44 Now this is the Law which Moses set before the sons of Israel; 45 these are the testimonies and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt, 46 across the Jordan, in the valley (A)opposite Beth-peor, in the land of (B)Sihon king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel [a]defeated when they came out of Egypt. 47 And they took possession of his land and the land of (C)Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the [b]east, 48 from (D)Aroer, which is on the edge of the [c]Valley of Arnon, even as far as (E)Mount Sion (that is, Hermon), 49 with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, [d]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:46 Lit struck
  2. Deuteronomy 4:47 Lit sunrise
  3. Deuteronomy 4:48 Or wadi
  4. Deuteronomy 4:49 Lit under

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