INTRODUCTION

1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness,a in the Arabahb opposite Suph,A between Paranc and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth,d and Di-zahab. 2 It is an eleven-day journey from Horebe to Kadesh-barneaf by way of Mount Seir.g 3 In the fortieth year,h in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him to say to them. 4 This was after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.i 5 Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying: