14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
14 You answered me, "What you propose to do is good."
14 And you answered me, 'The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.'
14 You answered me, "Good! A good solution."
14 And you answered me and said, 'The thing which you have told us to do is good.'
14 "Then you responded, 'Your plan is a good one.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:14
Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:9-18
(Read Deuteronomy 1:9-18)
Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see to the execution of them, which showed God's goodness to them, and the care of Moses.