⁵ On the other side of ^[a] the Jordan in the land of Moab Moses began to explain this law,^[b] saying:^[c]

Historical Prologue

⁶ “Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying,^[d] ‘You have stayed long enough^[e] at this mountain. ⁷ Turn now and move on,^[f] and go into the hill of the Amorites^[g] and to all of the neighboring regions^[h] in the Jordan Valley^[i] in the hill country and in the Negev and in the coastal area along the sea, into the land of the Canaanites^[j] and into the Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates. ⁸ Look, I have set the land before you;^[k] go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors,^[l] to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them and to their offspring after them.’