Deuteronomy 2:36

24-37 God tried his people, by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorites. If we keep from what God forbids, we shall not lose by our obedience. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; and he gives it to whom he pleases; but when there is no express direction, none can plead his grant for such proceedings. Though God assured the Israelites that the land should be their own, yet they must contend with the enemy. What God gives we must endeavour to get. What a new world did Israel now come into! Much more joyful will the change be, which holy souls will experience, when they remove out of the wilderness of this world to the better country, that is, the heavenly, to the city that has foundations. Let us, by reflecting upon God's dealings with his people Israel, be led to meditate upon our years spent...

Verse Deuteronomy 2:36. _FROM AROER - BY THE BRINK OF THE RIVER OF ARNON_] Numbers 21:13, c....

AROER, WHICH IS BY THE BRINK OF THE RIVER OF ARNON - Aroer stood on the north bank of the river, and was assigned Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:16 to the tribe of Reuben, of which it formed the most southerly city. The valley of the Arnon is here deep, and the descent to it abrupt. In Roman times it was spanned by a viaduct, the ruins of which still remain, and which was probably built on the lines of the original structure of Mesha 2 Kings 3:5. Aroer here must not be confounded with “Aroer, which is before Rabbah” Joshua 13:25. This latter place was “built,” “i. e.” rebuilt, by the Gadites...

EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 2:1 THE NEW BEGINNING AND REVIEW OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF ISRAEL FROM KADESH TO THE RIVER ARNON, THE FRONTIER OF THE AMORITES. At this point the language of address is exchanged for that of narrative. The change of subject from "ye abode" to "we turned," became necessary when Moses passed from exhorting and warning the people to narrating what happened after they resumed their journeyings; and gives no support to the notion of some recent German critics, that Moses left Ka

FROM AROER, WHICH IS BY THE BRINK OF THE RIVER ARNON.... Upon the border of Moab, and the principal city of it; see Jeremiah 48:19 AND FROM THE CITY THAT IS BY THE RIVER; or even the city that is in the midst of the river, the city Aroer, which seems to be meant; see Joshua 12:2. This river is afterwards called the river of Gad, 2 Samuel 24:5 in the midst of it Aroer was, perhaps because it was possessed by the tribe of Gad: EVEN UNTO GILEAD; Mount Gilead and the country adjacent to it, which belonged to Og king of Bashan: THERE WAS NOT ONE CITY TOO STRONG FOR US; that could hold out against them, when attacked and besieged by them, but presently sur

_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 Sihon (Deuteronomy 2:26) The many days in the first verse are the thirty-eight years. We must notice the little word “we.” “We turned and took our journey into the wilderness.” Moses, Aaron, his sons, Joshua, Caleb and the faithful Levites turned back with the unfaithful, murmuring Israelites. Moses and all who had not shared in the unbelief of the people submitted to the sovereign will of the Lord. How strange it would have been if they had complained in sharing in

Antiquarian note by an editor (_cf. Deuteronomy 2:10_). Deuteronomy 2:20. Zamzummim: the Zuzim of Genesis 14:5 *, so Keil and others. Deuteronomy 2:22. unto this day: frequent in Dt. (Deuteronomy 3:14, etc.), Jos., and Jg. in a similar context. The implication is that the state of things described continued down to the writer's day. Deuteronomy 2:23. Avvim (better Awwim) dispossessed by the Philistines

AROER. Numbers 32:34. The name is on the Moabite Stone. See App-54. THE CITY: i.e. Ar of Moab. Numbers 21:15. DELIVERED. Compare Judges 11:21; Judges 11:22; Judges 11:26. "For His mercy endureth for ever", Psalms 136:18....

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_(Deuteronomy 3:29), a review of Israel's experiences since they left Ḥoreb. In the Plur. form of address except for the following fragments Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 1:21;...

LESSON THREE DEUTERONOMY 2:24 TO DEUTERONOMY 3:29 7. FIRST SUCCESSFUL CONQUESTS (Deuteronomy 2:24 to Deuteronomy 3:11) a. OVER SIHON KING OF HESHBON (Deuteronomy 2:24-37) 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven,