John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:27
Let me pass through thy land ,.... See Gill on Numbers 21:22 , I will go along by the highway ; the king's highway, as in the place referred to, the public road: I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left ; to go into his fields and vineyards, and gather the fruit, or tread down the corn and vines, or do any manner of mischief to them; see the above place. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:24-37
God having tried the self-denial of his people in forbidding them to meddle with the Moabites and Ammonites, and they having quietly passed by those rich countries, and, though superior in number, not made any attack upon them, here he recompenses them for their obedience by giving them possession of the country of Sihon king of the Amorites. If we forbear what God forbids, we shall receive what he promises, and shall be no losers at last by our obedience, though it may seem for the present to... read more