Deuteronomy 1:21

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

Deuteronomy 1:21 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:21

Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee
The land of Canaan, on the borders of which they then were; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 1:8),

go up;
the mountain, by that way of it which was the way the spies went, and up to which some of the Israelites presumed to go when forbidden, they not complying with the call of God:

and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee;
as in ( Deuteronomy 1:8 ) ,

fear not, neither be discouraged;
though the people of the land were numerous and strong, and their cities large and walled.

Deuteronomy 1:21 In-Context

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.'

23 The plan was good {in my opinion}, and [so] I took from [among] you twelve men, {one from each tribe}.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "fathers"