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Deuteronomy 1:29

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 1:29 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Deuteronomy 1:29 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
26Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:
27and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
28Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
29Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
31and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.
32Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then I said unto you, dread not, neither be afraid of them.] With such like words he had exhorted and encouraged them before the spies were sent, and he still uses the same, or stronger terms, notwithstanding the report that had been made of the gigantic stature and walled cities of the Canaanites. This speech of Moses, which is continued in the two following verses, is not recorded in (<041405>Numbers 14:5), it is only there said, that Moses and Aaron fell on their faces, but no account is given of what was said by either of them.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Deu 1:21 Deuteronomy 1:30”
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