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after he had defeated Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon,(A) and Og, king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law:

Departure from Horeb. [a](B)The Lord, our God, said to us at Horeb:[b] You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:6–3:29 Throughout this section Moses is reviewing the events following the departure from Horeb, as a basis for the exhortation beginning in 4:1. Most of these events are narrated with some variation in the Book of Numbers.
  2. 1:6 Horeb: the name given to the mountain of revelation in the Elohist and Deuteronomic traditions; this mountain is called Sinai in the Yahwist and Priestly traditions.

This was after he had defeated Sihon(A) king of the Amorites,(B) who reigned in Heshbon,(C) and at Edrei had defeated Og(D) king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.(E)

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

The Lord our God said to us(G) at Horeb,(H) “You have stayed long enough(I) at this mountain.

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