Deuteronomy 4:44-49
The Lord's covenant law is set before Israel as revealed instruction for life in the land He has already begun to give.
44 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt.
47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;
48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (also called Hermon),
49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
The LORD's covenant law is set before Israel as revealed instruction for life in the land He has already begun to give.
Moses formally identifies the Torah he set before Israel and locates its exposition after the exodus, east of the Jordan, in territory taken from Sihon and Og. The passage frames the coming covenant instruction as public revelation for a redeemed people standing on the edge of inheritance, with the LORD's past deliverance and recent victories grounding Israel's obligation to hear and obey.
The plains and valley east of the Jordan, opposite Beth Peor, after Israel's exodus from Egypt and after the defeat of Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan. The land-entry generation of Israel, gathered to hear Moses' covenant exposition before crossing the Jordan. After the exodus and wilderness wandering, before entry into Canaan, with Transjordan victories already confirming the LORD's power and faithfulness.
Hear, Obey, and Do Not Forget: The Incomparable God and His Word
Moses closes his historical prologue with the most theologically dense argument in the first address: Israel's singular privilege is that the incomparable God spoke directly to them at Horeb, gave them righteous statutes, and remains near to them in every call — and this privilege makes their obedience, their memory, and their refusal to manufacture any image of God an absolute covenant obligation, with exile and return both held within the LORD's own sovereign plan.