6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
6 The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
6 "The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
6 Back at Horeb, God, our God, spoke to us: "You've stayed long enough at this mountain.
6 "The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: 'You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.
6 "When we were at Mount Sinai, the Lord our God said to us, 'You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:6
Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:1-8
(Read Deuteronomy 1:1-8)
Moses spake to the people all the Lord had given him in commandment. Horeb was but eleven days distant from Kadesh-barnea. This was to remind them that their own bad conduct had occasioned their tedious wanderings; that they might the more readily understand the advantages of obedience. They must now go forward. Though God brings his people into trouble and affliction, he knows when they have been tried long enough. When God commands us to go forward in our Christian course, he sets the heavenly Canaan before us for our encouragement.