Study it in the app“It was in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that YHWH had commanded him for them,”
It wasוַיְהִיin the fortiethבְּאַרְבָּעִיםyear,שָׁנָהin the eleventhבְּעַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂרmonth,חֹדֶשׁon the firstבְּאֶחָדday of the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthat Mosesמֹשֶׁהspokeדִּבֶּרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commanded himצִוָּה אֹתוֹfor them,אֲלֵהֶם
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearseleven
Eleven (always with "ten").
Where else “ashte” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsfirst
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears2It is eleven days from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
3 · This verse (above)
4after he had struck Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, in Edrei.
