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Deuteronomy 2:31

in Deuteronomy 2

Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

KJV

And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 2

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Rise ye up . . . and pass over the river Arnon--At its mouth, this stream is eighty-two feet wide and four deep. It flows in a channel banked by perpendicular cliffs of sandstone.

This site's exposition

the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn

on Deuteronomy 2:30-31

The hardening at verse 30 stands beside the offer of peace at verse 26. The same act is said of Pharaoh at Exodus 4:21 and 7:3. Joshua 11:20 says of the Canaanite kings that "it was of the LORD to harden their hearts".

This site's exposition

I have begun to deliver Sihon

The verb begin appears twice, first for what God has started and then for what Israel is to start, so Israel's action follows on God's. John Gill takes God's beginning to be the hardening of Sihon's heart in verse 30, a sure sign of his coming defeat.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the Lord said unto me,.... After or about the time when the messengers were sent to Sihon, perhaps when they had returned and had brought his answer: behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee; by hardening his heart, which was a sure token of his ruin, and a leading step to the delivery of him into the hands of Israel: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land; move towards it and enter into it, not fearing any opposition made by him.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֵלַ֔יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • רְאֵ֗הsee

    reehH7200 →1300 times

  • הַֽחִלֹּ֙תִי֙I have begun

    hachilotiH2490 →143 times

  • תֵּ֣תto deliver up

    tetH5414 →2011 times

  • לְפָנֶ֔יךָ<to> before you

    lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • סִיחֹ֖ןSihon

    sichonH5511 →37 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • אַרְצ֑וֹland his

    ʾartzoH776 →2504 times

  • הָחֵ֣לbegin

    hachelH2490 →143 times

  • רָ֔שׁtake possession

    rashH3423 →231 times

  • לָרֶ֖שֶׁתto take possession of

    lareshetH3423 →231 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אַרְצֽוֹ׃land his

    ʾartzoH776 →2504 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 1:8

    See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 15:18

      On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

    • Genesis 12:7

      Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

    • Genesis 26:3–4

      Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…

    • Genesis 13:14–15

      After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

    • Genesis 17:7–8

      I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 2:24

    “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 29:20

      I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.

    • Jeremiah 27:5

      By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

    • Judges 11:18–21

      Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon.…

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 2 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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