48 This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[1] (that is, Hermon),

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 4:48

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount SirionSyriac; Hebrew Sion (that is, Hermon),

The Message

48 from Aroer on the bank of the Brook Arnon as far north as Mount Siyon, that is, Mount Hermon,

New King James Version

48 from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),

New Living Translation

48 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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:48

Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:41-49

(Read Deuteronomy 4:41-49)

Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. He sets it before them, as the glass in which they were to see their natural face, that, looking into this perfect law of liberty, they might continue therein. These are the laws, given when Israel was newly come out of Egypt; and they were now repeated. Moses gave these laws in charge, while they encamped over against Beth-peor, an idol place of the Moabites. Their present triumphs were a powerful argument for obedience. And we should understand our own situation as sinners, and the nature of that gracious covenant to which we are invited. Therein greater things are shown to us than ever Israel saw from mount Sinai; greater mercies are given to us than they experienced in the wilderness, or in Canaan. One speaks to us, who is of infinitely greater dignity than Moses; who bare our sins upon the cross; and pleads with us by His dying love.