King James Version
Deuteronomy 32:48 in the King James Version says “And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,”
Deuteronomy 32:48 · KJV
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“that selfsame”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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