John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:14
And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea ,.... The space of time; or, "the days" F2 והימים "et dies", Montanus; "dies autem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; the number of them: until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years ; that is, from the time that the spies were sent and searched the land, and brought a report of it; for they were sent from Kadeshbarnea, Numbers 32:8 unto the passage of the Israelites over Zered, were thirty eight years;... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:8-23
It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (Deut. 2:8), calls them, ?our brethren, the children of Esau.? Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage through their country, yet he calls them brethren. For, though our relations fail in their duty to us, we must retain a sense of the relation, and not be wanting in our duty to them, as there is occasion. Now in these verses we have, I. The account which Moses gives of the origin of the nations of... read more