^1:1This is what¹ Moses said to the assembly of Israel² in the Transjordanian³ wastelands, the arid country opposite⁴ Suph,⁵ between⁶ Paran⁷ and Tophel,⁸ Laban,⁹ Hazeroth,¹⁰ and Di Zahab¹¹

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Footnotes

1 Heb “These are the words.”
2 Heb “to all Israel.”
3 Heb “on the other side of the Jordan.” This would appear to favor authorship by someone living on the west side of the Jordan, that is, in Canaan, whereas the biblical tradition locates Moses on the east side (cf. v. 5). However the Hebrew phrase בְּעֵבֶר הַיּרְדֵּן (bé’ever hayyréden) is a frozen form meaning “Transjordan,” a name appropriate from any geographical vantage point. To this day, one standing east of the Jordan can describe himself as being in Transjordan.
4 The Hebrew term מוֹל (mol) may also mean “in front of” or “near” (cf. , , , ).
5 This place is otherwise unattested and its location is unknown. Perhaps it is Khirbet Sufah, 4 mi (6 km) SSE of Madaba, Jordan.
6 The Hebrew term בֵּין (ben) may suggest “in the area of.”
7 Paran is the well-known desert area between Mount Sinai and Kadesh Barnea (cf. Num 10:12; 12:16).
8 Tophel refers possibly to eṭ-Ṭafîleh, 15 mi (25 km) SE of the Dead Sea, or to Dâbîlu, another name for Paran. See H. Cazelles, “Tophel (Deut. 1:1),” 9 (1959): 412–15.
9 Laban. Perhaps this refers to Libnah (Num 33:20).
10 Hazeroth. This probably refers to ʿAin Khadraʾoba. See Y. Aharoni, The Land of the Bible, 199–200.
11 Di Zahab. Perhaps this refers to Mina al-Dhahab on the eastern Sinai coast.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—that is, in the Arabah—opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

These are the words that Moses spoke to all of Israel on the other side of the Jordan in the desert, in the desert plateau opposite Suph, between Paran and between Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab.

KJV 1900King James Version

These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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