Deuteronomy 1:19
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
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- BSB
- And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
- KJV
- And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- WEB
- We traveled from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
- ASV
- And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- DARBY
- And we departed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw, on the way to the mountain of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- BLB
- And we departed from Horeb and went through all that great and fearful wilderness, which you⁺ saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorite, as YHWH our God had commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea,
- ÅB
- Så brøt vi opp fra Horeb og dro gjennom hele den store og forferdelige ørken som dere har sett, på veien til amoritter-fjellene, slik som Herren vår Gud befalte oss; og vi kom til Kades-Barnea.
- OTB
- "Så dro vi fra Horeb og gikk gjennom hele den store og fryktinngytende ørkenen som dere så, på vei til amorittenes fjelland, slik Herren vår Gud hadde befalt oss, og vi nådde Kadesj-Barnea.
- B1930
- Så brøt vi op fra Horeb og drog gjennem hele den store og forferdelige ørken som I har sett, på veien til amoritter-fjellene, således som Herren vår Gud bød oss; og vi kom til Kades-Barnea.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 1:2
( There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Read in contextJeremiah 2:6
Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Read in contextNumbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
Read in contextNumbers 10:12
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
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