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Deuteronomy Chapter
Two
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 2
In
this chapter Moses goes on with his account of the affairs of the people of
Israel
and what befell them
how they turned into the wilderness again; but
passes over in silence their travels there
till they came to Mount Self
where
having been some time they were bid to depart
Deuteronomy 2:1
and were directed not to meddle with the Edomites
or take anything from them
but pay them for what they should have of them
since they lacked not
Deuteronomy 2:4
nor to distress the Moabites
of whose country
as formerly inhabited
and also
of Edom
some account is given
Deuteronomy 2:9
when they were bid to go over the brook Zered
to which from their coming from
Kadeshbarnea was the space of thirty eight years
in which time the former
generation was consumed
Deuteronomy 2:13
and now passing along the borders of Moab
they were ordered not to meddle with
nor distress the children of Ammon
of whose land also
and the former
inhabitants of it
an account is given
Deuteronomy 2:17
then passing over the river Arnon
they are bid to fight with Sihon king of the
Amorites
and possess his land
Deuteronomy 2:24 to
whom they sent messengers
desiring leave to pass through his land
and to
furnish them with provisions for their money
as the Edomites and Moabites had
done
Deuteronomy 2:26 but
he refusing
this gave them an opportunity to attack him
in which they
succeeded
slew him and his people
and took possession of his country
Deuteronomy 2:30.
Deuteronomy 2:1 “Then we turned
and journeyed into the wilderness of the Way of the Red Sea
as the Lord spoke to me
and we skirted Mount Seir for many days.
YLT
1`And we turn
and journey
into the wilderness
the way of the Red Sea
as Jehovah hath spoken unto me
and we go round the mount of Seir many days.
Then we turned
.... From Kadesh
where they had been many
days
and so also their backs on the land of Canaan
on the borders of which
they had been:
and took our journey into the wilderness
by the way of the Red
sea
as the Lord spake unto me; Deuteronomy 1:40.
and we compassed Mount Seir many days; many think by
Mount Seir is meant the whole mountainous country of Edom
about which they
travelled to and fro in the wilderness that lay near it for the space of thirty
eight years
which they suppose are meant by many days; but I rather think they
came to this mount towards the close of the thirty eight years
before they
came to Kadesh
from whence they sent messengers to Edom
which they went round
about for several days
Deuteronomy 2:2 2 “And
the Lord spoke to me
saying:
YLT
2`And Jehovah speaketh unto
me
saying
And the Lord spake unto me
.... While about Mount
Seir:
saying; as follows.
Deuteronomy 2:3 3 ‘You
have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.
YLT
3Enough to you -- is the
going round of this mount; turn for yourselves northward.
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough
.... It was
time to be gone from thence
as from Horeb
Deuteronomy 1:6
turn you northward; from the southern border of Edom towards
the land of Canaan
which lay north. It was from Eziongeber in the land of
Edom
from whence the Israelites came to Kadesh
where they sent messengers to
the king of Edom
to desire a passage through his land; see Numbers 33:36.
Deuteronomy 2:4 4 And
command the people
saying
“You are about to pass through the territory
of your brethren
the descendants of Esau
who live in Seir; and they will be
afraid of you. Therefore watch yourselves carefully.
YLT
4`And the people command
thou
saying
Ye are passing over into the border of your brethren
sons of
Esau
who are dwelling in Seir
and they are afraid of you; and ye have been
very watchful
And command thou the people
.... Give them a strict
charge:
saying
ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the
children or Esau: not through the midst of their country
for that the king of
Edom would not admit of
but by or on the border of it:
and they shall be afraid of you; lest such a numerous
body of people as Israel were should seize upon their country
and dispossess
them of it
they having been so long
wanderers in a wilderness near them:
take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore; that they did
not take any advantage of their fears
and fall upon them
and do them
mischief
or that they did not provoke them to battle and overcome them.
Deuteronomy 2:5 5 Do
not meddle with them
for I will not give you any of their land
no
not
so much as one footstep
because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a
possession.
