Deuteronomy 1:3

1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.

4 This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

5 On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:

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BSB
In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
KJV
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
WEB
In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them,
ASV
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;
DARBY
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Jehovah had given him in command to them;
BLB
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, [that] Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that YHWH had commanded him concerning them,
ÅB
Det var i det firtiende år, i den ellevte måned, på den første dag i måneden Moses talte til Israels barn og bar fram alt det Herren hadde befalt ham å tale til dem,
OTB
I det førtiende året, på den første dagen i den ellevte måneden, talte Moses til israelittene i samsvar med alt det Herren hadde befalt ham å si til dem,
B1930
Det var i det firtiende år, i den ellevte måned, på den første dag i måneden Moses talte til Israels barn og bar frem alt det Herren hadde befalt ham å tale til dem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 33:38

    At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:1–2

    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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  • Numbers 20:1

    In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

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