Deuteronomy 1:6

Events at Horeb

1:6 The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, “You have stayed ¹  in the area of this mountain long enough.

Deuteronomy 5:23

5:23 Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

Deuteronomy 9:15

9:15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it ²  was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

Deuteronomy 10:5

10:5 Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made – they are still there, just as the Lord commanded me.

Deuteronomy 32:50

32:50 You will die ³  on the mountain that you ascend and join your deceased ancestors, ⁴  just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor ⁵  and joined his deceased ancestors,

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¹ tn Heb “lived”; “dwelled.”

² tn Heb “the mountain.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

³ tn In the Hebrew text the forms translated “you will die…and join” are imperatives, but the actions in view cannot really be commanded. The imperative is used here in a rhetorical, emphatic manner to indicate the certainty of Moses’ death on the mountain. On the rhetorical use of the imperative see IBHS 572 §34.4c.

⁴ tn Heb “be gathered to your people.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

⁵ sn Mount Hor. See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6.