Deuteronomy 1:1-7 ▼

1 This is what Moses said to the assembly of Israel in the Transjordanian wastelands, the arid country opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab

2 Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by way of Mount Seir.

3 However, it was not until the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year that Moses addressed the Israelites just as the LORD had instructed him to do.

4 This took place after the defeat of King Sihon of the Amorites, whose capital was in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, whose capital was in Ashtaroth, specifically in Edrei.

5 So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words:

6 The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, |You have stayed in the area of this mountain long enough.

7 Get up now, resume your journey, heading for the Amorite hill country, to all its areas including the arid country, the highlands, the Shephelah, the Negev, and the coastal plain--all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.