Deuteronomy 2:1-15
Lexham English Bible
2 “Then we turned and set out toward the wilderness[a] in the direction of the Red Sea,[b] as Yahweh told me, and we went around Mount Seir for many days. 2 Yahweh spoke to me, saying,[c] 3 ‘Long enough you have been skirting this mountain; turn yourselves north, 4 and instruct[d] the people, saying,[e] “You are about to cross through the territory of your brothers, the descendants[f] of Esau, who are living in Seir; they will be afraid of you, and so be very careful. 5 Do not get involved in battle[g] with them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot’s breadth[h] of it; since I have given Mount Seir as a possession for Esau. 6 You shall buy food from them so that you may eat; and also you shall purchase water from them with money so that you may drink. 7 The fact of the matter is, Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work you have done;[i] he knows your travels[j] with respect to this great wilderness; forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’ 8 And so we passed by our brothers, the descendants[k] of Esau, who live in Seir, past the road of the Arabah,[l] from Elath and Ezion Geber, and we turned and traveled along the route of the desert[m] of Moab.
9 And Yahweh said to me, ‘You shall not attack Moab, and you shall not engage in war[n] with them, for I will not give you any of his land as a possession; I have given Ar to the descendants[o] of Lot as a possession.’ 10 (The Emim previously lived in it, a people large,[p] numerous, and tall, like the Anakites. 11 They were reckoned also as Rephaim as the Anakites were; but the Moabites called them Emim. 12 The Horites previously lived in Seir, but the descendants[q] of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from among themselves,[r] as Israel did with respect to the land of their[s] possession that Yahweh gave to them.) 13 So now arise and cross over the wadi[t] of Zered yourselves; and so we crossed the wadi[u] of Zered. 14 Now the length of time[v] that we had traveled from Kadesh Barnea until the time when we crossed the wadi[w] of Zered was thirty-eight years, until the perishing of all of that generation; that is, the men of war from the midst of the camp as Yahweh had sworn to them. 15 The hand of Yahweh was against them to root them out from the midst of the camp until they perished completely.
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- Deuteronomy 2:1 Or “desert”
- Deuteronomy 2:1 Literally “sea of reeds”
- Deuteronomy 2:2 Literally “to say”
- Deuteronomy 2:4 Or “command”
- Deuteronomy 2:4 Literally “to say”
- Deuteronomy 2:4 Or “sons”
- Deuteronomy 2:5 Or “provoke”
- Deuteronomy 2:5 Literally “a sole’s foot of space”
- Deuteronomy 2:7 Literally “the work of your hand”
- Deuteronomy 2:7 Literally “your journeying”
- Deuteronomy 2:8 Or “sons”
- Deuteronomy 2:8 Or “Jordan Valley” since the Arabah is an extension of it
- Deuteronomy 2:8 Or “wilderness”
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Or “battle”
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Or “sons”
- Deuteronomy 2:10 Or “great” in the sense of influential
- Deuteronomy 2:12 Or “sons”
- Deuteronomy 2:12 Literally “from their presence”
- Deuteronomy 2:12 Literally “its/his”
- Deuteronomy 2:13 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Deuteronomy 2:13 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Deuteronomy 2:14 Literally “days”
- Deuteronomy 2:14 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
Deuteronomy 2:1-15
International Standard Version
Israel Passes through Edomite Territory
2 “We turned and set out for the desert on the road to the Reed[a] Sea, just as the Lord had directed me. We traveled around Mount Seir for many days. 2 Then the Lord told me, 3 ‘You’ve walked around this mountain long enough. Turn northward 4 and command this people, “You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau who live around Seir. They will be afraid of you so be very careful. 5 Don’t fight them, because I won’t give you any part of their land, not even the size of a footprint.[b] I have given Mount Seir to Esau as their property. 6 You may buy food to eat and water to drink from them, paying[c] with cash.”’ 7 Indeed, the Lord your God blessed all the works of your hands. He knows about your travels through this vast desert. The Lord your God was with you these past 40 years, so that you didn’t lack anything. 8 So we bypassed our relatives, the descendants of Esau who live in Seir. We turned through the Arabah desert from Elath, and from Ezion-geber we traveled the desert road to Moab.”
Israel Passes through Moabite Territory
9 “Then the Lord told me, ‘Don’t harass Moab or provoke them to war, because I won’t give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their property. 10 (The Emites, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakim,[d] lived there before. 11 Like the Anakim,[e] they were thought of as Rephaim,[f] but the Moabites called them Emites. 12 The Horites used to live in Seir before the descendants of Esau dispossessed them, exterminated them, and settled there instead, just as Israel will do in the land of its possession, which the Lord gave them.) 13 Now get going and cross the Wadi[g] Zered.’ And so we crossed the Wadi[h] Zered. 14 Now from the time we left Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Wadi[i] Zered was 38 years. All of that generation, the soldiers in the camp, were destroyed just as the Lord swore they would be. 15 Indeed, the hand of the Lord was against them to root them out from the camp until they were utterly destroyed.”
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- Deuteronomy 2:1 So MT; LXX reads Red
- Deuteronomy 2:5 Lit. the treading of the calf of your foot
- Deuteronomy 2:6 The Heb. lacks paying
- Deuteronomy 2:10 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2
- Deuteronomy 2:11 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2
- Deuteronomy 2:11 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33
- Deuteronomy 2:13 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
- Deuteronomy 2:13 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
- Deuteronomy 2:14 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
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