Deuteronomy 1:29

29 "And so I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, and do not fear them.

Deuteronomy 1:29 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:29

Then I said unto you, dread not, neither be afraid of them.
] With such like words he had exhorted and encouraged them before the spies were sent, and he still uses the same, or stronger terms, notwithstanding the report that had been made of the gigantic stature and walled cities of the Canaanites. This speech of Moses, which is continued in the two following verses, is not recorded in ( Numbers 14:5 ) , it is only there said, that Moses and Aaron fell on their faces, but no account is given of what was said by either of them.

Deuteronomy 1:29 In-Context

27 And you grumbled in your tents, and you said, 'Because of the hatred of Yahweh [toward] us he has brought us out from the land of Egypt to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.

28 Where [can] we go up? Our brothers have {made our hearts melt}, {saying}, "The people are greater and taller than we are, [and there are] great fortified cities [reaching] up to heaven, and we saw the sons of the Anakites [living] there." '

29 "And so I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, and do not fear them.

30 Yahweh your God, who is going {before you}, will himself fight for you, {just as} he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

31 and [just as he did] in the wilderness when you saw that Yahweh your God carried you, just as someone carries his son, all [along] the way [that] you traveled until {you reached} this place.'