YLT
5ye do not strive with them
for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot;
for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.
Contend
not with them in battle
nor provoke them to it:
for I will not give you of their land
no not so much as a foot
breadth; or as the sole of a man's foot can tread on
signifying that
they should not have the least part of it
not any at all. Jarchi makes mention
of an exposition of theirs
that he would give them nothing of it until should
come the day of the treading of the sole of the foot in the mount of Olives
Zechariah 14:4
meaning not till the days of the Messiah
when Edom should be a possession of
Israel; see Numbers 24:18
Obadiah 1:19.
because I have given Mount Seir unto Esau for a possession; and therefore
not to be taken away from them; they have a right of inheritance of it; see Genesis 36:8.
Deuteronomy 2:6 6 You
shall buy food from them with money
that you may eat; and you shall also buy
water from them with money
that you may drink.
YLT
6`Food ye buy from them with
money
and have eaten; and also water ye buy from them with money
and have
drunk
That
is
if they would
as Aben Ezra observes; for though they had manna daily
yet
if they would they might buy other food when they had an opportunity
as they
would now have of Edom; but then they were not to take it by force or stealth
but pay for it
which they were able to do. The same writer observes
that some
read the words with an interrogation
"shall ye buy meat?" no
there
is no need of it; for the Lord had blessed them with a sufficiency of it:
and ye shall also buy water of them for money; that ye may drink; which was
usual in those hot countries; See Gill on Numbers 20:19 or
dig waterF25תכרו "fodietis"
Montanus. that is
pay for digging of wells for water
or buy water out of
wells dug in the land of Edom. Jarchi says in maritime places they express
buying by this word
and so it is used in the Arabic language; See Gill on Hosea 3:2.
Deuteronomy 2:7 7 “For
the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows
your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”’
YLT
7for Jehovah thy God hath
blessed thee in all the work of thy hands; He hath known thy walking in this
great wilderness these forty years; Jehovah thy God [is] with thee; thou hast
not lacked anything.
For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thine
hands
.... Had increased their cattle and substance
even though in a
wilderness:
he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness; every step
they took
and he owned them and prospered them in all things in which they
were concerned:
these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee: not only to
protect and defend them
but to provide all things necessary for them. This
number of years was not fully completed
but the round number is given instead
of the broken one:
thou hast lacked nothing: and since they had
wherewith to pay for their food and drink
they are directed to do it
and not
take anything from the Edomites in an unjust way; nor make themselves look poor
when they were rich
as Jarchi says.
Deuteronomy 2:8 8 “And
when we passed beyond our brethren
the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir
away from the road of the plain
away from Elath and Ezion Geber
we turned and
passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab.
YLT
8`And we pass by from our
brethren
sons of Esau
who are dwelling in Seir
by the way of the plain
by
Elath
and by Ezion-Gaber; and we turn
and pass over the way of the wilderness
of Moab;
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 Kadesh was:
from Elath and Eziongeber; the two ports on the
shore of the Red sea in the land of Edom; it was from the latter they came to
Kadesh; see Numbers 33:35.
Elath was ten miles from Petra
the metropolis of Edom
to the east of it
as
Jerom saysF26De loc. Heb. fol. 91. E. ; it is by JosephusF1Antiqu.
l. 8. c. 6. sect. 4. called Aelana
and by the Septuagint here Ailon; from
whence the Elanitic bay has its name; he speaks of it as not far from
Eziongeber
which he says was then called Berenice:
we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab; the
wilderness which is before Moab
towards the sun rising or the east
Numbers 21:11.
Deuteronomy 2:9 9 Then
the Lord said to me
‘Do not harass Moab
nor contend with them in battle
for I will not give you any of their land as a possession
because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.’”
YLT
9and Jehovah saith unto me
Do not distress Moab
nor stir thyself up against them [in] battle
for I do
not give to thee of their land [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I
have given Ar [for] a possession.'
