Deuteronomy 2:5

Do not engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given Mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a footbreadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

In Context

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.

6Buy food of them for money and eat, and ye shall receive water of them by measure for money, and drink.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:8And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided the nations, 1 When he separated the sons of Adam, 1 He set the bounds of the nations 1 According to the number of the angels of God. 1

2 Chronicles 20:10And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, with regard to whom thou didst not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them)—

Ezekiel 35:2Son of man, set thy face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

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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