- 
                        
                        Verse Deuteronomy 2:3. _TURN YOU NORTHWARD._] From Mount Seir, in
order to get to Canaan. This was not the way they went before, viz.,
by Kadesh-barnea, but they were to proceed between Edom on the on... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        _Ye have compassed this mountain long enough_ For the idiom see on
Deuteronomy 1:6.
_turn you northward_ Marching from Ḳadesh down the W. of Mt Se-îr,
Israel had now reached not the sea, but probably... 
- 
                        
                        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_... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        _AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO ME, SAYING,_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        YE HAVE COMPASSED THIS MOUNTAIN LONG ENOUGH: TURN YOU NORTHWARD. —
Apparently this command must have been issued when they were in Kadesh
the second time, at the commencement of the fortieth year (Num... 
- 
                        
                        רַב ־לָכֶ֕ם סֹ֖ב אֶת ־הָ הָ֣ר הַ... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        It is a sweet lesson, spiritually considered, which the LORD'S people
may read here. Mount Seir is a type of the earth, and all its carnal
pursuits and pleasures. These hath the LORD given to the chil... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        YE HAVE COMPASSED THIS MOUNTAIN LONG ENOUGH,.... It was time to be
gone from thence, as from Horeb, Deuteronomy 1:6,
TURN YOU NORTHWARD; from the southern border of Edom towards the land
of Canaan, w... 
- 
                        
                        Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
Ver. 3. _Turn you northward._] Thus God's word was their director unto
all places, and in all actions. In which respect these historie... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        Ye have compassed this mountain long enough, after they had been
journeying back and forth some thirty-seven years; TURN YOU NORTHWARD,
back once more to the edge of the Wilderness of Paran.... 
- 
                        
                        FROM KADESH TO THE BROOK ZERED... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        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 2:3 skirted H5437 (H8800) mountain H2022 enough H7227 turn
H6437 (H8798) northward H6828
long enough -... 
- 
                        
                        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 
- 
                        
                        DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:2 THE LORD SAID TO ME. This
expression highlights Moses’ role as God’s official spokesman.
LONG ENOUGH. See also... 
- 
                        
                        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 1:6; Deuteronomy 2:14; Deuteronomy 2:7... 
- 
                        
                        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... 
- 
                        
                        Northward — Towards the land of the Amorites and Canaanites....