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 them to fight:
for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; at least not
as yet
the measure of their sins not being fully up
and the time of their
punishment not come; otherwise in David's time they were subdued
and became
tributaries to him
and the Edomites also
2 Samuel 8:2
because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession; so the
Moabites were
they sprung from Moab
a son of Lot by his firstborn daughter
Genesis 19:37. Ar
was the metropolis of Moab
called Ar of Moab
Isaiah 15:1 and is
here put for the whole country of Moab; so Aben Ezra interprets it of Moab.
Jarchi says it is the name of the province; in the Septuagint version it called
Aroer.
Deuteronomy 2:10 10 (The
Emim had dwelt there in times past
a people as great and numerous and tall as
the Anakim.
YLT
10`The Emim formerly have
dwelt in it
a people great
and numerous
and tall
as the Anakim;
The Emims dwelt there in time past
.... We read of them as
early as the times of Chedorlaomer
Genesis 14:5 when
their dwelling was in Kirjathaim
a city which Sihon king of the Amorites took
from the Moabites
and which being taken from him
was with others given to the
tribe of Reuben
Numbers 32:37.
These are by some thought to be the same with the Yemim which Anah found and
met with in the wilderness
and defeated
which we render "mules"
Genesis 36:24. They
had their name from the fear and terror they put men into because of their
gigantic stature and great strength
as follows: it is probable they were the
descendants of Ham:
a people great and many
and tall as the Anakims; who were very
numerous
of a very bulky size of body
and of high stature
like the giants
the spies had seen at Hebron
the sons of Anak
a noted giant there
Numbers 13:22.
Deuteronomy 2:11 11 They
were also regarded as giants
[a] like the
Anakim
but the Moabites call them Emim.
YLT
11Rephaim they are reckoned
they also
as the Anakim; and the Moabites call them Emim.
Which also were accounted giants
as the Anakims
.... Because
of their bulky size and tall stature; or
"the Rephaim were they accounted
even they as the Anakims;'they were reckoned Rephaim
a name for giants in
early times
even as the Anakims were; see Genesis 14:5.
but the Moabites called them Emims; to distinguish them from
the Rephaim; so that it seems this name of Emims was not originally their name
but they are called so by a prolepsis
or anticipation
in Genesis 14:5 since
they had it from the Moabites
a people of a later date.
Deuteronomy 2:12 12 The
Horites formerly dwelt in Seir
but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them
and destroyed them from before them
and dwelt in their place
just as Israel
did to the land of their possession which the Lord gave
them.)
YLT
12And in Seir have the Horim
dwelt formerly; and the sons of Esau dispossess them
and destroy them from
before them
and dwell in their stead
as Israel hath done to the land of his
possession
which Jehovah hath given to them;
The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time
.... Which is
the name of a mount
and so of the country
from it; so called from Seir the
Horite
who dwelt in it before it was possessed by Esau and his sons; but who
the Horim or Horites were
from whence they had their name
is difficult to
say; they were as early as the times of Chedorlaomer
Genesis 14:6. They
seem to be so called from their dwelling in holes and caves in rocks
which the
southern part of Edom or Idumea was full of
and to be the same the Greeks call
Troglodytae:
but the children of Esau succeeded them; Esau and his
sons marrying among them
made way for getting the country into their
possession
as appears from Genesis 36:2 and in
which they afterwards settled themselves by the dint of sword
since it
follows:
when they had destroyed them from before them
and dwelt in their
stead; even in Seir where they had dwelt
afterwards called Edom
from
one of the names of Esau
Genesis 36:8.
as Israel did in the land of his possession
which the Lord gave
unto them; because this is said before the Canaanites were drove out of
their land
and it was possessed by the Israelites
some think this was written
by Ezra
or some other hand; but there is no need to suppose that; Moses
by a
spirit of prophecy
and in faith of the promises and prophecies of God relating
to this affair
which were just now about to be fulfilled
might write this;
besides
it may refer to what was already done to the kingdoms of Sihon and Og
kings of the Amorites; which had been taken from them
and given to the tribes
of Reuben and Gad
and the half tribe of Manasseh; and the above instances as
well as this may be observed
to encourage the people of Israel that they
should succeed in dispossessing the Canaanites
and settling in their land
in
like manner as dispossessions of this kind had already been made.
