Deuteronomy

=== Deuteronomy === These are the words that Moses addressed to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan.—Through the wilderness, in the Arabah near Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab, it is eleven days from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by the Mount Seir route.^*Through the wilderness … by the Mount Seir route This passage is unclear; cf. v. 19 and Num. 33.16–36. — It was in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, that Moses addressed the Israelites in accordance with the instructions that יהוה had given him for them, after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who dwelt at Ashtaroth [and]^*[and] Cf. Josh. 12.4; 13.12, 31. Edrei. On the other side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this Teaching. He said: Our God יהוה spoke to us at Horeb, saying: You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Start out and make your way to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, the hill country, the Shephelah,^*Shephelah Others “Lowland.” the Negeb, the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites,^*land of the Canaanites I.e., Phoenicia. and the Lebanon, as far as the Great River, the river Euphrates. See, I place the land at your disposal. Go, take possession of the land that יהוה swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to assign to them and to their heirs after them. Thereupon I said to you, “I cannot bear the burden of you by myself. Your God יהוה has multiplied you until you are today as numerous as the stars in the sky.—