Deuteronomy 4:46
in Deuteronomy 4while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
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ASV
beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt.
KJV
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Beth-peor--that is, "house" or "temple of Peor." It is probable that a temple of this Moabite idol stood in full view of the Hebrew camp, while Moses was urging the exclusive claims of God to their worship, and this allusion would be very significant if it were the temple where so many of the Israelites had grievously offended.
This site's exposition
And this is the law which Moses set before
on Deuteronomy 4:44-46
These verses are a heading rather than a speech, and they mark where the historical prologue ends and the stipulations begin. Testimonies, statutes and judgments is the threefold description the book keeps using of its own contents, and 6:20 puts the same words into a child's question. The place is given as the valley opposite Beth Peor, which is the ground of the plague named back at verse 3, so the law is delivered on the site of the last apostasy.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
On this side Jordan, in the valley, over against Bethpeor,.... Where the Israelites abode some time; see Deu 3:29, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon; which was now conquered, and in the hands of the Israelites: whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they came out of Egypt; not as soon as, or quickly after they came from thence; for it was but a few months ago since this conquest was made, whereas it was near forty years since they came out of Egypt.
The place where Moses gave them these laws in charge is here particularly described. (1.) It was over-against Beth-peor, an idol-temple of the Moabites, which perhaps Moses sometimes looked towards, with a particular caution to them against the infection of that and other such like dangerous places.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel--This is a preface to the rehearsal of the law, which, with the addition of various explanatory circumstances, the following chapters contain.
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The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּעֵ֨בֶר | beever | on [the] other side of | H5676 → | 90 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ן | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| בַּגַּ֗יְא | bagay' | in the valley | H1516 → | 59 times |
| מ֚וּל | mul | opposite to | H4136 → | 36 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | Beth | H1047 → | 8 times |
| פְּע֔וֹר | peor | Peor | H1047 → | 8 times |
| בְּאֶ֗רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| סִיחֹן֙ | sichon | Sihon | H5511 → | 37 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יוֹשֵׁ֖ב | yoshev | [was] dwelling | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן | becheshbon | in Heshbon | H2809 → | 38 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִכָּ֤ה | hikah | he struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וּבְנֵֽי | uvenei | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּצֵאתָ֖ם | betzetam | when came out they | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
בְּעֵ֨בֶרon [the] other side of
beeverH5676 →90 times
הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ןthe Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
בַּגַּ֗יְאin the valley
bagay'H1516 →59 times
מ֚וּלopposite to
mulH4136 →36 times
בֵּ֣יתBeth
beitH1047 →8 times
פְּע֔וֹרPeor
peorH1047 →8 times
בְּאֶ֗רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
סִיחֹן֙Sihon
sichonH5511 →37 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יוֹשֵׁ֖ב[was] dwelling
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןin Heshbon
becheshbonH2809 →38 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הִכָּ֤הhe struck down
hikahH5221 →499 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וּבְנֵֽיand [the] people of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּצֵאתָ֖םwhen came out they
betzetamH3318 →1067 times
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃from Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 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
Deuteronomy 3:29So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:6
And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Numbers 25:3
So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
- Deuteronomy 34:6
Through
Numbers 32:19Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
it leads to
- Joshua 13:8
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had…
- Joshua 13:8
Through
Deuteronomy 3:8At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
it leads to
- Joshua 13:9–12
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- Joshua 12:2–6
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of…
- Joshua 13:9–12
Through
Deuteronomy 4:47They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
it leads to
- Numbers 21:33–35
Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
- Deuteronomy 3:1–14
Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
- Deuteronomy 29:7–8
When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
- Numbers 21:33–35
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This page draws on 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.