Deuteronomy 2:13 13 “‘Now
rise and cross over the Valley of the Zered.’ So we crossed over the Valley of
the Zered.
YLT
13now
rise ye
and pass over
for yourselves the brook Zered; and we pass over the brook Zered.
Now rise up
said I
and get you over the brook Zered
.... It is
called the valley of Zered
Numbers 21:12
the
word used signifying both a valley and a brook; and it is very probable there
were both a valley and a brook of the same name; it must be near Dibongad
since in one place it is said the Israelites came from Ijim and pitched in
Zered; and in another place that they came from thence
and pitched in Dibongad
Numbers 21:11 and
and we went over the brook Zered; which was fordable
or
perhaps at this time dried up.
Deuteronomy 2:14 14 And
the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of
the Zered was thirty-eight years
until all the generation of the men of
war was consumed from the midst of the camp
just as the Lord had sworn to them.
YLT
14`And the days which we have
walked from Kadesh-Barnea until that we have passed over the brook Zered
[are]
thirty and eight years
till the consumption of all the generation of the men
of battle from the midst of the camp
as Jehovah hath sworn to them;
And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea
.... The space
of time; or
"the days"F2והימים
"et dies"
Montanus; "dies autem"
Junius & Tremellius
Piscator. ; the number of them:
until we were come over the brook Zered
was thirty and eight
years; that is
from the time that the spies were sent and searched the
land
and brought a report of it; for they were sent from Kadeshbarnea
Numbers 32:8 unto
the passage of the Israelites over Zered
were thirty eight years; so long they
had been travelling in the wilderness
after they were come to the borders of
the land:
until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from
among the host; all that were twenty years old and upwards
and fit to go out to
war upon occasion
when the people were first numbered after they came out of
Egypt; all that generation was now consumed within the above space of time
excepting two
Caleb and Joshua:
as the Lord sware unto them; Numbers 14:21.
Deuteronomy 2:15 15 For
indeed the hand of the Lord was against them
to destroy
them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.
YLT
15and also the hand of
Jehovah hath been against them
to destroy them from the midst of the camp
till they are consumed.
For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them
.... His power
was exerted in a way of wrath and vengeance on them
for their murmurings at
the report of the spies; and therefore
it is no wonder they were consumed
for
strong is his hand
and high is his right hand; and when lifted up it falls
heavy
and there is no standing up under it
or against it: it smote them with
one disease or another
or brought one judgment or another upon them: as the
sword of Amalek
by which many were cut off
and the plague at Shittim in the
plains of Moab
in which died 24
000; besides the destruction of Korah and his
company
which was quickly after the affair of the spies
and the plague at
that time
of which died 14
700; and thus
by one stroke after another
he went
on to
destroy them from among the host until they were consumed
even all of
them but two
as follows.
Deuteronomy 2:16 16 “So
it was
when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people
YLT
16`And it cometh to pass
when all the men of battle have finished dying from the midst of the people
So it came to pass
when all the men of war were consumed
.... By
wasting diseases and judgments of one kind or another:
and dead from among the people; the rising and surviving
generation.
Deuteronomy 2:17 17 that
the Lord spoke to me
saying:
YLT
17that Jehovah speaketh unto
me
saying
That the Lord spoke unto me
.... At the brook Zered
having passed that
or at Dibongad
which was their next station:
saying; as follows.
Deuteronomy 2:18 18 ‘This
day you are to cross over at Ar
the boundary of Moab.
YLT
18Thou art passing over
to-day the border of Moab
even Ar
Thou art to pass over through Ar
.... That is
over the
river Arnon
by the city Ar of Moab
which was situated by it; see Deuteronomy 2:9 and
so Moses and the people of Israel were to pass along by that:
and by the coast of Moab; for they were not
admitted to enter the land and pass through it; only to travel on the borders
of it
and that they were to begin to do this day; the day the Lord spake to
Moses.
