Deuteronomy - 1:20



20 I said to you, "You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God gives to us.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 1:20.

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And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
I said to you: You are come to the mountain of the Amorrhite, which the Lord our God will give to us.
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth us.
'And I say unto you, Ye have come in unto the hill-country of the Amorite, which Jehovah our God is giving to us;
And I said to you, You are come to the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God does give to us.
And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.
I said to you: 'You have arrived at the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God will give to us.
Et dixi vobis, Pervenistis usque ad montem Emorrhaei quem Jehova Deus noster dat nobis.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And (n) I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
(n) So that the fault was in themselves, that they did not sooner possess the inheritance promised.

And I said unto you, you are come unto the mountain of the Amorites,.... Which was inhabited by them, and was one of the seven nations the Israelites were to destroy, and possess their land, and which lay on the southern part of the land of Canaan:
which the Lord our God doth give unto us; not the mountain only, but the whole country of that people, and even all the land of Canaan.

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