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Deuteronomy 2:19
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17 that the Lord spoke to me, saying:
18 ‘This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab.
19 And when you come near the people of Ammon, do not harass them or meddle with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to athe descendants of Lot as a possession.’ ”  
20 (That was also regarded as a land of1 giants; giants formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites call them aZamzummim,  
21 aa people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place,  
22 just as He had done for the descendants of Esau, awho dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed bthe Horites from before them. They dispossessed them and dwelt in their place, even to this day.  
23 And athe Avim, who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza—bthe Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and dwelt in their place.)  
24 “ ‘Rise, take your journey, and across over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand bSihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle.  
25 aThis day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations1 under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall btremble and be in anguish because of you.’  

King Sihon Defeated

26 “And I asent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, bwith words of peace, saying,  
27 a‘Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left.  
28 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; aonly let me pass through on foot,  
29 ajust as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord our God is giving us.’  
30 a“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for bthe Lord your God chardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day.  
31 “And the Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to agive Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.’  
32 aThen Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz.  
33 And athe Lord our God delivered him1 over to us; so bwe defeated him, his sons, and all his people.  
34 We took all his cities at that time, and we autterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.  
35 We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took.
36 aFrom Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and from bthe city that is in the ravine, as far as Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us; cthe Lord our God delivered all to us.  
37 Only you did not go near the land of the people of Ammon—anywhere along the River aJabbok, or to the cities of the mountains, or bwherever the Lord our God had forbidden us. 
Commentaries:
Matthew Henry
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Deuteronomy 2:1-37

The Edomites to be spared. (1-7) The Moabites and Ammonites to be spared. (8-23) The Amorites to be destroyed. (24-37)

Verses 1-7 Only a short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness is given. God not only chastised them for their murmuring and unbelief, but prepared them for Canaan; by humbling them for sin, teaching them to mortify their lusts, to follow God, and to comfort themselves in him. Though Israel may be long kept waiting for deliverance and enlargement, it will come at last. Before God brought Israel to destroy their enemies in Canaan, he taught them to forgive their enemies in Edom. They must not, under pretence of God's covenant and conduct, think to seize all they could lay hands on. Dominion is not founded in grace. God's Israel shall be well placed, but must not expect to be placed alone in the midst of the earth. Religion must never be made a cloak for injustice. Scorn to be beholden to Edomites, when thou hast an all-sufficient God to depend upon. Use what thou hast, use it cheerfully. Thou hast experienced the care of the Divine providence, never use any crooked methods for thy supply. All this is equally to be applied to the experience of the believer.

Verses 8-23 We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show what uncertain things wordly possessions are. It was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little continuance is there in these things. This is recorded to encourage the children of Israel. If the providence of God has done this for Moabites and Ammonites, much more would his promise do it for Israel, his peculiar people. Cautions are given not to meddle with Moabites and Ammonites. Even wicked men must not be wronged. God gives and preserves outward blessings to wicked men; these are not the best things, he has better in store for his own children.

Verses 24-37 God tried his people, by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorites. If we keep from what God forbids, we shall not lose by our obedience. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; and he gives it to whom he pleases; but when there is no express direction, none can plead his grant for such proceedings. Though God assured the Israelites that the land should be their own, yet they must contend with the enemy. What God gives we must endeavour to get. What a new world did Israel now come into! Much more joyful will the change be, which holy souls will experience, when they remove out of the wilderness of this world to the better country, that is, the heavenly, to the city that has foundations. Let us, by reflecting upon God's dealings with his people Israel, be led to meditate upon our years spent in vanity, through our transgressions. But happy are those whom Jesus has delivered from the wrath to come. To whom he hath given the earnest of his Spirit in their hearts. Their inheritance cannot be affected by revolutions of kingdoms, or changes in earthly possessions.


 
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