So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words: ¹ 

biblegateway Deu 1:5

Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law, saying,

Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:

The Israelites were east of the Jordan River in Moab when Moses began to review God’s teachings. This is what he said:

biblegateway Deu 1:5

East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:

Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,

bibleoremus Deu 1:5

Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law as follows:

and it was beyond the Jordan, in Moab, that Moses resolved to expound this law. These were his words.

biblegateway Deu 1:5

On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,

On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

biblegateway Deu 1:5

So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words: ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “this instruction”; KJV, NIV, NRSV “this law”; TEV “God’s laws and teachings.” The Hebrew noun תוֹרָה (torah) is derived from the verb יָרָה (yarah, “to teach”) and here it refers to the Book of Deuteronomy, not the Pentateuch as a whole.