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Deuteronomy 4:48
48Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon – that is, Hermon –
Deuteronomy 4:48 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
- New International Version (NIV)This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
- English Standard Version (ESV)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
- New King James Version (NKJV)from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
Context of Deuteronomy 4:48
46in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt. 47They possessed his land and that of King Og of Bashan – both of whom were Amorite kings in the Transjordan, to the east. Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon – that is, Hermon – 49including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, beneath the watershed of Pisgah.)
Read all of Deuteronomy 4Deuteronomy 4:48 word by word
מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֧חַל אַרְנֹ֛ן וְעַד־הַ֥ר שִׂיאֹ֖ן ה֥וּא חֶרְמֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- From Aroerעֲרֹעֵר‛ărô‛êr ‛ărô‛êr ‛ar‛ôr · AroerH6177
- by the bankשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: edgeH8193
- of the riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
- Arnonאַרְנוֹן'arnôn 'arnôn · ArnonH769
- even unto mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- Sionשִׂיאֹןώîy'ôn · (Mount) SirionH7865
- Hermonחֶרְמוֹןchermôn · (Mount) HermonH2768
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:48
- Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us – the Lord our God gave them all to us.
- Deuteronomy 3:12This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.
- Joshua 13:24Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans.
- Deuteronomy 3:9(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir),
- Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available – eternal life.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:48
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 44-49Verses 44-49 These verses would be more properly assigned to the next chapter. They are intended to serve as the announcement and introduction of the address now to be commenced. Deuteronomy 4:44 gives a kind of general title to the whole of the weighty address, including in fact the central part and substance of the book, which now follows in 22 chapters, divided into two groups: (a) Deuteronomy 4:46, the full fruition of which was to be consequent on…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-49Verses 41-49 Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. He sets it before them, as the glass in which they were to see their natural face, that, looking into this perfect law of liberty, they might continue therein. These are the laws, given when Israel was newly come out of Egypt…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 48Mount Siyion: The Sidonians used the name Siyion for Mount Hermon.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44-4944-49. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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