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Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law as follows:

“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.(A) Resume your journey, and go into the hill country of the Amorites as well as into the neighboring regions—the Arabah, the hill country, the Shephelah, the Negeb,[a] and the seacoast—the land of the Canaanites and the Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates. See, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.’(B)

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  1. 1.7 Q ms Sam Vg: MT and the Negeb

Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this Instruction. He said the following:

Leaving Mount Horeb

At Horeb, the Lord our God told us: You’ve been at this mountain long enough. Get going! Enter the hills of the Amorites and the surrounding areas in the desert, the highlands, the lowlands, the arid southern region, and the seacoast—the land of the Canaanites—and the Lebanon range, all the way to the great Euphrates River. Look, I have laid the land before you. Go and possess the land that I[a] promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as to their descendants after them.

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  1. Deuteronomy 1:8 Sam, LXX; MT the Lord