Deuteronomy 1:5

5 beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,

Deuteronomy 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:5

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" ^F11, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (lyawh) "voluit", Montanus; "placuit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "statuit", Tigurine version.

Deuteronomy 1:5 In-Context

3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses spoke to all the children of Israel, according to all things which the Lord commanded him for them:

4 after he had smitten Seon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Esebon, and Og the king of Basan who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain;

5 beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,

6 The Lord your God spoke to us in Choreb, saying, Let it suffice you to have dwelt in this mountain.

7 Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.