Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Deuteronomy 2:9
Distress not the Moabites... I have given Ar unto the children of Lot. — The children of Lot, like those of Ishmael and Esau, had their earthly inheritance before the children of Abraham.
Distress not the Moabites... I have given Ar unto the children of Lot. — The children of Lot, like those of Ishmael and Esau, had their earthly inheritance before the children of Abraham.
The Moabites and the Ammonites Deuteronomy 2:19 being descended from Lot, the nephew of Abraham Genesis 19:30, were, like the Edomites, kinsmen of the Israelites....
_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...
THE LORD [Hebrew. _Jehovah._ said unto me (or Moses). Occurs thirteen times in Deut.: Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy 2:31; Deuteronomy 3:2;...
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_...
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...
_Vex not Moab_ Treat not Moab as a foe. _neither contend with them_ See on Deuteronomy 2:5. _Ar -Ar_(Numbers 21:15) or _-Ar of Mo'ab_(_id._28) is in these passages a township, probably the same as _-...
_VER._ 9. _I HAVE GIVEN AR UNTO THE CHILDREN OF LOT_— _Ar,_ the capital of Moab, is here put for the whole country. Though the Moabites were now a wicked people; yet, for the sake of their pious ances...
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...
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, DISTRESS NOT THE MOABITES, NEITHER CONTEND WITH THEM IN BATTLE: FOR I WILL NOT GIVE THEE OF THEIR LAND FOR A POSSESSION; BECAUSE I HAVE GIVEN AR UNTO THE CHILDREN OF LOT FO...
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...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י אֶל ־תָּ֨צַר֙ אֶת
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...
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land [for] a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children (e) of L...
_Moabites. They allowed the Hebrews to pass, as the Idumeans had done; (ver. 29,) but they treated them with no particular marks of affection, (chap. xxiii. 3,) nor would they suffer them to go across...
Evidently this precept was intended to teach the people of GOD then, and through them the people of GOD in all ages, not to love the world neither the things of the world. They who are set out for Can...
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...
9._And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites. _He had previously forbidden them to enter the land of Edom, unless consent were obtained. A similar prohibition is now added with respect to t...
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 THE LORD SAID UNTO ME,.... When upon the borders of Moab: DISTRESS NOT THE MOABITES, NEITHER CONTEND WITH THAN IN BATTLE; besiege not any of their cities, nor draw them into a battle, or provoke...
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land [for] a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot ...
_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 th...
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 the Lord said unto me, Distress not, use no hostile attitude toward, do not attack, THE MOABITES, NEITHER CONTEND WITH THEM IN BATTLE; FOR I WILL NOT GIVE THEE OF THEIR LAND FOR A POSSESSION; BECA...
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...
DISTRESS NOT THE MOABITES: Or, use no hostility against Moab...
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...
AR, the chief city of the Moabites, NUMBERS 21:15,28, 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,...
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 2:9 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) harass H6696 (H8799) Moab H4124 contend H1624 (H8691) battle...
THEIR DEALINGS WITH MOAB (DEU DEUTERONOMY 2:8 A). Moab too had been given possession of their land by Yahweh, because of His love for Abraham. Thus they too were not to be molested. And they were to...
GIVEN AR A region east of the Dead Sea....
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 2:9 MOAB, like Ammon (v. Deuteronomy 2:19), was descended from LOT, Abraham’s nephew ...
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....
2 Chronicles 20:10; Deuteronomy 2:19; Deuteronomy 2:5; Genesis 19:36;...
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...
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...