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Deuteronomy 2:31 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 2 · verse 31
And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.Deuteronomy 2:31 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:31 in context
29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
31And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
33And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- possessyârashto occupyH3423 →
- Beholdrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- begunchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- SihonÇîychôwnSichon, an Amoritish kingH5511 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-37