And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
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And I spake unto you at that time,.... About that time; for it was after the rock in Horeb was smitten, and before they encamped at Mount Sinai, that Jethro gave the advice which Moses took, and…
This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exo 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Num 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only. A comparison between…
Moses here reminds them of the happy constitution of their government, which was such as might make them all safe and easy if it was not their own fault. When good laws were given them good men were…
Duet Deu 1:6 to Deu 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse
Spoken in the land of Moab (Deu 1:5) in the gaior glen, over against Beth Pe-or(Deu 3:29), a review of Israel's…