Deuteronomy 2:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:4

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.’ ”

10 ^a(The Emim had dwelt there in times past, a people as great and numerous and tall as ^bthe Anakim.

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Definitions of words in Deuteronomy 2:4:

A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

About {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Brethren {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Carefully {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Esau {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Esau {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Esau {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Seir {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Seir {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Seir {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Watch {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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