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Moses Reviews the Law

44 This is the Law that Moses reviewed in the presence of the Israelis. 45 These are the instructions, decrees, and ordinances that Moses declared to the Israelis when they came out of Egypt. 46 He did this[a] east of the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and whom Moses and the Israelis defeated after leaving Egypt. 47 So they took possession of his land, as well as the land of King Og of Bashan. Both Amorite kings lived east of the Jordan— 48 from Aroer on the edge of the Wadi[b] Arnon as far as Mount Sirion,[c] which is also called Hermon, 49 and all the Arabah east of the Jordan as far as the Dead Sea[d] below the slopes of Pisgah.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:46 The Heb. lacks He did this
  2. Deuteronomy 4:48 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
  3. Deuteronomy 4:48 MT reads Sion; cf. Deut 3:9
  4. Deuteronomy 4:49 Lit. the Sea of the Arabah

44 Now this is the law[a] that Moses set before[b] the Israelites;[c] 45 these are the legal provisions and the rules and the regulations that Moses spoke to the Israelites[d] when they left Egypt,[e] 46 beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth Peor in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites,[f] who was reigning in Heshbon and whom Moses and the Israelites[g] defeated when they came out of Egypt.[h] 47 And so they took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites[i] who were beyond the Jordan, eastward,[j] 48 from Aroer, which is on the bank of the wadi[k] of Arnon and as far as Mount Sirion; that is, Hermon, 49 and all of the Arabah[l] beyond the Jordan, eastward, and as far as the Sea of the Arabah[m] under the slopes of Pisgah.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:44 Hebrew “the torah” = teaching, instruction, law
  2. Deuteronomy 4:44 Literally “before the faces of”
  3. Deuteronomy 4:44 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Deuteronomy 4:45 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Deuteronomy 4:45 Literally “at their going out from Egypt”
  6. Deuteronomy 4:46 Hebrew “Amorite”
  7. Deuteronomy 4:46 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  8. Deuteronomy 4:46 Literally “at their going out from Egypt”
  9. Deuteronomy 4:47 Hebrew “Amorite”
  10. Deuteronomy 4:47 Literally “toward the rising of the sun”
  11. Deuteronomy 4:48 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
  12. Deuteronomy 4:49 Or “valley” in this instance
  13. Deuteronomy 4:49 Commonly known today as the Dead Sea