Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:

Departure from Horeb

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Or the Shephelah

Beyond the Jordan, (A)in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying, “The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, (B)‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Turn and take your journey, and go to (C)the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in (D)the Arabah, (E)in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and (F)by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and 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 fathers, (G)to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’

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