Deuteronomy 2:3

Ye have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward the north.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

In Context

2And the Lord said to me,

4And charge the people, saying, Ye are going through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall fear you, and dread you greatly.

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Cross References

Numbers 9:22When the cloud continues a full month overshadowing the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall encamp, and shall not depart.

Deuteronomy 2:7For the Lord our God has blessed thee in every work of thy hands. Consider how thou wentest through that great and terrible wilderness: behold, the Lord thy God has been with thee forty years; thou didst not lack anything.

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 →

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