Deuteronomy 1:5
On this side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to explain this law, saying,
Leeser Tanakh
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 spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have tarried long enough at this mount;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:44And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
Deuteronomy 17:18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of [that which is] before the priests, the Levites;
Deuteronomy 32:46He said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify against you this day, so that ye may command them your children, to observe to do all the words of 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 →