1. These are the devarim (words) which Moshe spoke unto kol Yisroel on the far side of the Yarden in the midbar, in the Aravah opposite Suf between Paran, and Tophel, and Lavan, and Chatzerot, and Di-Zahav.
2. (There is eleven days' journey from Chorev unto Kadesh-Barnea by way of Mount Seir.)
3. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, according unto all that Hashem had given him in commandment unto them,
4. After he had slain Sichon Melech HaEmori, which dwelt in Cheshbon, and Og Melech HaBashan, which dwelt in Ashtarot at Edre'i;
5. On the far side of the Yarden, in Eretz Moav, began Moshe to expound this torah, saying,
6. Hashem Eloheinu spoke unto us in Chorev, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough at this mountain;
7. Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the Har HaEmori (hill country of the Amorites), and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Aravah, in the hills, in the Shefelah, and in the Negev, and by the seacoast, to the Eretz HaKena'ani (Land of the Canaanites), and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8. See, I have set ha'aretz (the land) before you; go in and possess ha'aretz which Hashem swore unto Avoteichem, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov, to give unto them and to their zera after them.
9. And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear the burden of you by myself alone;
10. Hashem Eloheichem hath multiplied you, and, see, ye are today as numerous as the kokhavei HaShomayim.