Deuteronomy 2:19 19 And
when you come near the people of Ammon
do not harass them or meddle
with them
for I will not give you any of the land of the people of
Ammon as a possession
because I have given it to the descendants of Lot
as a possession.’”
YLT
19and thou hast come near
over-against the sons of Ammon
thou dost not distress them
nor stir up
thyself against them
for I do not give [any] of the land of the sons of Ammon
to thee [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given it [for] a
possession.
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon
.... Who dwelt
near the Moabites
and were brethren
both descending from Lot
Genesis 19:37.
distress them not
nor meddle with them: lay no siege
to any of their cities
nor provoke them to war
nor engage in battle with them:
for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any
possession; that is
any part of it which was now in their hands; otherwise
half their land was given to the tribe of Gad; but then that was what Sihon
king of the Amorites had taken from them
and which Israel retook from him
and
so possessed it not as the land of the Ammonites
but of the Amorites
one of
the seven nations
whose land they were to inherit; see Joshua 13:25
because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession; the Ammonites
were the children of Lot by his second daughter
Genesis 19:38.
Deuteronomy 2:20 20 (That
was also regarded as a land of giants;[b] giants
formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites call them Zamzummim
YLT
20`A land of Rephaim it is
reckoned
even it; Rephaim dwelt in it formerly
and the Ammonites call them
Zamzummim;
That also was accounted a land of giants
.... Ammon was
so reckoned as well as Moab
Deuteronomy 2:10.
giants dwelt therein in old time; the Rephaim dwelt there
as they did also in Ashteroth Karnaim
Genesis 14:5.
and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; they are
thought to be the same with the Zuzims in Genesis 14:5 who
had their name
as HillerusF3Onomastic. Sacr. p. 158
288
289.
thinks
from Mezuzah
a door post
from their tall stature
being as high as
one; and for a like reason Saph the giant might have his name
2 Samuel 21:18. The
word Zamzummims
according to himF4Onomastic. Sacr. p. 161
310
428.
signifies contrivers of evil and terrible things; they were inventors of
wickedness
crafty and subtle in forming wicked and mischievous designs
which
struck terror into people
and made them formidable to them.
Deuteronomy 2:21 21 a
people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them before them
and they dispossessed them and dwelt in
their place
YLT
21a people great
and
numerous
and tall
as the Anakim
and Jehovah destroyeth them before them
and
they dispossess them
and dwell in their stead
A people great and many
and tall as the Anakims
.... As the
Emims were
Deuteronomy 2:10
but the Lord destroyed them before them; destroyed the Zamzummims before the
children of Amman; or otherwise they would have been an too much for them
being so numerous
and of such a gigantic stature:
and they succeeded them
and dwelt in their stead; and in this
way
and by these means
he gave them their land for a possession
Deuteronomy 2:19.
Deuteronomy 2:22 22 just
as He had done for the descendants of Esau
who dwelt in Seir
when He
destroyed the Horites from before them. They dispossessed them and dwelt in
their place
even to this day.
YLT
22as He hath done for the
sons of Esau
who are dwelling in Seir
when He destroyed the Horim from before
them
and they dispossess them
and dwell in their stead
unto this day.
As he did to the children of Esau which dwelt in Seir
.... He did
the like things for them as he did for the Ammonites:
when he destroyed the Horims from before them: which is
repeated from Deuteronomy 2:12
other instances of the like kind being here recited:
and they succeeded them
and dwelt in their stead
even unto this
day; See Gill on Deuteronomy 2:12.
Deuteronomy 2:23 23 And
the Avim
who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza—the Caphtorim
who came from
Caphtor
destroyed them and dwelt in their place.)
YLT
23`As to the Avim who are
dwelling in Hazerim unto Azzah
the Caphtorim -- who are coming out from
Caphtor -- have destroyed them
and dwell in their stead.
