Deuteronomy 1:6-8
Events at Horeb
6 The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, “You have stayed ▼▼tn Heb “lived”; “dwelled.”
in the area of this mountain long enough. 7Head out ▼▼tn Heb “turn”; NAB “Leave here”; NIV, TEV “Break camp.”
and resume your journey. Enter the Amorite hill country, and all its neighboring areas, including the rift valley, ▼▼sn As a geographic feature the rift valley (עֲרָבָה, ʿaravah) extends from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba. The reference here probably includes the Jordan Valley and continues to the wider part of the rift valley below the Dead Sea. Some versions transliterate the name as Arabah (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).
the hill country, the foothills, ▼▼tn The שְׁפֵלָה (shephelah) is the geographical region between the Mediterranean coastal plain and the hill country, sometimes called the “western foothills” (NIV, CEV, NLT), “Judean foothills” (HCSB), “lowland” (NASB, ESV), or by the Hebrew “Shephelah” (NRSV).
the Negev, ▼▼sn The Negev is the area of central, southern Judah, south of the hill country and Beer Sheba and west of the rift valley. As a geographic feature it is a depression extending south to the gulf of Aqaba, but the reference here is probably to the northern portion of the region.
and the coastal plain—all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates. 8Look! I have already given the land to you. ▼▼tn Heb “I have placed before you the land.”
Go, occupy the territory that I, ▼▼tn Heb “the Lord.” Since the Lord is speaking, it is preferable for clarity to supply the first person pronoun in the translation.
the Lord, promised ▼▼tn Heb “swore” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This refers to God’s promise, made by solemn oath, to give the patriarchs the land.
to give to your ancestors ▼ Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.” ▼▼tn Heb “their seed after them.”
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