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Deuteronomy 1 to 3
A
1:1 -3. a
Moses spake unto all Israel.
b In wilderness over against Red Sea.
c Eleven days by way of Mount Seir.
B
1:4 -7.
d Sihon and Og slain.
e Ye have dwelt long enough.
f Turn you, and take your journey.
g Mount of Amorites, all places
nigh, land of Canaanites.
C
1:8. I have set the land before you ... possess it.
D
1:9 -45.
h We will send men before us. Ye rebelled.
i Lord wroth with Israel.
j Not one of that generation
shall go over.
k Save Caleb, son of
Jephunneh.
i Lord angry with me.
j Thou shalt not go in thither.
k But Joshua the son of
Nun.
h We will go up and fight. Ye rebelled.
E
1:46. Abode in Kadesh.
A
2:1 -3.
b Into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.
a As the Lord spake unto me.
c Compassed Mount Seir many days.
B
2:3 to 3:11.
e Ye have compassed the Mount long
enough.
f Turn you northward.
g Edom, Moab, Ammon etc.
d Sihon and Og slain.
C
3:12 -20.
God hath given you this land to possess it.
D
3:21 -28.
h
Joshua commanded.
i Lord wroth with me.
j Thou shalt not go over.
k Joshua -- he shall go over.
E
3:29. Abode in valley over against Beth -peor.
Two things stand out in this structure:
(1)
That God had given Israel the land to possess, which He had sworn
to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (1:8 and 3:18).
(2)
That the people failed to enter in because of unbelief, Joshua and
Caleb being the exceptions.
Allied with these facts we have the intimidating presence of the giants,
the sons of Anak, the unbelief that suggested the sending of the spies, and the
failure even of Moses in the matter of sanctifying the Lord in his high and
responsible office.
Our subject at the moment is the presence of the Canaanites and other
enemies that barred the way, when Israel were ready to go up and possess the
land. A pronounced difference is made between the attitude that Israel were to
adopt towards Esau, Moab and Ammon, and their attitude toward Sihon and Og: