Deu 1:30 | KD | STEP | The attempt made by Moses to inspire the despondent people with courage, when they were ready to despair of ever conquering the Canaanites, by pointing them to the help of the Lord, which they had experienced in so mighty and visible a manner in Egypt and the desert, and to urge them to renewed confidence in this their almighty Helper and Guide, was altogether without success. And just because the appeal of Moses was unsuccessful, it is passed over in the historical account in Num 13; ; all that is mentioned there ( ) being the effort made by Joshua and Caleb to stir up the people, and that on account of the effects which followed the courageous bearing of these two men, so far as their own future history was concerned. The words “ goeth before you ,” in , are resumed in , and carried out still further. “ Jehovah,...He shall fight for you according to all (כּכל) that,” i.e., in exactly the same manner, as, “ He did for you in Egypt ,” especially at the crossing of the Red Sea (Ex 14), “ and in the wilderness, which thou hast seen (ראית, as in ), where (אשׁר without בּו in a loose connection; see Ewald , §331, c . and 333, a .) Jehovah thy God bore thee as a man beareth his son; ” i.e., supported, tended, and provided for thee in the most fatherly way (see the similar figure in Num 11:12, and expanded still more fully in ).

‏ Deuteronomy 1:30

The attempt made by Moses to inspire the despondent people with courage, when they were ready to despair of ever conquering the Canaanites, by pointing them to the help of the Lord, which they had experienced in so mighty and visible a manner in Egypt and the desert, and to urge them to renewed confidence in this their almighty Helper and Guide, was altogether without success. And just because the appeal of Moses was unsuccessful, it is passed over in the historical account in Num 13; ; all that is mentioned there (Deu 1:6-9) being the effort made by Joshua and Caleb to stir up the people, and that on account of the effects which followed the courageous bearing of these two men, so far as their own future history was concerned. The words “goeth before you,” in Deu 1:30, are resumed in Deu 1:33, and carried out still further. “Jehovah,...He shall fight for you according to all (כּכל) that,” i.e., in exactly the same manner, as, “He did for you in Egypt,” especially at the crossing of the Red Sea (Ex 14), “and in the wilderness, which thou hast seen (ראית, as in Deu 1:19), where (אשׁר without בּו in a loose connection; see Ewald, §331, c. and 333, a.) Jehovah thy God bore thee as a man beareth his son;” i.e., supported, tended, and provided for thee in the most fatherly way (see the similar figure in Num 11:12, and expanded still more fully in Psa 23:1-6).