Deuteronomy 1:3

1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 ( There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)

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;

4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare 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

    And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:1–2

    Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

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  • Numbers 20:1

    Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

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