Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 1:3:
- Kupsabiny: “And when it was the first day in the eleventh month in the fortieth year from when the people of Israel left the land of Egypt, Moses told those people everything that God had said to him so that he could tell it to them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the first day of the 11th month of the 40th year [after] they had left Egypt, Moses told the Israelites all the commands that The LORD had given him to tell them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In the first day of the eleventh month, of the fourth year from when the Israelinhon left Egipto, Moises told them all that the LORD had-caused-to-be-said to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Forty years after the Israelis/we left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
