Deuteronomy 1

Deuteronomy 1:1

Origen of Alexandria: And here this other fact will not appear to be without significance, that it is Moses who hears from God all that is written down in the law of Leviticus, whereas in Deuteronomy it is the people who are represented as listening to Moses and learning from him what they could not hear from God. This indeed is why it is called Deuteronomy, meaning the second law. A fact which some will think points to this [is] that when the first law given through Moses came to an end, a second legislation was apparently composed, and this was specially delivered by Moses to his successor Joshua. And Joshua is certainly believed to be a figure of our Savior, by whose second law, that is, by the precepts of the Gospels, all things are brought to perfection. — ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 4.3.12

Deuteronomy 1:16

Didache: Thou shalt not long for division, but shalt bring those who contend to peace. Thou shalt judge righteously, thou shalt not respect persons in reproving for transgressions. Thou shalt not be undecided whether it shall be or no. — The Didache, Chapter 4

Deuteronomy 1:29

Augustine of Hippo: The words that Moses says to the people, afraid of the enemies that live in the country where he is going to take them, and which are these: Do not be afraid or fear them; the Lord your God, who goes before you, he will conquer you at your side, they clearly show that God helps man, but men must act also. — QUESTIONS ON DEUTERONOMY, Q. 1 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

Deuteronomy 1:31

Origen of Alexandria: See what we are generally taught about God: “God is not as a man to be deceived nor as the son of man to be threatened,” and we learn that God is not as man. But other texts say that God is as a man: “For the Lord your God has taught you as a man teaches his son,” and again, “As a man he takes on the manners of his son.” Hence, wherever the Scriptures speak theologically about God in relation to himself and do not involve his plan for human matters, they teach that he is “not as a man.” For “there will be no limit to his greatness,” and “he is more feared than all of the gods,” and “praise him, all you angels of God; praise him, all his hosts; praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all stars and light.” You can find many other passages in the sacred Scriptures to which you can relate the words “God is not as a man.” — HOMILY 18.3