Deuteronomy 1:3
in Deuteronomy 1In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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 Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;
KJV
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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This verse in Deuteronomy 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd 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: 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.
This site's exposition
And it came to pass in the fortieth year
on Deuteronomy 1:3-5
The dating is exact: the fortieth year, the eleventh month, the first day of the month. Sihon and Og have already fallen at Numbers 21:21-35, so the speech comes from a man who has just taken two kingdoms east of the river and has been told he will not cross it. Albert Barnes reads the verb in verse 5 rendered declare as explaining a law already given rather than issuing a new one, and the Greek name Deuteronomy comes from the Septuagint rendering of a copy of this law at 17:18.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), which intimates, not only that what he now delivered was for substance the same with what had formerly been commanded, but that it was what God now commanded him to repeat.
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The time was near the end of the fortieth year since they came out of Egypt. So long God had borne their manners, and they had borne their own iniquity ( Num. xiv. 34 ), and now that a new and more pleasant scene was to be introduced, as a token for good, Moses repeats the law to them.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The fortieth year - This was a melancholy year to the Hebrews in different respects; in the first month of this year Miriam died, Numbers 20; on the first day of the fifth month Aaron died, Num 33:38; and about the conclusion of it, Moses himself died.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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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The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּאַרְבָּעִ֣ים | bearbaim | in forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־ | beashtei- | in [the] one [plus] | H6249 → | |
| עָשָׂ֥ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| חֹ֖דֶשׁ | chodesh | month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| בְּאֶחָ֣ד | beechad | on [day] one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| דִּבֶּ֤ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כְּ֠כֹל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֧ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֹת֖וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲלֵהֶֽם׃ | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בְּאַרְבָּעִ֣יםin forty
bearbaimH705 →136 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־in [the] one [plus]
beashtei-H6249 →
עָשָׂ֥רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
חֹ֖דֶשׁmonth
chodeshH2320 →284 times
בְּאֶחָ֣דon [day] one
beechadH259 →971 times
לַחֹ֑דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
דִּבֶּ֤רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כְּ֠כֹלaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֧הhe had commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
אֲלֵהֶֽם׃to them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 33:38At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:6
The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
- Deuteronomy 32:50
And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
- Numbers 20:24–28
“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Deuteronomy 10:6
Through
Numbers 20:1In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
it leads to
- Numbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
- Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Numbers 33:36
They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 26:59
and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
- Numbers 27:14
for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in…
- Numbers 13:21
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.