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
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Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 2:6
Deuteronomy 2:6. Buy meat of them for money For though the manna did yet rain upon them, they were not forbidden to buy other meats when they had opportunity, but only were forbidden greedily to hunger after them when they could not obtain them. Buy water For water in those parts was scarce, and therefore private persons did severally dig pits for their particular use. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 2:7
Deuteronomy 2:7. The Lord hath blessed thee By God’s blessing thou art able to buy thy conveniences, and therefore thy theft and rapine will be inexcusable, because without any pretence of necessity. He knoweth Hebrew, He hath known; that is, observed, or regarded with care and kindness, which that word often denotes. Which experience of God’s singular goodness to thee should make thee rely on him still, and not use any unjust practice to procure what thou wantest or desirest. 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
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 2:4
pass through = cross the border. Numbers 20:4 , Numbers 20:14-17 . Judges 11:17 . children = sons. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:5
because, &c . Compare Genesis 32:3 ; Genesis 33:6-8 ; Genesis 36:8 . Joshua 24:4 . a possession. Hebrew. yarash (because given). Also in verses: Deuteronomy 2:9 , Deuteronomy 2:12 , Deuteronomy 2:19 , Deuteronomy 2:20 , &c.; in Deut, not 'ahaz (because seized), as in other books; though 'ahaz is used in Ch. Deuteronomy 32:49 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:6
meat. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche ( App-6 ) for all kinds of food. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:7
the LORD thy God. Jehovah thy Elohim = the triune God. hand. Some codices, with some early printed editions, and Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hands". forty years. Compare Nehemiah 9:21 . nothing. Hebrew "not a word": i.e. of what Jehovah had promised. Compare Deuteronomy 8:2-4 . read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:8
Elath (Akaba) is at the northern extremity of the eastern arm of the Red Sea, and gives to that arm the name of the Elanitic Gulf. The name means “trees;” and is still justified by the grove of palm-trees at Akaba. read more