Deuteronomy 1:1-8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Introduction

1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness,^(A) in the Arabah opposite Suph,^[a] between Paran^(B) and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth,^(C) and Di-zahab. ² It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir. ³ In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him to say to them. ⁴ This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.^{(D) 5} Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:

Departure from Horeb

⁶ “The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb: ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough. ⁷ Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites and their neighbors in the Arabah, the hill country, the Judean foothills,^[b] the Negev and the sea coast—to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon as far as the Euphrates River.^{[c] 8} See, I have set the land before you. Enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to give to your fathers^(E) Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their future descendants.’^(F)