Introduction to the Law

44 This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. 45 These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt 46 and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon(A) king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. 48 This land extended from Aroer(B) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[a](C) (that is, Hermon(D)), 49 and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea,[b] below the slopes of Pisgah.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac (see also 3:9); Hebrew Siyon
  2. Deuteronomy 4:49 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah

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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Footnotes

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