Deuteronomy 4:46
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
On this side of the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, Moses spoke his words to Israel after they had come out of Egypt and smitten Sihon and his people. The setting places Israel east of the Jordan in Sihon's territory following that victory over the Amorites who had dwelt at Heshbon.
The verse belongs to Moses's account of the Lord giving His law to Israel at Sinai, and it calls those who would be covenant-keeping people to observe that law, including the true Sabbath. Blessing is promised to those who keep His commandments. The chapter is to be known as teaching Israel to know that day and consider in the heart that the Lord He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath and there is none else. It charges them to keep His statutes and His commandments, that it may go well with them and with their children after them, and that they may prolong their days upon the earth which the Lord their God gives them forever, while disobedience brings judgment.
That warning was confirmed by Israel's wilderness history, for only two of the adults who left Egypt entered Canaan and the rest died in the wilderness because of disobedience. That verified outcome warns that God will today vindicate His word if leaders depart from His commandments. The verse stands in the fourth chapter, within chapters four through eight that show what God required of His ancient people that they might be a holy people unto Himself and covenant-keeping. The whole chapter is to be studied carefully and as a whole, with heed to its charge to obey the Lord's commandments and to neglect nothing important that His Word specifies.
There is present profit and urgency in that study because the day of God's great final review is near, when the people of this world must stand before the Judge of all the earth to answer for their deeds. The present is the time of investigation, when every character is examined and every case is decided for eternity before that day comes.