John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:19
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon ,.... Who dwelt near the Moabites, and were brethren, both descending from Lot, Genesis 19:37 . distress them not, nor meddle with them : lay no siege to any of their cities, nor provoke them to war, nor engage in battle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession ; that is, any part of it which was now in their hands; otherwise half their land was given to the tribe of Gad; but... 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