Deuteronomy 1:7

7 Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

Deuteronomy 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:7

Turn you and take your journey
That is, remove from Horeb, where they were, and proceed on in their journey, in which they had been stopped almost a year:

and go to the mount of the Amorites;
where they and the Amalekites dwelt, in the south part of the land of Canaan, and which was the way the spies were sent, ( Numbers 13:17 Numbers 13:29 ) ( Numbers 14:40 Numbers 14:43 ) ,

and unto all the places nigh thereunto;
nigh to the mountain. The Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi interpret them of Moab, Ammon, Gebal, or Mount Seir: "in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale"; such was the country near this mountain, consisting of champaign land, hills, and valleys:

and in the south;
the southern border of the land of Canaan, as what follows describes the other borders of it:

and by the sea side:
the Mediterranean sea, the western border of the land, which Jarchi out of Siphri explains of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Caesarea, and so the Targum of Jonathan:

into the land of the Canaanites;
which was then possessed by them, the boundaries of which to the south and west are before given, and next follow those to the north and east:

and unto Lebanon;
which was on the north of the land of Canaan:

unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
which was the utmost extent of the land eastward, and was either promised, as it was to Abraham, ( Genesis 15:18 ) or enjoyed, as it was by Solomon, ( 1 Kings 4:21 ) .

Deuteronomy 1:7 In-Context

5 beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,

6 The Lord your God spoke to us in Choreb, saying, Let it suffice you to have dwelt in this mountain.

7 Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 Behold, has delivered the land before you; go in and inherit the land, which I sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them and to their seed after them.

9 And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able by myself to bear you.