who are young, and setting out in religion. Consider what God…
Joshua Named as Moses's Successor. (b. c. 1451.)
JOSHUA NAMED AS MOSES'S SUCCESSOR. (B. C. 1451.) Here is I. The encouragement which Moses gave to Joshua, who was to succeed him in the government, Deuteronomy 3:21-22. He commanded him not to fear. Thus those that are…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:21-29
Moses' longing to enter the Promised Land refused. The two conquests over Sihon and over Og had filled Moses with a sense of God's matchless power. With a warrior's instinct—for he had had a warrior's training, it is be…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:21
At that time, i.e. after the conquest of the land on the east of the Jordan (see Numbers 27:12, etc.). Thine eyes have seen, etc. Joshua was directed to what he had himself witnessed, what his own eyes had seen, in the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:21-29
Prospect of death. In the full career of triumph, Moses has inward presentiment, and external announcement, that his end was near. Nature has a greater repugnance to death when we are enveloped in the bright sunshine of…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:22
The "he" here is emphatic; as God himself would fight for them, why should they be afraid?
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:23-27
(See Homiletics, Deuteronomy 32:41-52, and Deuteronomy 34:1-12.) HOMILIES BY D. DAVIES
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:23-29
God's refusal of man's wishes. We have in this singularly pathetic passage of the private history of Moses— I. AN AFFECTING ENTREATY. "I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land," etc. (Deuteronomy 3:24, Deutero…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:23-29
Prayer of Moses. Moses knew that he was not to enter the Promised Land with the people; but, reluctant to relinquish the enterprise which he had so far conducted until he should see it successfully finished, he besought…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:24
O Lord God: O Lord Jehovah. For what God, etc. (comp. Exodus 15:11; Psalms 86:8; Psalms 89:6; Psalms 113:5, etc.). "The contrast drawn between Jehovah and other gods does not involve the reality of heathen deities, but…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:25
That goodly mountain; not any mountain specially, but the whole mountain elevation of Canaan, culminating in the distant Lebanon, as it appeared to the eye of Moses from the lower level of the 'Arabah. This was "goodly,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:26
The Lord was wroth, etc. (cf. Deuteronomy 1:37; Numbers 20:12; Numbers 27:13, Numbers 27:14). Let it suffice thee; literally, Enough for thee! i.e. either Thou hast said enough; say no more, or Be content; let what I ha…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:27
Comp. Numbers 27:12, of which this is a rhetorical amplification. There the mountains of Abarim are mentioned; here Pisgah, the northern portion of that range, is specified. The top of Pisgah; i.e. Mount Nebo (Deuterono…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:28
(Comp. Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:21; Deuteronomy 31:7; Numbers 27:23.)
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:29
In the valley over against Beth-peor; i.e. in the plains of Moab (Arboth Moab, Numbers 22:1; cf. Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 34:6). Beth-pe'or, i.e. the house or temple of Pe'or, the Moabitish Baah There was a hill Pe…
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:1-23
The power and love of God to Israel are here made the ground and reason of a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although there is much reference to their national covenant, yet all may be applied to those who…