Deuteronomy 4:48
in Deuteronomy 4extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon),
KJV
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseFrom Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon,.... A city of Moab, which was situated on the bank of the river Arnon, that was on the border of Moab, Deu 2:36, even unto Mount Sion, which is Hermon; the meaning is, that the lands of these two kings conquered by Israel reached from the city Aroer on the river Arnon to Mount Hermon, the one being the southern, the other the northern boundary of them.
This site's exposition
And they possessed his land
on Deuteronomy 4:47-49
These verses record the first land Israel actually holds, the kingdoms of Sihon and Og taken in chapters 2 and 3. Og is the king 3:11 singles out as remaining of the remnant of giants, with a bedstead of iron nine cubits long by the cubit of a man. Verse 48 gives Hermon the name Sion, a different word from the Zion of Jerusalem, and 3:9 records that the Sidonians and the Amorites each had another name again for the same mountain.
The record, by era
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר | mearoer | from Aroer | H6177 → | 16 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שְׂפַת־ | sefat- | [the] edge of | H8193 → | 176 times |
| נַ֧חַל | nachal | [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| אַרְנֹ֛ן | ʾarnon | Arnon | H769 → | 25 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַ֥ר | har | [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| שִׂיאֹ֖ן | sion | Siyon | H7865 → | |
| ה֥וּא | hu' | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| חֶרְמֽוֹן׃ | chermon | [is] Hermon | H2768 → | 13 times |
מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞רfrom Aroer
mearoerH6177 →16 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שְׂפַת־[the] edge of
sefat-H8193 →176 times
נַ֧חַל[the] wadi of
nachalH5158 →141 times
אַרְנֹ֛ןArnon
ʾarnonH769 →25 times
וְעַד־and to
vead-H5704 →1261 times
הַ֥ר[the] mountain of
harH2022 →546 times
שִׂיאֹ֖ןSiyon
sionH7865 →
ה֥וּאthat
hu'H1931 →1879 times
חֶרְמֽוֹן׃[is] Hermon
chermonH2768 →13 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
Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:8
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
- Leviticus 25:21
But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
- Psalms 42:8
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- 1 John 5:11
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- Romans 5:21
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Deuteronomy 28:8
Through
Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God…
it leads to
- Joshua 13:9
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,
- Deuteronomy 3:12
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with…
- Joshua 13:9
Through
Deuteronomy 3:9which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
it leads to
- Psalms 29:6
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
- Psalms 29:6
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Chuck Missler, Learn the Bible in 24 Hours; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.