The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

With this verse begins Moses' first address to the people, which extends to the end of Deuteronomy 4:1-49. It is of an introductory character, and is occupied chiefly with a retrospective survey of the events that had occurred during the forty years of their wanderings.

By this Moses reminded the people how God had fulfilled his promises to them, and at the same time, how they had by their rebellion drawn down on them his displeasure, which had caused their wanderings to be so much more protracted than they would otherwise have been.

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