5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
5 East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:
5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,
5 It was east of the Jordan in the land of Moab that Moses set out to explain this Revelation. He said:
5 On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,
5 While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the Lord 's instructions as follows.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:5
Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:1-8
(Read Deuteronomy 1:1-8)
Moses spake to the people all the Lord had given him in commandment. Horeb was but eleven days distant from Kadesh-barnea. This was to remind them that their own bad conduct had occasioned their tedious wanderings; that they might the more readily understand the advantages of obedience. They must now go forward. Though God brings his people into trouble and affliction, he knows when they have been tried long enough. When God commands us to go forward in our Christian course, he sets the heavenly Canaan before us for our encouragement.