And 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:

Ver. 4. Which dwell in Seir.] To distinguish them from the Amalekites, Esau's seed too, but devoted to destruction.

And they shall be afraid of you.] Though worse afraid than hurt.

Hic rogo, non furor est, ne moriare, mori?

We read of some Jews, that at the sack of Jerusalem killed themselves lest they should be taken by the enemy.

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