Deuteronomy 2:1

The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Moab

2:1 Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea ¹  just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.

Deuteronomy 3:8

3:8 So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon ² 

Deuteronomy 3:12

Distribution of the Transjordanian Allotments

3:12 This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer ³  by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites. ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 27:12

27:12 “The following tribes ⁵  must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Deuteronomy 33:19

33:19 They will summon peoples to the mountain,

there they will sacrifice proper ⁶  sacrifices;

for they will enjoy ⁷  the abundance of the seas,

and the hidden treasures of the shores. ⁸ 

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Reed Sea.” See note on the term “Red Sea” in Deut 1:40.

[3:8]  ² sn Mount Hermon. This is the famous peak at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range known today as Jebel es-Sheik.

[3:12]  ³ tn The words “the territory extending” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:12]  ⁴ sn Reubenites and Gadites. By the time of Moses’ address the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had already been granted permission to settle in the Transjordan, provided they helped the other tribes subdue the occupants of Canaan (cf. Num 32:28-42).

[27:12]  ⁴ tn The word “tribes” has been supplied here and in the following verse in the translation for clarity.

[33:19]  ⁵ tn Or “acceptable”; Heb “righteous” (so NASB).

[33:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “suck.”

[33:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “of the sand” (so NRSV, NLT); CEV “the sandy beach.”