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Deuteronomy 2:8-10
Contemporary English Version
Deuteronomy 2:8-10
Contemporary English Version
8 We went past the territory that belonged to our relatives, the descendants of Esau.[a] We followed Arabah Road that starts in the south at Elath and Ezion-Geber, then we turned onto the desert road that leads to Moab.
9 (A) The Lord told me, “Don't try to start a war with Moab. Leave them alone, because I gave the land of Ar[b] to them,[c] and I will not let you have any of it.”
Tribes That Lived near Canaan
10 Before the Lord gave the Moabites their land, a large and powerful tribe lived there. They were the Emim, and they were as tall as the Anakim.
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- 2.8 We went past … Esau: According to Numbers 20.14-21, the king of Edom did not let the Israelites go through his land.
- 2.9 Ar: One of the main cities of Moab (see Numbers 21.28); sometimes it may have stood for the whole territory of Moab.
- 2.9 them: The Hebrew text has “the descendants of Lot”; the nation of Moab descended from Moab, who was the son of Lot, the nephew of Abraham.
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