Deuteronomy 1:1-5 - Preamble
1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel. He was on this side of the Jordan in the desert wilderness, in the plain near the Red Sea (Suph), between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 It is only an eleven-day journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. 3 It was the fortieth year, eleventh month, on the first day of the month. Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all the commandments Jehovah (YHWH) gave him for them. 4 After he killed Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who lived at Astaroth in Edrei: 5 On this side (east) of Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses declared the Law. He said: