Deuteronomy 2:9
Yahweh said to me, 'Do not trouble Moab, and do not fight with them in battle. For I will not give you his land for your own possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot, for their possession.'
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10(The Emites lived there previously, a people as great, as many, and as tall as the Anakim;
Cross References
Genesis 19:37The firstborn gave birth to a son, and named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moabites of today.
Numbers 21:28A fire blazed from Heshbon, 1 a flame from the city of Sihon 1 that devoured Ar of Moab, 1 and the owners of the high places of Arnon. 1
Deuteronomy 2:5not to fight with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not even enough for the sole of a foot to step on; for I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
Deuteronomy 2:29as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, and as the Moabites who live in Ar, did for me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land that Yahweh our God is giving us.'
Judges 11:17When Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
Psalms 83:8Assyria also is allied with them; 1 they are helping the descendants of Lot. Selah 1
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 →