Deuteronomy 1:1
The Covenant Setting
1 This is what ▼▼tn Heb “These are the words.”
Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian ▼▼tn 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 הַיַּרְדֵּן (beʿever hayyarden) 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.
wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite ▼▼tn The Hebrew term מוֹל (mol) may also mean “in front of” or “near” (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
Suph, ▼▼sn This place is otherwise unattested and its location is unknown. Perhaps it is Khirbet Sufah, 4 mi (6 km) SSE of Madaba, Jordan.
between ▼▼tn The Hebrew term בֵּין (ben) may suggest “in the area of.”
Paran ▼ and Tophel, ▼ Laban, ▼ Hazeroth, ▼▼sn Hazeroth. This probably refers to ʿAin Khadra. See Y. Aharoni, The Land of the Bible, 199-200.
and Di Zahab. ▼▼sn Di Zahab. Perhaps this refers to Mina al-Dhahab on the eastern Sinai coast.
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