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 20:14). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 Deuteronomy 1:6. This formally announces the end of the 40-year wilderness wandering. YOUR BROTHERS. The nation of Edom descended from Jacob’s twin broth... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:5 AS A POSSESSION. This expression also occurs in vv. Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19 with respect to Moab and Ammon (and in v. Deuteronomy 2:12 with respect to Israel’s own territory). Apparently God forbids Israel to take land from these nations because they are... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:6 Israel is not to be indebted to anyone other than God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:8 ELATH AND EZION-GEBER were seaports on the Red Sea at the Gulf of Aqaba (see v. Deuteronomy 2:1). The ARABAH ROAD ran from these towns northward to the Dead Sea. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:9 MOAB, like Ammon (v. Deuteronomy 2:19), was descended from LOT, Abraham’s nephew (Genesis 19:36). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:10 The people whom God had removed to give Moab its land included the very people Israel now feared (see Deuteronomy 1:28). Israel should trust God instead of fearing these people. REPHAIM, like Anakim, were so TALL that the people of Israel thought of them as “gian... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:13 The BROOK ZERED was actually a “wadi,” which means it usually flowed only after rain. It was the border between Edom and Moab. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS. The adults who earlier refused to enter Canaan have now all died in the wilderness, just as God had said they would... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:24 The wadi ARNON (see note on vv. 13–15) flowed into the Dead Sea and marked the border between Moab to the south and Amorite territory and Ammon to the north. SIHON THE AMORITE. See Numbers 21:21. According to Genesis 15:16, the land would be given to Israel when... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:26 HESHBON was a fertile land north of Moab and Ammon, east of the Jordan River. The offer of WORDS OF PEACE does not seem to match the instruction to fight in v. Deuteronomy 2:24. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.le... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:30 GOD HARDENED HIS SPIRIT AND MADE HIS HEART OBSTINATE just as with Pharaoh during the plagues (Exodus 9:12; Exodus 10:1; etc.). On hardening, see note on Ex. 4:21. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:32 JAHAZ is mentioned in Joshua 13:18 and Joshua 21:36. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:34 DEVOTED TO DESTRUCTION. Since God is the victor, the spoils of battle belong to him. God orders Sihon’s destruction (see notes on Lev. 27:28–29; Deuteronomy 20:16). Destroying the city is an act of devotion to God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagNam... [ Continue Reading ]