In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them,
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In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them,
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And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
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And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 1:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 33:38 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
- Numbers 20:1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Deuteronomy 4:1-2 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you. You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 1:3 And it came to pass in the…
Deu 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
Ver. 3. In the eleventh month.] And in the twelfth month of this same year he died; so that this was his swan song: Sic, ubi fata vocant, &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This was but a little before his death.
This was but a little before his death.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass in the fortieth year,....…
And it came to pass in the fortieth year,.... That is, of the coming of the children of Israel out of Egypt:
in the eleventh month; the month Shebet, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of January and part of February:
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in the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them; repeated to them the several commandments, which the Lord had delivered to him at different times.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The eleventh month - Which was but a little…
The eleventh month - Which was but a little before his death. All that the Lord had given him in commandment - Which shews not only that what he now delivered was in substance the same with what had formerly been commanded, but that God now commanded him to repeat it. He gave this rehearsal and exhortation by divine direction: God appointed him to leave this legacy to the church.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. The fortieth year] This was a melancholy…
Verse 3. The fortieth year] This was a melancholy year to the Hebrews in different respects; in the first month of this year Miriam died, Nu 20:1; on the first day of the fifth month Aaron died, Nu 33:38; and about the conclusion of it, Moses himself died.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 1:3-4. The eleventh month — Which was but…
Deu 1:3-4. The eleventh month — Which was but a little before his death. All that the Lord had given him in command — Which shows not only that what he now delivered was in substance the same with what had formerly been commanded, but that God now commanded him to repeat it. He gave this rehearsal and exhortation by divine direction: God appointed him to leave this legacy to the church. Og — His palace or mansion-house was at Astaroth, and he was slain at Edrei.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Month, corresponding with our January, if the ecclesiastical calculation…
Month, corresponding with our January, if the ecclesiastical calculation be followed; but if we date from Tisri, this eleventh month will be our July or August. Moses died on the 7th of the following month. (Du Hamel)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain in the fortieth year . . . Moses spake…
in the fortieth year . . . Moses spake unto the children of Israel, &c.--This impressive discourse, in which Moses reviewed all that God had done for His people, was delivered about a month before his death, and after peace and tranquillity had been restored by the complete conquest of Sihon and Og.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3-5. The time and place of the delivery of…
3-5. The time and place of the delivery of the discourses that constitute this book are now mentioned. In the early part of this fortieth year Miriam had died. Num_20:1. Aaron died on the first day of its fifth month. Num_33:38. Moses is left almost alone; and he is soon to die at the command of Jehovah, (Deu_34:5.) The time is significant, also, from the fact that Moses had conquered the kings Sihon and Og. Num_21:21; Num_21:33. Jehovah is giving assurance of the fulfilling of his promises. The place is full of interest. In the plains of Moab, near the crossing of Jordan, with Jericho in sight, Moses undertook to expound the law.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. And it came to pass in the fortieth…
3. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, etc.] P alone of the Hex. documents dates by months and days (I. P. 58, 71); and its division of the year is not that which, beginning with the autumn, prevailed in early Israel, but the Babyl. division which began with the spring. The Babyl. system was first adopted by the Jews, not during the exile (as usually supposed, Marti, Enc. Bibl. ‘Year’), but, as we gather from Baruch’s narratives in the Bk of Jeremiah, during Manasseh’s reign, when the Assyrians imposed on Judah many of their institutions (Jerusalem, ii. 189 f.). Another mark of P is the term for eleventh used in the Hex. by P alone and elsewhere only by late writers. Wellh. (Hist. 384 f.) takes the verse as from the editor who incorporated D with P, but Driver, as the introd. to a summary narrative in P, and as followed immediately by Deu_32:48-52; the self-same day there being the day specified here. On the date the 40th year and the different dating of JE and D see below on Deu_2:1-8.
the children of Israel] Another designation characteristic of P; D all Israel. See on Deu_1:1, Deu_4:44.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) And it came to pass in the fortieth…
(3) And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month.—The “and” is the real beginning of Deuteronomy, and connects it with the previous books. The moral of these words has been well pointed out by Jewish writers. It was but eleven days’ journey from Sinai to Kadesh-barnea—the place from whence Israel should have begun the conquest of the promised land; but not only eleven days of the second year of the exodus, but eleven months of the fortieth year found them still in the wilderness. “We see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.”
(3, 4) Moses spake unto the children of Israel . . . after he had slain Sihon . . . and Og.—The conquest of these two kings and their territories was one of the exploits of the fortieth year. (See Num_21:21-35.) Before the eleventh month of that year, not only Sihon and Og, but also the five princes of Midian, “who were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country” (Jos_13:21), had also been slain (Numbers 31). This completed the conquest, and was the last exploit of Moses’ life. In the period of repose that followed he found a suitable time to exhort the children of Israel, “according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them” From Deu_34:8, we learn that “the children of Israel wept for Moses thirty days.” These days would seem to be the last month of the fortieth year, for “on the tenth day of the first month” (probably of the next year, Jos_4:19) they passed over Jordan. Thus the last delivery of the discourses recorded in Deuteronomy would seem to lie within a single month.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 3, 4. Here is intimated the time when…
Vers. 3, 4. Here is intimated the time when the following addresses were delivered to the people. It was on the first day of the eleventh month in the fortieth year; therefore near the end of their wanderings, and towards the close of the lawgiver"s own career. He could thus speak to them according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them, i.e. in accordance with the legislative contents of the preceding books. (comp. Deu_4:5 23 5:28-33 6:1) It was also after the destruction of Sihon and Og. (Num_21:21-35) This also is significant. By the destruction of these kings, who sought to bar the access of the Israelites to the Promised Land, God had given proof that he would indeed fulfill his promise to his people, and had at once laid them under obligations to obedience, and given them encouragement to go forward on the course to which he had called them. The "he" here is Moses, who, at the command of God, had led the Israelites against Sihon and "Og. Edrei, hod Draa (Num_21:33) was the second capital of "Og; he "reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei". (Jos_13:12) Here, however, it denotes the place where he was slain in battle, and the words "in Edrei" are to be referred to the verb "smote" and not to "dwelt" (cf. Deu_3:1; Num_21:33)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain i.e. February.
eleventh
i.e. February.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh…
It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke
The ordinal numbers can be translated as cardinal numbers. AT: "They had lived in the wilderness for 40 years, 11 months, and 1 day, when Moses spoke" (See: Ordinal Numbers)
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fortieth
40th (See: Numbers)
in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month
This is the eleventh month of the Hebrew calendar. The first day is near the middle of January on Western calendars. (See: Hebrew Months and Ordinal Numbers)
eleventh
11th (See: Numbers)
Yahweh
This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
Yahweh had attacked
"Yahweh had enabled the Israelites to defeat"
Sihon ... Og
These are names of kings. (See: How to Translate Names)
Heshbon ... Ashtaroth at Edrei
These are names of cities. (See: How to Translate Names)
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year
day
Moses
Israel
Yahweh
command
king
Amorite
Bashan
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