Deuteronomy 2:17
the Lord spake with me, saying:
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
In Context
16When all the men of war had been consumed, and had died away from among the people,
18Thou art today to pass by Lechaiath, the frontier of Moab.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:9-24
8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;… Read the whole commentary →