Deuteronomy 1:5
Context1:5 So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words: 1
Deuteronomy 4:41
ContextThe Narrative Concerning Cities of Refuge
4:41 Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east.
Deuteronomy 4:49
Context4:49 including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, 2 beneath the watershed 3 of Pisgah.)


[1:5] 1 tn Heb “this instruction”; KJV, NIV, NRSV “this law”; TEV “God’s laws and teachings.” The Hebrew noun תוֹרָה (torah) is derived from the verb יָרָה (yarah, “to teach”) and here it refers to the Book of Deuteronomy, not the Pentateuch as a whole.
[4:49] 2 sn The sea of the Arabah refers to the Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea in OT times (cf. Deut 3:17).
[4:49] 3 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term אַשְׁדֹּת (’ashdot) is unclear. It is usually translated either “slopes” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or “watershed” (NEB).