Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:19–end
Moses here makes a large rehearsal of the fatal turn which was given to their affairs by their own sins, and God's wrath, when, from the very borders of Canaan, the honour of conquering it, and the pleasure of possessing it, the whole generation was hurried back into the wilderness, and their carcases fell there. It was a memorable story; we read it Num. 13 and 14, but divers circumstances are found here which are not related there.
I. He reminds them of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea (Deu 1:19), through that great and terrible wilderness. This he takes notice of, 1. To make them sensible of the great goodness of God to them, in guiding them through so great a wilderness, and protec…
Read the whole note in the consoleJamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 1:34
the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth--In consequence of this aggravated offense (unbelief followed by open rebellion), the Israelites were doomed, in the righteous judgment of God, to a life of wandering in that dreary wilderness till the whole adult generation had disappeared by death. The only exceptions mentioned are Caleb and Joshua, who was to be Moses' successor.
John Gill on Deuteronomy 1:35
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land,.... The land of Canaan; not only not one of the spies that brought the ill report of that land, but of that body of people that gave credit to it, and murmured upon it:
which I sware to give unto your fathers; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; see Deuteronomy 1:8.
John Calvin on Deuteronomy 1:34-36
Deuteronomy 1:34-36, 39, 40
34. And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and aware, saying,
34. Audivit autem Jehova vocem verborum vestrorum, iratusque est, ac juravit, dicendo:
35. Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I aware to give unto your fathers,
35. Non videbit quisquam ex hominibus illis de generatione mala hac terram bonam quam juravi me daturum patribus vestris;
36. Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
36. Praeter Caleb filium Jephuneh: ipse enim videbit eam, eique dabo…
