Deuteronomy 1:41

Then responded ye and said unto me—We have sinned against Yahweh, We, ourselves, will go up, and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God hath commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye foolishly went up towards the hill-country.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

In Context

40But as for you, turn ye, for your part,—and set forward towards the desert, by way of the Red Sea.

42Then said Yahweh unto me—Say unto them Ye shall not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst,—lest ye should be smitten before your enemies.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:39And Moses spake these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people were greatly depressed.

Proverbs 19:3The folly of a man, subverteth his way, and, against Yahweh, his heart is angry.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:20-46

Israel's Sin at Kadesh. ( b. c. 1451.) 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be… Read the whole commentary →

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