Ver. 1. On this side Jordan—in the plain, over against the Red sea— Houbigant well observes, that the original here should properly be rendered, on the bank of Jordan, בעבר beeber: and that the word ףּסו suph, when used without ים iam, never signifies the Red Sea; and therefore, here, is the name of a place, and should be rendered, in the plain over against suph; the same place with that mentioned Numbers 21:14. and with him Dr. Waterland agrees. The places mentioned in this verse must have been near the plains of Moab.
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Deuteronomy 1:1
1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Reda sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.