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Deuteronomy 2:1-15
From Kadesh to the Brook Zered
From Kadesh to the Brook Zered
CHAPTER II _Moses continues to relate how they compassed Mount_ Seir, 1. _And the commands they received not to meddle with the_ _descendants of_ Esau, 2-8; _nor to distress the_ Moabites, 9. _Of...
Deuteronomy 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses’ present purpose. The command of Deuteronomy 2:2 relates to their journey from K...
_3. AFTER THE FORTY YEARS AND FROM CONFLICT TO CONQUEST_ CHAPTER 2 _ 1. From Kadesh to the land of the Amorites (Deuteronomy 2:1)_ 2. The command to possess (Deuteronomy 2:24) 3. The conquest of S...
FROM KADESH-BARNEA TO WADY-ZERED. The present passage seems to contradict the parallel narrative in Numbers 20 f. Deuteronomy 2:1_ b. i.e._ we lingered in the neighbourhood of Mt. Seir a good length o...
TURNED. faced about. Compare Deuteronomy 1:7. AS. according as. THE LORD SPAKE. Jehovah spake at nine "sundry times" and in three "divers manners": 1. To me (Moses), Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy
Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_...
_Then we turned_, etc.] See on Deuteronomy 1:7. _by the way to the Red Sea_ Rather, IN THE DIRECTION OF THE RED SEA. _as the Lord spake unto me_ Deuteronomy 1:40. _and we compassed mount Seir_ The r...
_VER._ 1. _AND WE COMPASSED MOUNT SEIR_— The meaning is, they spent near thirty-eight years in the encampments and slow marches made in the wilderness, which lies round the south and west borders of t...
LESSON TWO DEUTERONOMY 2:1-23 4. PASSING THROUGH EDOM (Deuteronomy 2:1-8) Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compasse...
_THEN WE TURNED, AND TOOK OUR JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS BY THE WAY OF THE RED SEA, AS THE LORD SPAKE UNTO ME: AND WE COMPASSED MOUNT SEIR MANY DAYS._ Then we turned, and took our journey ... by the...
FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promised Land...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 V1 ‘Then we turned back and we went towards the *desert. We travelled along the way to the Re...
II. (1) THEN. — In the original simply “And.” There is no note of time. BY THE WAY OF THE RED SEA. — i.e., in the direction of the Gulf of Akabah, _southwards._ AS THE LORD SPAKE UNTO ME. — In Numb...
וַ נֵּ֜פֶן וַ נִּסַּ֤ע הַ מִּדְבָּ֨רָה֙ דֶּ֣ר
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 3:1 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1,...
JOURNEYING AND DYING IN THE WILDERNESS Deuteronomy 1:41; Deuteronomy 2:1 We cannot obtain by our impetuosity and insistence what God offers only as a free gift to our faith. The Land of Promise is no...
Continuing his discourse, Moses reviewed the second movement from Kadesh\-barnea to Heshbon. The notes which characterized the description of the first period are found also in this review of the seco...
Then (a) we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir (b) many days. (a) They obeyed, after God had chastised...
Sea, encamping again at Mosera. When they were at Asiongaber, they were ordered to go to the north, by the mountains of Idumea or of Seir. Being arrived at Cades, they attempted to penetrate into Chan...
CONTENTS This chapter is a continuation of Moses' sermon. It is full of memorials, in bringing to the people's recollection the events with which GOD had distinguished his mercy towards them, while p...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
1._Then we turned and took our journey. _The time in which they struck their camp is not stated in the book of Numbers. This verse, therefore, will aptly connect the history, since otherwise there wou...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...
THEN WE TURNED,.... From Kadesh, where they had been many days, and so also their backs on the land of Canaan, on the borders of which they had been: AND TOOK OUR JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS, BY THE...
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. Ver. 1. _Then we turned,_] viz., When we had boug...
_We compassed mount Seir_ The mountainous part of Edom, or Idumea. _Many days_ Even for thirty-eight years, which time they spent in tedious marches to and fro through that desert country, reaching fr...
1 The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor with the Moabites, 17 nor with the Ammonites, 24 but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them. 1 THEN we turned, and to...
WILDERNESS WANDERINGS (vs.1-25) From Kadesh Barnea Israel had to virtually retrace their steps, going back toward the Red Sea. Believers today find similar experiences because of lack of faith. Inste...
1-7 Only a short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness is given. God not only chastised them for their murmuring and unbelief, but prepared them for Canaan; by humbling them for sin, t...
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 2 Their march from Kadesh-barnea, DEUTERONOMY 2:1. A charge that they trouble not the Edomites, DEUTERONOMY 2:4,5; nor the Moabites, DEUTERONOMY 2:9; nor the Ammonites,...
The closing lines of chapter 1 show us the people weeping before the Lord. "And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. So ye abode i...
Deuteronomy 2:1 turned H6437 (H8799) journeyed H5265 (H8799) wilderness H4057 Way H1870 Red H5488 Sea H3220 LORD
CHAPTER 2 THERE ARE OTHERS TO WHOM YAHWEH HAS GIVEN LAND AND THEY ARE TO BE LEFT ALONE; THE DEFEAT OF SIHON, KING OF THE AMORITES. So their fathers had failed to receive the land. But now the people a...
CONTENTS: The wanderings and conflicts in the wilderness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Sihon. CONCLUSION: It is a work of time to make souls meet for the heavenly Canaan and it must be done by many a lon...
Deuteronomy 2:10. _The Emims;_ that is, men of terrific aspect with regard to stature, armour, and appearance. Deuteronomy 2:12. _The Horims,_ Horites, Genesis 14:6, which Esau had destroyed. The infe...
_Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward._ A SERMON FOR THE NEW YEAR Such were the words which the Lord spoke to Moses, after the children of Israel had been compassing Mount...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:1__ Moses recalls a time near the end of the 40-year wilderness period when Israel peacefully passed through three nations distantly related to it (see Numbers
CRITICAL NOTES.— Deuteronomy 2:1. The story continued. After the unsuccessful attack, Israel broke up emcampment at Kadesh. Many days. _i.e._, many years in a nomadic life, wandering in various direc...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 2:1 THE NEW BEGINNING AND REVIEW OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF ISRAEL FROM KADESH TO THE RIVER
So we turned, and took our journey by way of the wilderness back toward the Red sea. And the LORD spake to me saying, you've compassed this mountain long enough: go north. And he commanded the people....
Deuteronomy 1:2; Deuteronomy 1:40; Judges 11:18; Numbers 14:25;...
TURNING BACKWARD Deuteronomy 2:1 _and Deuteronomy 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They had come up to K...
Mount Seir — The mountainous country of Seir or Edom. Many days — Even for thirty eight years....