On this side Jordan] RV 'beyond Jordan,' i.e. on the E. side. The writer speaks from the standpoint of Canaan, as also in Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 3:8; Deuteronomy 4:41; Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 4:49. see Intro. to Numbers.
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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.