1:1
Moses spoke these words to all Israel as they were about to enter the Promised Land. They are addressed to all Israel, not just a select few. They needed to know how to live in the Promised Land before they got there. As we know all too well, they made a mess of things in the wilderness, and made a mess of things once they were in the land, with only brief periods of reasonable obedience. We all need to focus on living godly lives now.
1:2
Moses points out that it takes eleven days to go from Horeb, which is where the ten commandments were given to Kadesh Barnea, where they were now. It had, in fact, taken them almost forty years. This was between the first giving of the Law and the second giving of the same Law. Because of the people’s disobedience their journey had taken way longer than necessary, and most of the original people had died. The Law remained the same.
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