Deuteronomy 2:4 BSB

Deuteronomy 2:4

and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.

BSB

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ASV

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore;

KJV

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:

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Compare the marginal reference. Though the Edomites resisted the passage through the midst of their land, they did not, and probably could not, oppose the “passing through the coast” or along their eastern frontier.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָעָם֮	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
צַ֣ו	tzav	command	H6680 →
לֵאמֹר֒	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אַתֶּ֣ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
עֹֽבְרִ֗ים	'oe.Rim	[are] about to pass	H5674 →
בִּגְבוּל֙	big.Vul	in [the] territory of	H1366 →
אֲחֵיכֶ֣ם	'a.chei.Khem	relatives your	H251 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
עֵשָׂ֔ו	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →
הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים	hai.yo.she.Vim	who dwell	H3427 →
בְּשֵׂעִ֑יר	be.se.'Ir	in Seir	H8165 →
וְיִֽירְא֣וּ	ve.yi.re.'U	so they may be afraid	H3372 →
מִכֶּ֔ם	mi.Kem	from you
וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם	ve.nish.mar.Tem	and you will take heed	H8104 →
מְאֹֽד׃	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:12
  Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- Titus 2:7
  In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- John 15:8
  This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
- 1 John 1:5–7
  And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
- Philippians 2:15–16
  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
Through
Deuteronomy 23:7
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:19
  So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 22:21
  You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 23:9
  Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.