Deuteronomy 4:48
New International Version
This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),

New Living Translation
So Israel conquered the entire area from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge all the way to Mount Sirion, also called Mount Hermon.

English Standard Version
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),

Berean Standard Bible
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),

King James Bible
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

New King James Version
from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

New American Standard Bible
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

NASB 1995
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

NASB 1977
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

Legacy Standard Bible
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

Amplified Bible
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the [river] Arnon, as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

Christian Standard Bible
from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon)

Holman Christian Standard Bible
from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon)

American Standard Version
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon),

Contemporary English Version
from the town of Aroer on the edge of the Arnon River gorge, north to Mount Hermon.

English Revised Version
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon),

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This land went from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley to Mount Siyon (that is, Mount Hermon).

Good News Translation
This land extended from the town of Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon River, all the way north to Mount Sirion, that is, Mount Hermon.

International Standard Version
from Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon as far as Mount Sirion, which is also called Hermon,

Majority Standard Bible
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),

NET Bible
Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon--that is, Hermon--

New Heart English Bible
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

Webster's Bible Translation
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even to mount Sion, which is Hermon,

World English Bible
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Zion (also called Hermon),
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
from Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the Brook of Arnon, even to Mount Zion, which [is] Hermon—

Young's Literal Translation
from Aroer, which is by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon --

Smith's Literal Translation
From Aroer, which is upon the lip of the torrent Arnon, and even to mount Sion (it is Hermon.)
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
From Aroer, which is situate upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto mount Sion, which is also called Hermon,

Catholic Public Domain Version
from Aroer, which is situated above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as Mount Zion, which is also called Hermon,

New American Bible
from Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon to Mount Sion (that is, Hermon)

New Revised Standard Version
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
From Adoer, which is on the edge of the river Arnon, as far as mount Serion, which is Hermon,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
From Aduir that is on the lip of the torrent of Arnon and unto the mountain of Serion which is Khermon,
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion--the same is Hermon--

Brenton Septuagint Translation
From Aroer, which is on the border of the brook Arnon, even to the mount of Seon, which is Aermon.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Introduction to the Law
47They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east— 48extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon), 49including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.…

Cross References
Joshua 12:1-3
Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward: / Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead, / as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

Numbers 21:21-35
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, / “Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.” / But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. ...

Joshua 13:9-12
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, / and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites; / also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah— ...

Numbers 32:33-42
So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them. / And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, / Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, ...

Joshua 1:4
Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.

1 Kings 4:21
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

2 Kings 10:32-33
In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory / from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

1 Chronicles 5:9
They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 5:23
Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).

Amos 6:14
For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Exodus 23:31
And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Deuteronomy 3:8-10
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon— / which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir— / all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.

Deuteronomy 2:24-37
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. / This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.” / So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, ...

Psalm 72:8
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.


Treasury of Scripture

From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even to mount Sion, which is Hermon,

Aroer

Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

Deuteronomy 3:12
And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

Joshua 13:24
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

Deuteronomy 3:9
(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)

Psalm 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

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1. An exhortation to obedience
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extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley
Aroer is a city located on the northern edge of the Arnon Valley, which served as a boundary marker for the territory of the Israelites. The Arnon River itself was a significant geographical feature, marking the border between Moab and the Amorite kingdom. This location is important in biblical history as it represents the beginning of the land that Israel conquered under Moses' leadership. The mention of Aroer highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to give Israel the land of the Amorites. The Arnon Valley, with its steep cliffs and strategic location, was a natural defense line, emphasizing the military challenges Israel faced and overcame with divine assistance.

as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon)
Mount Siyon, identified as Mount Hermon, is a prominent mountain in the northern part of the land. It is often associated with majesty and divine presence due to its height and snow-capped peaks. In biblical literature, Mount Hermon is significant as it marks the northern boundary of the Promised Land. It is also mentioned in Psalm 133:3, symbolizing unity and blessing. The reference to Mount Hermon in Deuteronomy underscores the vastness of the territory God allotted to Israel, stretching from the southern border at the Arnon Valley to the northern reaches at Hermon. This expanse of land signifies the comprehensive nature of God's promise and provision for His people.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Aroer
A city located on the edge of the Arnon Valley, which served as a boundary marker for the land described. It was a significant location for the Israelites as they entered the Promised Land.

2. Arnon Valley
A river valley that served as a natural boundary between the territories of Moab and the Amorites. It was a strategic location during the Israelites' journey.

3. Mount Sion (Hermon)
Also known as Mount Hermon, this mountain is a prominent landmark in the northern part of the Promised Land. It is often associated with the northern boundary of the land given to the Israelites.
Teaching Points
Understanding Boundaries
The specific mention of geographical boundaries in Deuteronomy 4:48 reminds us of the importance of understanding and respecting the boundaries God sets in our lives. Just as the Israelites had physical boundaries, we have spiritual and moral boundaries that guide us.

God's Faithfulness in Promises
The description of the land from Aroer to Mount Hermon is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to the Israelites. We can trust that God will fulfill His promises to us as well.

Significance of Land in Scripture
The land described in this verse is not just a physical space but a symbol of God's covenant and blessing. It encourages us to view our own "territories" as areas where God wants to work and bless.

Historical Context and Spiritual Lessons
Understanding the historical context of these locations helps us draw spiritual lessons about God's guidance and provision. It encourages us to seek God's direction in our own journeys.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
extending from Aroer
מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר (mê·‘ă·rō·‘êr)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6177: Aroer -- three cities in Israel

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the rim
שְׂפַת־ (śə·p̄aṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

of the Arnon
אַרְנֹ֛ן (’ar·nōn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 769: Arnon -- 'a roaring stream', a wadi and stream in Moab

Valley
נַ֧חַל (na·ḥal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

as far as
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

Mount
הַ֥ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

Siyon
שִׂיאֹ֖ן (śî·’ōn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7865: Sion -- another name for Mount Hermon

(that is,
ה֥וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

Hermon),
חֶרְמֽוֹן׃ (ḥer·mō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2768: Hermon -- 'sacred', a mountain in southern Aram (Syria) and Northern Israel


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