Deuteronomy 2:3

The Desert Years

1 ^a“Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness of the Way of the Red Sea, ^bas the Lord spoke to me, and we¹ skirted Mount Seir for many days.

2 “And the Lord spoke to me, saying:

3 ‘You have skirted this mountain ^along enough; turn northward.

4 And command the people, saying, ^a“You are about to pass through the territory of ^byour brethren, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore watch yourselves carefully.

5 Do not meddle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep, ^abecause I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

6 You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.

7 “For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your¹ trudging through this great wilderness. ^aThese forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’

8 “And when we passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of the plain, away from ^aElath and Ezion Geber, we ^bturned and passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab.

9 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given ^aAr to ^bthe descendants of Lot as a possession.’ ”

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Deuteronomy 2:1-3

Deuteronomy 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses' present purpose. The command of Deuteronomy 2:2-3 relates to their journey from Kadesh to Mount Hor Numbers 20:22; Numbers 33:37, and directs their march around to the southern extremity of Mount Seir, so as to "compass the land of Edom" Judges 11:18; Numbers 21:4, and so northward toward the Arnon, i. e., "by the way of the wilderness of Moab," Deuteronomy 2:8. This circuitous path was followed because of the refusal of the Edomites to allow the people to pass through their territory.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Deuteronomy 2:3:

Numbers 21:4
Deuteronomy 2:1-3

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