Preamble

1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all of Israel ⌊on the other side of⌋a the Jordan in the desert,b in the desert plateauc opposite Suph, between Paran and between Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab. 2 It is a journey of ⌊eleven days⌋d from Horeb ⌊by the way of Mount Seir⌋e up to Kadesh Barnea.

3 ⌊And it was⌋f in the fortieth year, on the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the ⌊Israelites⌋g according to all that Yahweh had instructed him to speak to them. 4 This happened ⌊after defeating⌋h Sihon king of the Amorites, who was reigningi in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who was reigningj in Ashtaroth in Edrei. 5 On the other side of k the Jordan in the land of Moab Moses began to explain this law,l ⌊saying⌋:m

Historical Prologue

6 “Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, ⌊saying⌋,n ‘You have stayed ⌊long enough⌋o at this mountain. 7 Turn now and ⌊move on⌋,p and go into the hill of the Amoritesq and to all of the neighboring regionsr in the Jordan ⌊Valley⌋s in the hill country and in the Negev and in the coastal area along the sea, into the land of the Canaanitest and into the Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates. 8 Look, I have set the land ⌊before you⌋;u go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors,v to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them and to their offspring after them.’