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Deuteronomy 1:5

The Israelites were in Moab on the east side of the Jordan River when Moses began to explain what God had commanded:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophets;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Deuteronomy;   Moabites;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Beyond;   Law of Moses;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hilkiah;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beyond;   Declaration;   Deuteronomy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Education;   Ḳohelet (Ecclesiastes) Rabbah;   Torah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Beyond the Yarden, in the land of Mo'av, began Moshe to declare this law, saying,
King James Version
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Lexham English Bible
On the other side of the Jordan in the land of Moab Moses began to explain this law, saying:
English Standard Version
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,
New Century Version
Now the Israelites were east of the Jordan River in the land of Moab, and there Moses began to explain what God had commanded. He said:
New English Translation
So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words:
Amplified Bible
Beyond (east of) the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this Law, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
On this side Iorden in the lande of Moab began Moses to declare this lawe, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law, saying,
Complete Jewish Bible
There, beyond the Yarden, in the land of Mo'av, Moshe took it upon himself to expound this Torah and said:
Darby Translation
On this side the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to unfold this law, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab; Moses began to explain this law, saying,
Good News Translation
It was while the people were east of the Jordan in the territory of Moab that Moses began to explain God's laws and teachings. He said,
Christian Standard Bible®
Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
Literal Translation
beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
On the other syde Iordane in ye lande of the Moabites, beganne Moses to declare this lawe, and sayde:
American Standard Version
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Bible in Basic English
On the far side of Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses gave the people this law, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
On the other side Iordane in the land of Moab, began Moyses to declare this lawe, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:
King James Version (1611)
On this side Iordane, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
English Revised Version
beyond Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moyses bigan to declare the lawe, and to seie,
Young's Literal Translation
beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, hath Moses begun to explain this law, saying:
Update Bible Version
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
On the east side of Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
World English Bible
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
New King James Version
On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,
New Living Translation
While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the Lord 's instructions as follows.
New Life Bible
On the other side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses talked to the people about this Law. He said,
New Revised Standard
Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law as follows:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
over the Jordan, in the land of Moab, did Moses take in hand to expound this law, saying: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab. And Moses began to expound the law, and to say:
Revised Standard Version
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,
THE MESSAGE
He said:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 These are the commands that Moses gave the Israelites while they were in the Jordan Valley, in the desert east of the Jordan River. This was across from Suph, between the desert of Paran and the cities Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 The trip from Mount Horeb through the mountains of Seir to Kadesh Barnea takes only eleven days. 3 But it was 40 years from the time the Israelites left Egypt until the time they came to this place. On the first day of the eleventh month of the 40th year, Moses spoke to the people and told them everything the Lord commanded. 4 This was after he defeated Sihon and Og. (Sihon was the king of the Amorites and lived in Heshbon. Og was the king of Bashan and lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.) 5 The Israelites were in Moab on the east side of the Jordan River when Moses began to explain what God had commanded: 6 "At Mount Horeb the Lord our God spoke to us. He said, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough. 7 Go to the hill country where the Amorites live and to all the neighboring areas in the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western slopes, the Negev, and the seacoast. Go throughout the land of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the great river, the Euphrates. 8 Look, I am giving you this land. Go and take it. It is the land that I, the Lord , promised to give to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give this land to them and to their descendants.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to declare: Deuteronomy 4:8, Deuteronomy 17:18, Deuteronomy 17:19, Deuteronomy 31:9, Deuteronomy 32:46

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:20 - country Numbers 22:1 - on this side Deuteronomy 4:44 - General Deuteronomy 4:46 - On this side

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God named that space "sky." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the second day.
Genesis 1:13
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the third day.
Genesis 1:19
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made. And he saw that everything was very good. There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth continues, there will always be a time for planting and a time for harvest. There will always be cold and hot, summer and winter, day and night on earth."
Psalms 19:2
Each new day tells more of the story, and each night reveals more and more about God's power.
Psalms 74:16
You control the day and the night. You made the sun and the moon.
Psalms 104:20
You made darkness to be the night— the time when wild animals come out and roam around.
Isaiah 45:7
I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause trouble. I, the Lord , do all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab,.... On that side of Jordan in which the land of Moab was, and which with respect to the land of Canaan was beyond Jordan; this the Vulgate Latin version joins to the preceding verse:

began Moses to declare this law: to explain it, make it clear and manifest; namely, the whole system and body of laws, which had been before given him, which he "willed" k, as some render the word, or willingly took upon him to repeat and explain unto them, which their fathers had heard, and had been delivered unto them; but before he entered upon this, he gave them a short history of events which had befallen them, from the time of their departure from Horeb unto the present time, which is contained in this and the two next chapters:

saying; as follows.

k הואיל "voluit", Montanus; "placuit", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "statuit", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the land of Moab - This district had formerly been occupied by the Moabites, and retained its name from them: but had been conquered by the Amorites. Compare Numbers 21:25, note; Numbers 22:5, note.

Declare - Render, explain the Law already declared.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 1:5. Began Moses to declare this law — Began, הואיל hoil, willingly undertook; to declare, באר beer, to make bare, clear, &c., fully to explain, this law. See the conclusion of the preface.


 
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