1 In this book are the words that Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between the town of Paran on one side and the towns of Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.

2 (It takes eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai to Kadesh Barnea by way of the hill country of Edom.)