Deuteronomy 1:20

20 I said to you, '{You have reached}^[a] the hill country of the Amorites^[b] that Yahweh our God [is] giving to us.

Deuteronomy 1:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:20

And I said unto you, you are come unto the mountain of the
Amorites
Which was inhabited by them, and was one of the seven nations the Israelites were to destroy, and possess their land, and which lay on the southern part of the land of Canaan:

which the Lord our God doth give unto us;
not the mountain only, but the whole country of that people, and even all the land of Canaan.

Deuteronomy 1:20 In-Context

18 And so I instructed you at that time [concerning] all [of] the things that you should do.

19 "Then we set out from Horeb, and we went [through] the whole [of] that great and terrible desert that you saw [on] the way [to] the hill country of the Amorites as Yahweh our God had commanded us, and [so] we came up to Kadesh Barnea.

20 I said to you, '{You have reached} the hill country of the Amorites that Yahweh our God [is] giving to us.

21 See, Yahweh your God has set before you the land; go up and possess [it] as Yahweh the God of your ancestors said to you; do not fear and do not be dismayed.'

22 "Then all of you approached me, and [you] said, 'Let us send men {before us}, and let them explore the land for us, and let them bring back {a report} to us [concerning] the way that {we should take} [and concerning] the cities that we shall come to.'

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "You have come up to"
• [b]. Hebrew "Amorite"