Deuteronomy 1:5
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
In Context
6“The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, ‘You have lived long enough at this mountain.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:44This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 17:18It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests.
Deuteronomy 32:46He said to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you today, which you shall command 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 →