So I spoke to you, and you didn’t listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill country.
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So I spoke to you, and you didn’t listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill country.
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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.
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So I spoke unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 1:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 14:44 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. Nevertheless, the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and Moses didn’t depart out of the camp.
- Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
- Acts 7:51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
- Romans 8:7-8 because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be. Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So I spake unto you,.... The words, the orders…
So I spake unto you,.... The words, the orders he had received from the Lord to deliver to them:
and ye would not hear; so as to obey them, and act according to them:
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but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord: as before, by not going up when he would have had them gone, and now by attempting it when he forbid them:
and went presumptuously up into the hill; that is, of themselves, in their own strength, disregarding the commandment of God, and what they were threatened with; this they endeavoured to do, for they were not able to effect it; the Amorites, perceiving them to make up the hill, came pouring down upon them in great numbers, and stopped them, and obliged them to retreat; see Num 14:45.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 43. Went presumptuously up — You acted rashly and…
43. Went presumptuously up — You acted rashly and went up, and met with signal defeat.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 43. rebelled] See on Deu_1:26.
43. rebelled] See on Deu_1:26.
and were presumptuous] Heb. boiled over, acted impulsively and with passion or rebelliously, Deu_17:2, Deu_18:20.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (43) The last clause comes from Num_14:44.
(43) The last clause comes from Num_14:44.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In vain were they thus warned. Moses spoke to…
In vain were they thus warned. Moses spoke to them as God commanded, but they would not be persuaded. Went presumptuously; rather, acted insolently and went up; margin, Authorized Version, "Ye were presumptuous, and went up" The verb here (dyzije, from dWz, to boil) signifies tropically, to act proudly, haughtily, insolently. (comp. Neh_11:29, Authorized Version, "dealt proudly
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses continues to speak to the people of Israel.
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attacked the hill country
The metonym "hill country" stands for the people who live there. AT: "attacked the people who live in the hill country" (See: Metonymy)
chased you like bees
A "bee" is a small, flying insect that flies in large groups and stings people who threaten them. This means that so many Amorites attacked the Israelite soldiers that they had to leave the battle. (See: Simile and Translate Unknowns)
Seir
This is the name of a piece of land. (See: How to Translate Names)
Hormah
This is the name of a city. (See: How to Translate Names)
struck you down
"killed many of your soldiers"
translationWords
rebel
command
Yahweh
arrogant
Amorite
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