Deuteronomy 2:13-15 -

Deuteronomy 2:13 connects with Deuteronomy 2:9 , the intermediate verses being a parenthesis, introduced for the purpose of reminding the Israelites that the Edomites and Moabites had received their territory by gift from God, the earlier inhabitants having been cast out by him that they might take their lands (see Deuteronomy 2:21-23 ). There is no need, therefore, for the insertion "I said," in Deuteronomy 2:13 ; the words are those of Jehovah, not of Moses.