Deuteronomy 2:4
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brothers the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they will be afraid of you. Take ye good heed to yourselves therefore.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Ye have encompassed this mountain long enough, turn northward.
Cross References
Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed, the mighty men of Moab. Trembling takes hold upon them. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
Numbers 20:21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border. Therefore Israel turned away from him.
Numbers 24:14And now, behold, I go to my people. Come, I will advise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
Obadiah 1:10Shame shall cover thee for the violence done to thy brother Jacob, and thou shall be cut off forever.
Luke 12:15And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.
Philippians 2:15so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:2-8
The Seed of Esau and Lot Spared. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 5… Read the whole commentary →