Deuteronomy 4 · Verse 46

Deuteronomy 4:46

On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Deuteronomy 4:46, King James Version

Deuteronomy 4:46 in other translations

BSBwhile they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
WEBbeyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt.
ASVbeyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt.
YLTbeyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt,
DARBYon this side the Jordan, in the valley opposite to Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote when they came out of Egypt;
BBEOn the far side of Jordan, in the valley facing Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel overcame after they had come out of Egypt:
WebsterOn the east side of Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they had come forth from Egypt:

What does Deuteronomy 4:46 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 4:44-49

44-49. 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.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:41-49

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…

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Deuteronomy 4:46 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּעֵ֨בֶרbe.'E.veron [the] other side ofH5676
הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
בַּגַּ֗יְאba.Gay'in the valleyH1516
מ֚וּלmulopposite toH4136
בֵּ֣יתbeitBethH1047
פְּע֔וֹרpe.'orPeorH1047
בְּאֶ֗רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776
סִיחֹן֙si.ChonSihonH5511
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.Rithe Amorite[s]H567
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834
יוֹשֵׁ֖בyo.Shev[was] dwellingH3427
בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןbe.chesh.Bonin HeshbonH2809
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhomH834
הִכָּ֤הhi.Kahhe struck downH5221
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872
וּבְנֵֽיu.ve.Neiand [the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּצֵאתָ֖םbe.tze.Tamwhen came out theyH3318
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם\׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 4:46

  • Deuteronomy 3:29

    So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.

  • Numbers 32:19

    For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

  • Deuteronomy 2:30-36

    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. And the Lord our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. …

  • Deuteronomy 3:8

    And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

  • Deuteronomy 1:4-5

    After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

  • Deuteronomy 4:47

    And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

  • Numbers 21:21-32

    And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
On this side.
47; 1:5; 3:29; Nu 32:19
over.
3:29
Beth-peor.Beth-peor was a city which was situated, according to Eusebius, opposite Jericho, and six miles above Livias. As the name signifies "the house of Peor," it is probable that there was a temple to Peor, situated in this place, full in view of the people, while Moses was pressing upon them the worship of Jehovah alone; and perhaps the very temple where so many had sinned to their own destruction.
Moses.
1:4; 2:30-36; 3:8; Nu 21:21-32

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 4:45

    These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

  • Deuteronomy 4:46

    On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

  • Deuteronomy 4:47

    And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

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Deuteronomy 4:46 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De esta parte del Jordán, en el valle delante de Beth-peor, en la tierra de Sehón rey de los Amorrheos, que habitaba en Hesbón, al cual hirió Moisés con los hijos de Israel, cuando hubieron salido de Egipto:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
en deçà du Jourdain, dans la vallée vis-à-vis de Beth-Péor, dans le pays de Sihon, roi des Amoréens, qui habitait à Hesbon, que Moïse et les fils d’Israël frappèrent à leur sortie d’Égypte;
German
Elberfelder 1871
diesseit des Jordan, im Tale, Beth-Peor gegenüber, im Lande Sihons, des Königs der Amoriter, der zu Hesbon wohnte, den Mose und die Kinder Israel geschlagen haben, als sie aus Ägypten zogen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
trans Jordanem in valle contra fanum Phogor in terra Sehon regis Amorrhæi, qui habitavit in Hesebon, quem percussit Moyses. Filii quoque Israël egressi ex Ægypto