Deuteronomy 1:5
Speaking on the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain these instructions, saying:
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
In Context
6The Lord our God told us at Horeb: “You have remained here beside this mountain for long enough.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:44This is the law that Moses placed before the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 17:18Once he is king and sits on his royal throne, he must make a copy for himself of these instructions, writing them on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
Deuteronomy 32:46he told them, “Think about all these words I've declared to you today, so you can order your children to follow carefully everything in this law.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:2-9
Deuteronomy This book is a repetition of very much both of the history and of the laws contained in the three foregoing books, which repetition Moses delivered to Israel (both by word of mouth, that it might affect, and by writing, that it might abide) a little before his death. There is no new history in it but that of the death of Moses in the last chapter, nor any new revelation to Moses, for aught that appears, and therefore the style here is not, as before, The Lord spoke unto Moses, saying. But the former… Read the whole commentary →