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Deuteronomy 1:31
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29 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, aor afraid of them.  
30 aThe Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,  
31 and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a aman carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’  
32 Yet, for all that, ayou did not believe the Lord your God,  
33 awho went in the way before you bto search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day.  

The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion

34 “And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and was angry, aand took an oath, saying,  
35 a‘Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I1 swore to give to your fathers,  
36 aexcept Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and his children I am giving the land on which he walked, because bhe wholly followed the Lord.’  
37 aThe Lord was also angry with me for your sakes, saying, ‘Even you shall not go in there.  
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What Does Deuteronomy 1:31 Mean?



Deuteronomy 1:26-32

Israel never really trusted God. Breaking the sixth commandment was merely the next step in the process of sin. Having committed the sin of doubt, they went on to commit the sin of war. God was determined to work out His purpose to give the land to Abraham and his descendants. Israel chose to be a war-making nation, but because God's purpose must stand regardless of what men do, he continued to back Israel in their conquest of the land and ordered wars.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Sixth Commandment (Part 2): War! (1997)

Related Topics: God's Purpose | Israel Chooses War | Sin of Doubt | Sin of War | Sixth Commandment | The Sixth Commandment | War


 
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