CHAPTER 2 THERE ARE OTHERS TO WHOM YAHWEH HAS GIVEN LAND AND THEY ARE TO BE LEFT ALONE; THE DEFEAT OF SIHON, KING OF THE AMORITES. So their fathers had failed to receive the land. But now the people are stirred up to go forward and take the land which God is giving them. He stresses, however, that... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHILDREN OF ESAU IN SEIR (EDOM) THEIR BROTHER TRIBE WAS TO BE LEFT ALONE (DEUTERONOMY 2:4). The first to be approached were the children of Esau who dwelt in Seir. It is interesting that Edom is not mentioned by name, although they would later be known as Edomites. The emphasis is on their rela... [ Continue Reading ]
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 note that in giving them the land He had dealt with the Emim, a people the equal of the Anakim. Thi... [ Continue Reading ]
PASSING BY AMMON (DEUTERONOMY 2:18). Ammon, Moab's brother tribe, had also 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 note that in giving them the land He had dealt with the Zamzummim, a people of the Repha... [ Continue Reading ]
“ Rise yourselves up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon. See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it, and contend with him in battle.” They were now therefore to rise and cross the River Arnon and its valle... [ Continue Reading ]
“ This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who will hear the report about you, and will tremble, and be in anguish because of you.” This day is the day when they ‘passed over Ar the border of Moab'. Serious battles were now begi... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH'S DEALINGS WITH SIHON, KING OF THE AMORITES (DEUTERONOMY 2:26). There is no suggestion that Yahweh had given the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites to him. Sihon had rather taken it by force of arms from Moab and had no divine right to it, especially as he was an Amorite, and the Amorites w... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WAR WITH SIHON AND THE AMORITES (DEUTERONOMY 2:32). As a result of Sihon's refusal and show of force Israel retaliate and capture their cities and their land, and thus take possession of the land and a multitude of flocks and herds. We can analyse the passage as follows: a Sihon comes out aga... [ Continue Reading ]