And the Avim
which dwelt in Hazerim
even unto Azzah
.... The same
with the Avites
who appear to have inhabited some part of the land of the
Philistines
in which Azzah or Gaza was
which was one of the five lordships of
the Philistines
Joshua 13:3. The
word Hazerim signifies courts
and a learned manF5Clayton's
Chronology of the Hebrew Bible
p. 65. interprets it of tents or huts placed in
a square or circular form
so as to have an area in the middle; and in such the
Avim may be supposed to dwell
while in Palestine
as far as Gaza:
the Caphtorim
which came from out of Caphtor
destroyed them; according to
the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan
and the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin
versions
these were Cappadocians
that came out of Cappadocia; but it seems
manifest that they were originally of Egypt
see Genesis 10:14 and
BochartF6Phaleg. l. 4. c. 32. col. 291
292. thinks they went from
thence into that part of Cappadocia that was near Colchis; but things not
answering their expectations
they returned
and drove out the Avim from their
country:
and dwelt in their stead; See Gill on Jeremiah 47:4
Amos 9:7. Though it
seems as if they were not utterly destroyed
but some escaped into Assyria
and
settled there
where was a place called Ava from them; and from whence they
were sent by the king of Assyria to repeople the cities of Samaria
after the
captivity of the ten tribes; see 2 Kings 17:24. Now
these several instances are observed to encourage the children of Israel to
hope and believe that they should be able to dispossess the Canaanites
and
inherit their land; such dispossessions having been very frequent
when it was
the will of God they should take place.
Deuteronomy 2:24 24 “‘Rise
take your journey
and cross over the River Arnon. Look
I have given into your
hand Sihon the Amorite
king of Heshbon
and his land. Begin to possess it
and engage him in battle.
YLT
24`Rise ye
journey and pass
over the brook Arnon; see
I have given into thy hand Sihon king of Heshbon
the Amorite
and his land; begin to possess
and stir up thyself against him
[in] battle.
Rise ye up
take your journey
and pass over the river Arnon
.... Which was
on the border of Moab
and divided between Moab and the Amorites
Numbers 21:13.
behold
I have given into thy hand Sihon
the Amorite
king of
Heshbon
and his land; that is
he had determined to give it to the
Israelites
for as yet it was not actually given; of this king
and the place
he was king of; see Gill on Numbers 21:21
Numbers 21:26 begin
to possess it
and contend with him in battle; provoke him to war
fight with
him
take his land from him
and enter upon the possession of it
hereby
assuring of victory.
Deuteronomy 2:25 25 This
day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the
whole heaven
who shall hear the report of you
and shall tremble and be in
anguish because of you.’
YLT
25This day I begin to put thy
dread and thy fear on the face of the peoples under the whole heavens
who hear
thy fame
and have trembled and been pained because of thee.
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee
.... And so
fulfil the prophecies delivered by Moses in Exodus 15:14.
and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole
heaven; not only the neighbouring nations
the Edomites
Moabites
Ammonites
Philistines
and Canaanites
but nations more remote even throughout
the whole world:
who shall report of thee; of what was done for
Israel in Egypt
and at the Red sea
and in the wilderness; and particularly of
the delivery of Sihon and Og
kings of the Amorites
and of their kingdoms into
their hands:
and shall tremble
and be in anguish because of thee; lest they
should proceed on
and make conquests of their lands also; see Joshua 2:9.
