sent messengers. Numbers 21:21 , Numbers 21:22 .Judges 11:19 . Kedemoth. Compare Numbers 21:21-24 . Afterward a Levitical city (Joshua 13:18 ; Jos 21:37 . 1 Chronicles 6:64 , 1 Chronicles 6:79 ). read more
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
As = According as. read more
Sihon . . . would not. Compare Numbers 21:23 .Judges 11:20 . God = Elohim, acting as the Creator with a creature. hardened. Hebrew. kashah . See note on Exodus 4:21 . spirit = Hebrew. ruach . See App-9 . read more
"The hardening of Sihon's heart parallels that of Pharaoh's (Exodus 7-14). In each case, refusal to accept the divine message plays a significant part in the process of deliverance."[30] God never takes freedom of choice away from any individual. True, God hardened Pharaoh's heart, but this is said only AFTER it is recorded ten times that Pharaoh hardened his own heart! It was evidently the same with Sihon. "God is never spoken of as hardening the heart of a good man."[31] "As at this day ..."... read more
Ver. 26. Kedemoth— This was a city in that tract situated on the north side of the river Arnon, which fell to the lot of the Reubenites, Joshua 13:18. It gave name to the wilderness here mentioned. read more
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
Ver. 30. Hardened his spirit— See Exodus 9:34. read more
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
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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