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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:4-20

Edom, Moab, Ammon. The Israelites are strictly enjoined not to molest these three peoples, or to attempt to rob them of any portion of their territory. The ground of this injunction is that God had given them the territory they possessed, and had not given it to the Israelites. Additional reasons why Israel was not to molest them lay in the facts that they were kinsmen ( Deuteronomy 2:4 ) and that Israel was amply provided for already ( Deuteronomy 2:7 ). God's people have little... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:9

The Moabites, being the descendants of Lot , and so allied by race to the Israelites, the latter were commanded to pass through their country without offering them any injury or assault. Ar, a border-town of Moab ( Numbers 21:15 ), here put for the country itself. It is the Areopolis of the Greeks, and was, as Jerome tells us, destroyed in a single night by an earthquake. A hill with ruins a short distance southwest from Ara'ir, is supposed to be its site. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:10-12

The mention of the Moabites gives occasion to the author to introduce some notices of the ancient inhabitants of Edom and Moab. In Moab dwelt, in the earlier times, the Emim, a giant race, potent and numerous, like the 'Anakim. They were also, like the 'Anakim reckoned among the Rephaim, but were by the Moabites called Emim. The word Emim means frightful, and was given to these men probably because of their huge stature and fierce aspect. Anakims (see Deuteronomy 1:28 ). Rephaim seems... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:10-24

The Emims, Horims, Zamzummins, etc. If these verses are part of the context of the original speech, and not a later insertion, they must be viewed as scraps of history introduced to encourage the Israelites in their work of conquest, and to dispel their apprehensions by showing what had been done by others. They suggest— I. THAT THE PRESENT MAY LEARN FROM THE PAST . History, sacred and secular, is a powerful influence in forming the characters of the living race. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:9

The Moabites and the Ammonites Deuteronomy 2:19 being descended from Lot, the nephew of Abraham Genesis 19:30-38, were, like the Edomites, kinsmen of the Israelites. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:10-12

For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or the insertion of a later hand. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 2:8-9

Deuteronomy 2:8-9. We turned From our direct road, which lay through Edom. Ar The chief city of the Moabites, here put for the whole country which depended upon it. The children of Lot So called to signify that this preservation was not for their sakes, for they were a wicked people, but for Lot’s sake, whose memory God yet honoured. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 2:10-12

Deuteronomy 2:10-12. The Emims Men terrible for stature and strength, as their very name imports, whose expulsion by the Moabites is here noted as a great encouragement to the Israelites, for whose sake he would much more drive out the wicked and accursed Canaanites. Which the Lord gave The past tense is here put for the future, will give, after the manner of the prophets. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

From Kadesh to Jordan (2:1-3:29)God told the Israelites that if they went through the land of Edom, they were not to seize any territory. This was partly because Edom was Israel’s brother nation (being descended from Esau), and partly because the Edomites’ territory, formerly possessed by the Horites, had been given them by God (2:1-7). Similar restrictions applied to Israel’s relations with the nations of Moab and Ammon, both of which were also related to Israel (being descended from Lot).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:9

the LORD [Hebrew. Jehovah. said unto me (or Moses). Occurs thirteen times in Deut.: Deuteronomy 2:9 , Deuteronomy 2:31 ; Deuteronomy 3:2 , Deuteronomy 3:26 ; Deuteronomy 4:10 ; Deuteronomy 5:28 ; Deuteronomy 9:12 ; Deuteronomy 10:1 , Deuteronomy 10:11 ; Deuteronomy 18:17 ; Deuteronomy 31:2 , Deuteronomy 31:14 , Deuteronomy 31:16 ; Deuteronomy 34:4 . Distress not, &c. God judged both (2 Chronicles 20:1-25 .Amos 1:13-15; Amos 1:13-15 ). read more

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