Deuteronomy 1:1-4
World English Bible
1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suf, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea. 3 In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh[a] had given him in commandment to them, 4 after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
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- 1:3 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
Deuteronomy 1:1-4
International Standard Version
The Setting of the Covenant
1 These are the words that Moses spoke to the assembly of[a] Israel east[b] of the Jordan River,[c] in the Arabah desert, opposite Suph between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. 2 It takes eleven days to travel[d] from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea via Mount Seir.[e] 3 On the first day of the eleventh month,[f] in the fortieth year, Moses spoke to the Israelis about everything that the Lord had commanded him concerning them. 4 This took place[g] after he defeated Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and Og, king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth at Edrei.
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- Deuteronomy 1:1 Lit. to all
- Deuteronomy 1:1 Lit. Israel on the other side; and so throughout the book
- Deuteronomy 1:1 The Heb. lacks River; and so throughout the book
- Deuteronomy 1:2 The Heb. lacks to travel
- Deuteronomy 1:2 This mountain, the modern Jebel esh-sherá, is located in the mountain range that extends south of the Dead Sea toward the Gulf of Aqaba, and is bordered by the Arabah Valley to the west.
- Deuteronomy 1:3 I.e. the month of Shebat in the Hebrew calendar
- Deuteronomy 1:4 The Heb. lacks This took place
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