Deuteronomy - 4:48



48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (the same is Hermon),

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 4:48.

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From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
From Aroer, which is situate upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto mount Sion, which is also called Hermon,
from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, as far as mount Sion, which is Hermon,
from Aroer, which is by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Sion, which is Hermon,
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion-the same is Hermon-
from Aroer, which is situated above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as Mount Zion, which is also called Hermon,
Ab Aroer qui erat juxta ripam torrentis Arnon, usque ad montem Sion qui est Hermon.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Sion must not be confounded with Zion (compare Psalm 48:2.).

From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon,.... A city of Moab, which was situated on the bank of the river Arnon, that was on the border of Moab, Deuteronomy 2:36,
even unto Mount Sion, which is Hermon; the meaning is, that the lands of these two kings conquered by Israel reached from the city Aroer on the river Arnon to Mount Hermon, the one being the southern, the other the northern boundary of them. Here Hermon has another name Sion, and is to be carefully distinguished from Mount Zion near Jerusalem; it lying in a different country, and being written with a different letter in the Hebrew language. In the Septuagint version it is called Seon, and by the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem the mount of snow; See Gill on Deuteronomy 3:9.

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