Deuteronomy 1:6

6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

Deuteronomy 1:6 in Other Translations

6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

6 "The LORD our God said to us in Horeb, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

6 “When we were at Mount Sinai, the LORD our God said to us, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

6 Back at Horeb, God, our God, spoke to us: "You've stayed long enough at this mountain.

6 "The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, 'You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

Deuteronomy 1:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:6

The Lord our God spoke unto us in Horeb
The same with Sinai, as Aben Ezra observes; while the Israelites lay encamped near this mountain, the Lord spoke unto them:

saying, ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
or near it; for hither they came on the first day of the third month from their departure out of Egypt, and they did not remove from thence until the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, ( Exodus 19:1 ) ( Numbers 10:11 ) so that they were here a year wanting ten days; in which space of time the law was given them, the tabernacle and all things appertaining to it were made by them, rulers both ecclesiastical and civil were appointed over them, and they were numbered and marshalled in order under four standards, and so ready to march; and all this being done, they must stay no longer, but set forward for the land of Canaan. It is well for persons that they are not to stay long under the law, and the terrors of it, but are directed to Mount Zion; ( Hebrews 12:18-24 ) .

Deuteronomy 1:6 In-Context

4 This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

5 East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:

6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

7 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates.

8 See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the LORD swore he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 10:13
• 2. S Exodus 3:1
• 3. Deuteronomy 2:3