The Covenant Setting

1  This is what Moses said to the assembly of Israel in the Transjordanian wastelands, the arid country opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab 2  Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by way of Mount Seir. 3  However, it was not until the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year that Moses addressed the Israelites just as the Lord had instructed him to do. 4  This took place after the defeat of King Sihon of the Amorites, whose capital was in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, whose capital was in Ashtaroth, specifically in Edrei. 5  So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words: