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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 2:4

Ye are to pass through the coast. — Literally, Ye are passing through the border. This was apparently said before the permission was asked, and in view of the request made for it (Numbers 20:17). But Edom refused to let Israel pass through his coast or border (Numbers 20:21).

They shall be afraid of you. — According to the prophecy in the song of Moses (Exodus 15:15), “Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed.”

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See also Deuteronomy 2:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Compare the marginal reference. Though the Edomites resisted the passage through the midst of their land, they did not, and probably could not, oppose the “passing through the coast” or along their ea...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    _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 S...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FROM KADESH-BARNEA TO WADY-ZERED. The present passage seems to contradict the parallel narrative in Numbers 20 f. Deuteronomy 2:1_ b. i.e._ we lingered in the neighbourhood of Mt. Seir a good length o...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PASS THROUGH. cross the border. Numbers 20:4; Numbers 20:14; Judges 11:17. CHILDREN. sons....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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_...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Ye are to pass_ The Heb. participle expressing, as often, the immediate future. _through the border_ Rather THROUGH THE TERRITORY. The preposition is the same as that used in Israel's request in JE,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promised Land...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THROUGH THE COAST] RV 'through the border,' as in Numbers 20:18. The Edomites, however, refused to give them a passage through their country: see Numbers 20:14. The Israelites accordingly went southwa...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אֶת ־הָ עָם֮ צַ֣ו לֵ אמֹר֒...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing his discourse, Moses reviewed the second movement from Kadesh\-barnea to Heshbon. The notes which characterized the description of the first period are found also in this review of the seco...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the (c) coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselv...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is a sweet lesson, spiritually considered, which the LORD'S people may read here. Mount Seir is a type of the earth, and all its carnal pursuits and pleasures. These hath the LORD given to the chil...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._And they shall be afraid of you. _This temptation was the more provoking, when they heard not only that the embassy would be vain, but that although Edom should receive them with injustice and host...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor with the Moabites, 17 nor with the Ammonites, 24 but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them. 1 THEN we turned, and to...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast (boundary) OF YOUR BRETHREN, THE CHILDREN OF ESAU, the half-brother of Isaac, WHICH DWELL IN SEIR, in the country south of the Dea...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FROM KADESH TO THE BROOK ZERED...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    WILDERNESS WANDERINGS (vs.1-25) From Kadesh Barnea Israel had to virtually retrace their steps, going back toward the Red Sea. Believers today find similar experiences because of lack of faith. Inste...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 Only a short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness is given. God not only chastised them for their murmuring and unbelief, but prepared them for Canaan; by humbling them for sin, t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THROUGH THE COAST, or, _by or near the coast or border_; for they did not pass through their borders, as it is said, NUMBERS 20:21. And the particle beth doth oft signify by or near, as Genesis 37:13...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The closing lines of chapter 1 show us the people weeping before the Lord. "And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. So ye abode i...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 2:4 command H6680 (H8761) people H5971 saying H559 (H8800) pass H5674 (H8802) territory H1366 brethre

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 n...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The wanderings and conflicts in the wilderness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Sihon. CONCLUSION: It is a work of time to make souls meet for the heavenly Canaan and it must be done by many a lon...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward._ A SERMON FOR THE NEW YEAR Such were the words which the Lord spoke to Moses, after the children of Israel had been compassing Mount...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:1__ Moses recalls a time near the end of the 40-year wilderness period when Israel peacefully passed through three nations distantly related to it (see Numbers

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Deuteronomy 2:1. The story continued. After the unsuccessful attack, Israel broke up emcampment at Kadesh. Many days. _i.e._, many years in a nomadic life, wandering in various direc...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So we turned, and took our journey by way of the wilderness back toward the Red sea. And the LORD spake to me saying, you've compassed this mountain long enough: go north. And he commanded the people....

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Colossians 4:5; Deuteronomy 23:7; Ephesians 5:15; Exodus 15:15; L

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    TURNING BACKWARD Deuteronomy 2:1 _and Deuteronomy 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They had come up to K...

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