1. These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suf, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2. It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.
3. 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;
4. after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
5. Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
6. “Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, ‘You have lived long enough at this mountain.