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Deuteronomy 2:4-5 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 2 · verses 4–5
4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 5Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.Deuteronomy 2:4-5 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:4-5 in context
2And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
3Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
5Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
6Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
7For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- commandtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- breadthmidrâka treadingH4096 →
- breadthkaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Meddlegârâhproperly, to grateH1624 →
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Here is, I. A short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness: We compassed Mount Seir many days, Deu 2:1. Nearly thirty-eight years they wandered in the deserts of Seir; probably in some of their rests they staid several years, and never stirred;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7