Deuteronomy 1:3
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass in the fortieth year,.... That is, of the coming of the children of Israel out of Egypt:
in the eleventh month; the month Shebet, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part…
We have here, I. The date of this sermon which Moses preached to the people of Israel. A great auditory, no question, he had, as many as could crowd within hearing, and particularly all the elders and…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, etc.] P alone of the Hex. documents dates by months and days (I. P.58, 71); and its division of the year is not that which, beginning with the autumn,…