Deuteronomy 2:26 26 “And
I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon
with words of peace
saying
YLT
26`And I send messengers from
the wilderness of Kedemoth
unto Sihon king of Heshbon
-- words of peace --
saying
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth
.... A city in
the tribe of Reuben
and given by them to the Levites in later times
having
been taken from the Amorites with others; near this lay a wilderness
which
took its name from it
and seems to be the same with Jeshimon
Numbers 21:20. Aben
Ezra takes it to be the wilderness of Matthanah
which according to JeromF7De
loc. Heb. fol. 93. C. was situated on Arnon
twelve miles to the east of
Medeba; see Numbers 21:18 from
hence messengers were sent by Moses:
unto Sihon king of Heshbon
with words of peace; in a
peaceable and respectful manner
desiring to be at peace and in friendship with
him
and a continuance of it
which was done to leave him inexcusable; as
afterwards a like method was ordered to be taken
when they came to any city
to proclaim peace
and if an answer of peace was given
no hostilities were to
be committed
Deuteronomy 20:10
saying; as follows.
Deuteronomy 2:27 27 ‘Let
me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road
and I will turn
neither to the right nor to the left.
YLT
27Let me pass over through
thy land; in the several ways I go; I turn not aside -- right or left –
Let me pass through thy land
.... See Gill on Numbers 21:22
I will go along by the highway; the king's highway
as
in the place referred to
the public road:
I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left; to go into
his fields and vineyards
and gather the fruit
or tread down the corn and
vines
or do any manner of mischief to them; see the above place.
Deuteronomy 2:28 28 You
shall sell me food for money
that I may eat
and give me water for money
that
I may drink; only let me pass through on foot
YLT
28food for money thou dost
sell me
and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me
and I have
drunk; only
let me pass over on my feet
--
Thou shalt sell me meat for money
that I may eat
.... If they
thought fit to have provision of them
they desired no other but to pay for it:
and give me water for money
that I may drink; see Deuteronomy 2:6
only I will pass through on my feet; for they were all
footmen
Numbers 11:21
of
the phrase; see Gill on Numbers 20:19.
Deuteronomy 2:29 29 just
as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar
did for me
until I cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord our God is giving us.’
YLT
29as the sons of Esau who are
dwelling in Seir
and the Moabites who are dwelling in Ar
have done to me --
till that I pass over the Jordan
unto the land which Jehovah our God is giving
to us.
As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir
and the Moabites
which dwell in Ar
did unto me
.... Which respects
as Jarchi observes
not
the affair of passing through their land requested
for neither of them granted
that
but buying food and drink; for though the Edomites at first seem not to
have granted that
yet afterwards they did. The mountain of Seir
and the city
Ar
are put for the whole countries of Edom and Moab:
until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our
God giveth us; this is observed to remove any suspicion or jealousy of their
seizing his country
and taking possession of it
and dwelling in it; since
they only proposed to pass through it on their journey to the land of Canaan
which lay on the other side Jordan
over which they must pass in order to
possess it
which they had a right unto by the gift of God.
Deuteronomy 2:30 30 “But
Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through
for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate
that He
might deliver him into your hand
as it is this day.
YLT
30`And Sihon king of Heshbon
hath not been willing to let us pass over by him
for Jehovah thy God hath
hardened his spirit
and strengthened his heart
so as to give him into thy
hand as at this day.
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him
.... Or
through his country
as was desired:
for the Lord had hardened his spirit
and made his heart obstinate; as he did
Pharaoh's
for whom he will he hardens; so that he would not listen to the
proposals made to him
nor grant the requests asked of him
but with pride and
haughtiness of spirit despised and disdained Israel:
that he might deliver him into thine hand; that so an
opportunity might offer of fighting with him
and taking his country from him;
whereas
had he been peaceable and flexible
he had continued in the enjoyment
of his land
and Israel would not have had that advantage against him; but God
who has the hearts of kings and of all men in his hands
so wrought upon him
that he should take the steps he did
which made way for the delivery of him
and his country into the hands of the Israelites:
as appeareth this day: for when Moses made this
speech
the kingdom of Sihon was possessed by the Israelites
Numbers 21:24.
Deuteronomy 2:31 31 “And
the Lord said to me
‘See
I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to
you. Begin to possess it
that you may inherit his land.’
YLT
31`And Jehovah saith unto me
See
I have begun to give before thee Sihon and his land; begin to possess --
to possess his land.
