Study it in the app“These are the commandments and the rules that YHWH commanded through Moses to the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.”
These areאֵלֶּהthe commandmentsהַמִּצְוֺתand the rulesוְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהcommandedצִוָּהthroughבְּיַדMosesמֹשֶׁהtoאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלin the plainsבְּעַרְבֹתof Moabמוֹאָבbyעַלthe Jordanיַרְדֵּןopposite Jericho.יְרֵחוֹ
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appearsrule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatim” 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” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” 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” 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” appearsplain
Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.
Where else “arvot” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsJericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yerecho” appears1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
3Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
12Within the families of the sons of Manasseh son of Joseph they became wives, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
13 · This verse (above)
