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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

Introduction to the Law

44 This is the law Moses gave the Israelites. 45 These are the decrees, statutes, and ordinances Moses proclaimed to them after they came out of Egypt, 46 across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east, 48 from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon) 49 and all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisgah.

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