Deuteronomy 2:5
Don't fight them, for I'm not going to give you any of their land, not even the size of a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau and it belongs to him.
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6Pay them with money for the food you eat and the water you drink.”
Cross References
Genesis 36:8Esau settled down in the hill country of Seir.
Deuteronomy 32:8The Most High gave the nations their lands when he divided the human race; he fixed their borders depending on their gods.
2 Chronicles 20:10Look, here come the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, those very countries you did not let Israel invade when they came out of Egypt. Israel left them alone and did not destroy them.
Ezekiel 35:2“Son of man, face towards Mount Seir and prophesy against it
Daniel 4:32You will be driven away from human society and you will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like the cattle, and you will become soaked with the dew of heaven. You will be like this for seven times until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over human kingdoms, and that he gives them to whoever he chooses.”
Acts 17:26From one man he made all the peoples who live on the earth, and decided beforehand when and where they should live.
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 →