Moses Begins His Final Sermon at the Plains of Moab — Bible Events

Deuteronomy 1:1 opens the book with a remarkably precise geographic anchor for the setting of Moses' final sermon to Israel: "These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab." The five named landmarks — Paran in the southwest Sinai, Tophel and Laban to the east, Hazeroth a wilderness camp from Numbers 11, and Dizahab on the eastern Arabah coast — frame the precise location of the great sermon. Moses would die on Mount Nebo just weeks after speaking these words.

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DeuteronomyThe Speech Before the Crossing

Moses stands on the edge of the Promised Land and delivers the speech of his life. He walks Israel through their own story — how God said "go," how they froze, and what it cost an entire generation. It's a farewell address that reads like a warning and a love letter at the same time.

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