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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 1:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 1:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Behold [07200], I have set [05414] the land [0776] before [06440] you: go [0935] in and possess [03423] the land [0776] which the LORD [03068] sware [07650] unto your fathers [01], Abraham [085], Isaac [03327], and Jacob [03290], to give [05414] unto them and to their seed [02233] after [0310] them. |
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King James |
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| I have set the land before you--literally, "before your faces"--it is accessible; there is no impediment to your occupation. The order of the journey as indicated by the places mentioned would have led to a course of invasion, the opposite of what was eventually followed; namely, from the seacoast eastward--instead of from the Jordan westward (see on Num 20:1). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Before you - Heb. Before your faces; it is open to your view, and to your possession; there is no impediment in the way. |
1 Then came [0935] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], into the desert [04057] of Zin [06790] in the first [07223] month [02320]: and the people [05971] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946]; and Miriam [04813] died [04191] there, and was buried [06912] there.