And the Lord said unto me
.... After or about the
time when the messengers were sent to Sihon
perhaps when they had returned and
had brought his answer:
behold
I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee; by hardening
his heart
which was a sure token of his ruin
and a leading step to the
delivery of him into the hands of Israel:
begin to possess
that thou mayest inherit his land; move towards
it and enter into it
not fearing any opposition made by him.
Deuteronomy 2:32 32 Then
Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz.
YLT
32`And Sihon cometh out to
meet us
he and all his people
to battle to Jahaz;
Then Sihon came out against us
.... Perceiving they were
upon their march towards his land or into it
he gathered all his people and
went out of Heshbon their capital city
where he resided:
he and all his people
to fight at Jahaz; a city which
he had taken from the king of Moab
and which in later times
after the
captivity of the ten tribes
came into their hands again
Isaiah 15:4; see
Gill on Numbers 21:21.
Deuteronomy 2:33 33 And
the Lord our God delivered him over to us; so we defeated him
his sons
and
all his people.
YLT
33and Jehovah our God giveth
him before us
and we smite him
and his sons
and all his people;
And the Lord our God delivered him before us
.... With
their lands:
and we smote him and his sons
and all his people; with the edge
of the sword; slew them all: the Cetib or textual reading is "his
son"
though the Keri or margin is "his sons"
which we follow.
So Jarchi observes
it is written "his son"
because he had a son
mighty as himself
he says.
Deuteronomy 2:34 34 We
took all his cities at that time
and we utterly destroyed the men
women
and
little ones of every city; we left none remaining.
YLT
34and we capture all his
cities at that time
and devote the whole city
men
and the women
and the infants
-- we have not left a remnant;
And we took all his cities at that time
.... As
Heshbon
and others mentioned in Numbers 21:25
and utterly destroyed the men
and the women
and the little ones
of every city
we left none to remain; for the Amorites were
one of the seven nations who were devoted to destruction
the measure of whose
iniquity was now full
and therefore vengeance was taken.
Deuteronomy 2:35 35 We
took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves
with the spoil of the cities
which we took.
YLT
35only
the cattle we have
spoiled for ourselves
and the spoil of the cities which we have captured.
Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves
.... These
they did not destroy
but preserved alive for their own use and profit
and
took them as their own property:
and the spoil of the cities which we took; as household
goods
gold
silver
and whatever valuable was found by them; this they took as
plunder
and shared it among themselves.
Deuteronomy 2:36 36 From
Aroer
which is on the bank of the River Arnon
and from the city
that is in the ravine
as far as Gilead
there was not one city too
strong for us; the Lord our God delivered all to us.
YLT
36`From Aroer
which [is] by
the edge of the brook Arnon
and the city which [is] by the brook
even unto
Gilead there hath not been a city which [is] too high for us; the whole hath
Jehovah our God given before us.
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
surrendered:
the Lord our God delivered all unto us; Moses
ascribes all the victories and success they had unto the Lord
not to their own
might and power
but to the power of God with them
and his blessing on them.
Deuteronomy 2:37 37 Only
you did not go near the land of the people of Ammon—anywhere along the River
Jabbok
or to the cities of the mountains
or wherever the Lord our God had forbidden us.
YLT
37`Only
unto the land of the
sons of Ammon thou hast not drawn near
any part of the brook Jabbok
and
cities of the hill-country
and anything which Jehovah our God hath [not]
commanded.
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not
.... Which was
then in their possession; otherwise what Sihon had took away from them
that
the children of Israel came into and enjoyed
as before observed
Deuteronomy 2:19.
nor unto any place of the river Jabbok; any town or
city situated on this river
which was the border of the children of Ammon
Deuteronomy 3:16;
see Gill on Genesis 32:22
nor unto the cities in the mountains; much less did
they penetrate into the innermost parts of their country
the mountainous part
thereof
and the cities there:
nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us: whether in
Edom
Moab
or Ammon
particularly the latter
of which he is more especially
and peculiarly speaking.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)