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
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
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
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
Emims = terrible ones (Genesis 14:5 ). A race of the Nephilim. See App-25 . Anakims. See on Deuteronomy 1:28 , and App-25 . read more
giants. Hebrew. Rephaim, another name for the Nephilim, from one Rapha. See App-25 . Connected with healing, and with Egypt (Genesis 50:2 ). See App-23 . read more
Horims. Another race or name of the Nephilim See App-25 . Compare Genesis 14:6 . See App-25 . destroyed = exterminated. Hebrew. shamad. stead = room. These are the Canaanites with whom Satan had preoccupied the land to thwart God's purpose in Abraham. Compare Genesis 12:6 ; Genesis 13:7 , and see App-25 . All these had to be destroyed, as the Nephilim were destroyed by the Flood. Compare Genesis 6:4 , which tells of a later irruption. See Genesis 14:5 . possession . . . gave. See Ch.... read more
Now. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read "Now therefore". brook Zered , which flows into the Arnon, the frontier between Moab and Ammon. Numbers 21:13 . read more
thirty and eight years. Compare the antitype of Israel in the flesh, John 5:6 . read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:13
The words, “said I,” are not in the Hebrew. The words “rise up, and get you over the brook Zered” (Numbers 21:12 note) connect themselves with Deuteronomy 2:9, and form the conclusion of what God said to Moses. read more