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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:8

passed by. Compare Numbers 20:21 ; Numbers 21:11-13 . from Elath, &c. Gulf of Akabah. Compare Numbers 33:35 , Numbers 33:36 , and 1 Kings 9:26 . wilderness of Moab. See the route, Judges 11:16-18 . 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 2:4

"And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Take ye good heed unto yourselves, therefore; contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 2:8

"And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. (The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 2:7

Ver. 7. For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee— People who had such proofs of the care of an immediate providence over them, as the Jews had, would have been extremely culpable if, contrary to the orders of God, they had had recourse to violence to procure them such things as they wanted. They came out of Egypt loaden with the riches of that country: they had many excellent workmen among them; and it is very probable that they carried on a commerce with the Arabians and other neighbouring... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 2:9

Ver. 9. I have given Ar unto the children of Lot— Ar, the capital of Moab, is here put for the whole country. Though the Moabites were now a wicked people; yet, for the sake of their pious ancestor, God would not have them dispossessed. Respecting the Emims, &c. mentioned in the following verses, see Genesis 14:5. The history of the expulsion of the Emims by the Moabites, and of the Horites by the Edomites, is no where else recorded: but it seems to be mentioned here, as an encouragement to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:4

4. the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir . . . shall be afraid of you—The same people who had haughtily repelled the approach of the Israelites from the western frontier were alarmed now that they had come round upon the weak side of their country. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:5

5-7. Meddle not with them—that is, "which dwell in Seir" ( :-) —for there was another branch of Esau's posterity, namely, the Amalekites, who were to be fought against and destroyed (Genesis 36:12; Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 25:17). But the people of Edom were not to be injured, either in their persons or property. And although the approach of so vast a nomadic horde as the Israelites naturally created apprehension, they were to take no advantage of the prevailing terror to compel the Edomites... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:8

8-18. we passed . . . through the way of the plain—the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber—now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divine command to molest the Moabites in any way; and this special honor was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 2:1-23

2. The march from Kadesh to the Amorite frontier 2:1-23Following Israel’s second departure from Kadesh (Numbers 20) the nation set out for "the wilderness" (Deuteronomy 2:1). This was probably the wilderness of Moab to the east of the Dead Sea. They traveled by "the way to the Red Sea" (Deuteronomy 2:1). This probably refers to the caravan route that ran from several miles south of the Dead Sea to Elath. Elath stood at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqabah. Then they "circled" around to the... read more

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