Deuteronomy 2:28-29 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 2:29-30

Deuteronomy 2:29-30. As the children of Esau did They did permit them to pass quietly by the borders, though not through the heart of their land, and in their passage the people sold them meat and drink, being, it seems, more kind to them than their king would have had them; and therefore they here ascribe this favour not to the king, though they are now treating with a king, but to the people, the children of Esau. Hardened his spirit That is, suffered it to be hardened. 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 2:28

shalt sell. Edom refused to let Israel pass through, but did sell, as here stated. Compare Numbers 20:17-21 . Moab, too, "sold", but did not meet as a friend (Deuteronomy 23:4 , where karam means to offer unasked). Compare Isaiah 21:17 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:29

As = According as. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 2:29

Ver. 29. (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwelt in Ar, did unto me)— There are great difficulties attending this verse; it being certain, that the Edomites and Moabites granted not, but refused, the Israelites a passage through their country. Therefore some commentators say, that the giving them meat and drink for money only is to be understood. Though they denied Israel a passage through their land, yet they suffered them to buy necessaries as they passed... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 2:24-37

3. The conquest of the kingdom of Sihon 2:24-37This narrative closely parallels the one in Numbers 21:21-32. In this account Moses emphasized for the people God’s faithfulness to them. Note especially Deuteronomy 2:25; Deuteronomy 2:29-31; Deuteronomy 2:33; Deuteronomy 2:36."’All the nations under heaven’ (Deuteronomy 2:25) is an idiomatic hyperbole signifying all the nations in the vicinity; that is, at least from horizon to horizon (under heaven)." [Note: Kalland, p. 32.] "The process of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

Review of the Journey (continued)1. The Red sea] i.e. the Gulf of Akaba. On Mt. Seir see Numbers 20:22-29. 4. Through the coast] RV ’through the border,’ as in Numbers 20:18. The Edomites, however, refused to give them a passage through their country: see Numbers 20:14-21. The Israelites accordingly went southward towards Elath and Ezion-geber at the N. end of the Gulf of Akaba (see Deuteronomy 2:8 and on Numbers 20:22), and so round Edom to the country of the Moabites. 9. The Moabites and the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 2:29

(29) Until I shall pass over Jordan.—This was already determined. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

Deuteronomy 2:30 Professor Andrew Harper remarks on this verse that the writer 'does not mean... to lay upon God the causation of Sihon's obstinacy, so as to make the man a mere helpless victim. His thought rather is, that as God rules all, so to Him must ultimately be traced all that happens in the world. In some sense all acts, whether good or bad, all agencies, whether beneficent or destructive, have their source in, and their power from, Him. But nevertheless men have moral responsibility... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

THE DIVINE GOVERNMENTDeuteronomy 1:1-46; Deuteronomy 2:1-37; Deuteronomy 3:1-29AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1, concerning which there is a doubt whether they do not belong to Numbers, these three chapters stand out as the first section of our book. Examination shows that they form a separate and distinct whole, not continued in chapter 4; but there has been a great diversity of opinion as to their... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 2:29-30

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:29

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 2:29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 2:24-37

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 2:29

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

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