Deuteronomy 1:3

3 {And it was}^[a] in the fortieth year, on the eleventh month, on [the] first [day] of the month, Moses spoke to the {Israelites}^[b] according to all that Yahweh had instructed him [to speak] to them.

Deuteronomy 1:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:3

And it came to pass in the fortieth year
That is, of the coming of the children of Israel out of Egypt:

in the eleventh month;
the month Shebet, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of January and part of February:

in the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of
Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto
them;
repeated to them the several commandments, which the Lord had delivered to him at different times.

Deuteronomy 1:3 In-Context

1 These [are] the words that Moses spoke to all [of] Israel {on the other side of} the Jordan in the desert, in the desert plateau opposite Suph, between Paran and between Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab.

2 It is [a journey of] {eleven days} from Herob {by the way of Mount Seir} up to Kadesh Barnea.

3 {And it was} in the fortieth year, on the eleventh month, on [the] first [day] of the month, Moses spoke to the {Israelites} according to all that Yahweh had instructed him [to speak] to them.

4 [This happened] {after defeating} Sihon king of the Amorites, who [was] reigning in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who [was] reigning in Ashtaroth in Edrei.

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "and it happened" or "and then"
• [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"