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Deuteronomy 1:46

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 1:46 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].
Deuteronomy 1:46 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
43So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.
44And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.
45And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
46So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].
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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
“So ye abode in Kadesh many days, etc.] Yea, some years, as some think: according to the days that ye abode there; that is, according to Jarchi, as they did in the rest of the journeys or stations; so that as they were thirty eight years in all at several places, they were nineteen years in Kadesh; the same is affirmed in the Jewish chronology f21. Maimonides says f22 they were eighteen years in one place, and it is very probable he means this; but Aben Ezra interprets it otherwise, and takes the sense to be, that they abode as many days here after their return as they did while the land was searching, which were forty days, (<041325>Numbers 13:25), but without fixing any determinate time,…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“So ye abode at Kadesh many days--That place had been the site of their encampment during the absence of the spies, which lasted forty days, and it is supposed from this verse that they prolonged their stay there after their defeat for a similar period. Next: Deuteronomy Chapter 2”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 14:25, Num 14:34, Num 20:1, Num 20:22; Jdg 11:16, Jdg 11:17 Next: Deuteronomy Chapter 2”
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