We turned From our direct road, which lay through Edom. Ar The chief city of the Moabites, here put for the whole country which depended upon it. The children of Lot So called to signify that this preservation was not for their sakes, for they were a wicked people, but for Lot's sake, whose memory God yet honoured.
Elath (Akaba) is at the northern extremity of the eastern arm of the Red Sea, and gives to that arm the name of the Elanitic Gulf. The name means “trees;” and is still justified by the grove of palm-t...
_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...
PASSED BY. Compare Numbers 20:21; Numbers 21:11. FROM ELATH, &C. Gulf of Akabah. Compare Numbers 33:35; Numbers 33:36, and
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_...
_So we passed by from our brethren_, etc.] The Heb. prep. _me'eth_is _from with_; but probably we should read merely _"eth_the sign of the accus.: _we crossed_or _passed through our brethren_(cp. 4 an...
8 _b_15. Arrival on the Border of Moab Israel, having crossed Edom from the -Arabah towards the wilderness of Moab (8 _b_), is charged not to treat Moab as a foe. Jehovah gave -Ar, their land, to the...
5. PASSING THROUGH MOAB (Deuteronomy 2:8-15) And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will no...
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 WHEN WE PASSED BY FROM OUR BRETHREN THE CHILDREN OF ESAU, WHICH DWELT IN SEIR, THROUGH THE WAY OF THE PLAIN FROM ELATH, AND FROM EZIONGABER, WE TURNED AND PASSED BY THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS OF M...
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...
WHEN WE PASSED... FROM... ESAU... THROUGH THE WAY OF THE PLAIN FROM ELATH. — The route from Seir, after Esau’s refusal, was _southward_ to Ezion-geber, at the head of the Gulf of Akabah, and Elath, a...
וַֽ נַּעֲבֹ֞ר מֵ אֵ֧ת אַחֵ֣ינוּ בְנֵי ־עֵשָׂ֗
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...
Was not Esau, Jacob's brother? saith the LORD, Malachi 1:2. Yes! he was. And doth GOD distinguish now between men that are brethren in nature, and form them without alliance in grace? Hath he done so...
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...
AND WHEN WE PASSED BY FROM OUR BRETHREN THE CHILDREN OF ESAU, WHICH DWELT IN SELF,.... Along their coasts, by the borders of their country: THROUGH THE WAY OF THE PLAIN; the wilderness of Zin, where...
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...
And when we passed by from our brethren, the children of Esau, which they did by marching around their country, WHICH DWELT IN SEIR, THROUGH THE WAY OF THE PLAIN FROM ELATH, on the shore of the Elanit...
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...
8-23 We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show wha...
EZION-GABER; of which see NUMBERS 33:35, which may be either that place upon the Red Sea, 1 KINGS 9:26, or another of the same name. WE TURNED, to wit, from our direct road which lay through Edom's la...
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 2:8 passed H5674 (H8799) brethren H251 descendants H1121 Esau H6215 dwell H3427 (H8802) Seir H8165 ro
THE CHILDREN OF ESAU IN SEIR (EDOM) THEIR BROTHER TRIBE WAS TO BE LEFT ALONE (DEUTERONOMY 2:4). The first to be approached were the children of Esau who dwelt in Seir. It is interesting that Edom is n...
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...
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 2:8 ELATH AND EZION-GEBER were seaports on the Red Sea at the Gulf of Aqaba (see v. Deuteronomy 2:1). The Ar
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....
1 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 16:6; Judges 11:18; Numbers 20:20
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...
We turned — From our direct road which lay through Edom....