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A Great and Terrible Wilderness
Commentators emphasize that the journey from Horeb was not a simple stroll. The description of the wilderness as "great and terrible" reflects its vast, barren, and dangerous nature, filled with hazards like fiery serpents and scorpions. This language highlights the genuine hardship Israel endured and the magnitude of God's guidance through it.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 1:19
18th Century
Theologian
That great and terrible wilderness - Compare Deuteronomy 8:15. This language is such as people would use after having passed with t…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 1:19
19th Century
Bishop
By the way of the mountain of the Amorites. —Rather, in the direction of the mount. They did not pass the Mount …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 1:19
17th Century
Pastor
And when we departed from Horeb
As the Lord commanded them to do, when they were obedient:
we wen…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 1:19–46
17th Century
Minister
Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to…