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Deuteronomy 1:21

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21 See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. 1Do not fear or be dismayed.'
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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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 1:21 In-Context

19 "Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.
20 And I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
21 See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.'
22 Then all of you came near me and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.'
23 The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:9
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