Deuteronomy 2:4
And the people command you, saying, You are passing over into the border of your brothers, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, and they are afraid of you; and you have been very watchful;
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
3For you go around this mountain long enough; turn for yourselves northward.
Cross References
Exodus 15:15Then chiefs of Edom have been troubled; Mighty ones of Moab—Trembling seizes them! All inhabitants of Canaan have melted!
Numbers 20:21and Edom refuses to permit Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turns aside from off him.
Numbers 24:14And now, behold, I am going to my people; come, I counsel you [concerning] that which this people does to your people in the latter end of the days.”
Obadiah 1:10For slaughter, for violence [to] your brother Jacob, || Shame covers you, || And you have been cut off for all time.
Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because his life is not in the abundance of one’s goods.”
Philippians 2:15that you may become blameless and pure children of God, unblemished in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as luminaries 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 →