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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 2:5

I have given mount Seir unto Esau — It is worthy of notice that the development of Ishmael preceded that of Isaac, and the inheritance of Esau was won earlier than that of Jacob. (Comp. Genesis 25:16 with Genesis 35:23, and Genesis 36:31 with Genesis 37:1.) Isaac and Israel were still strangers and sojourners, while the Ishmaelites were princes, with towns and castles, and the Edomites dukes and kings.

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See also Deuteronomy 2:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 2:5. _MEDDLE NOT WITH THEM_] That is, the Edomites. See on Numbers 20:14-4....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I HAVE GIVEN MOUNT SEIR TO ESAU - Though the descendants of Esau were conquered by David 2 Samuel 8:14, yet they were not dispossessed of their land, and in the reign of Jehoshaphat they regained thei...

  • 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

    BECAUSE, &C. Compare Genesis 32:3; Genesis 33:6; Genesis 36:8; Joshua 24:4. A POSSESSION. Hebrew. _yarash_ (because given). Also in

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _contend not with them_ In its causative form the Heb. verb means _to stir up_, e.g. strife, Proverbs 15:18, etc.; here the reflex. form is to _excite oneself_against another, to _quarrel_with them. I...

  • 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_...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON TWO DEUTERONOMY 2:1-23 4. PASSING THROUGH EDOM (Deuteronomy 2:1-8) Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compasse...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _MEDDLE NOT WITH THEM; FOR I WILL NOT GIVE YOU OF THEIR LAND, NO, NOT SO MUCH AS A FOOT BREADTH; BECAUSE I HAVE GIVEN MOUNT SEIR UNTO ESAU FOR A POSSESSION._ Meddle not with them - i:e., "which dwell...

  • 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 V1 ‘Then we turned back and we went towards the *desert. We travelled along the way to the Re...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַל ־תִּתְגָּר֣וּ בָ֔ם כִּ֠י לֹֽא ־אֶתֵּ֤ן לָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 3:1 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1,...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JOURNEYING AND DYING IN THE WILDERNESS Deuteronomy 1:41; Deuteronomy 2:1 We cannot obtain by our impetuosity and insistence what God offers only as a free gift to our faith. The Land of Promise is no...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Stir. Hebrew gur, meddle not, wage not war, do not molest, &c. The Idumeans near Mount Hor, afterwards refused the Hebrews a passage, and the necessaries of life, though their brethren in Mount Seir...

  • 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 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

    Ver. 5 MEDDLE NOT WITH THEM,.... 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 t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau [for] a possession. Ver. 5. _Because I have given mount Seir....

  • 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

    meddle not with them, that is, do not attack them; FOR I WILL NOT GIVE YOU OF THEIR LAND, NO, NOT SO MUCH AS A FOOT-BREADTH; BECAUSE I HAVE GIVEN MOUNT SEIR UNTO ESAU FOR A POSSESSION. It was for this...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    NO NOT SO MUCH AS A FOOT BREADTH: _ Heb._ even to the treading of the sole of the foot...

  • 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

    MEDDLE NOT WITH THEM, to wit, in battle at this time....

  • 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 2:5 meddle H1624 (H8691) give H5414 (H8799) land H776 footstep H7272 H4096 H3709 given...

  • 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

    Deuteronomy 2:10. _The Emims;_ that is, men of terrific aspect with regard to stature, armour, and appearance. Deuteronomy 2:12. _The Horims,_ Horites, Genesis 14:6, which Esau had destroyed. The infe...

  • 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

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:5 AS A POSSESSION. This expression also occurs in vv. Deuteronomy 2:9,...

  • 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

    EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 2:1 THE NEW BEGINNING AND REVIEW OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF ISRAEL FROM KADESH TO THE RIVER

  • 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

    2 Chronicles 20:10; Acts 17:26; Acts 7:5; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32;...

  • 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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