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Deuteronomy 2:9

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

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ASV

And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
תָּ֙צַר֙ta.tzaryou may provokeH6696 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124 →
וְאַל־ve.'al-and may notH408 →
תִּתְגָּ֥רtit.Garyou engage in strifeH1624 →
בָּ֖םbamwith them
מִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahbattleH4421 →
כִּ֠יkiforH3588 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
אֶתֵּ֨ן'e.TenI will giveH5414 →
לְךָ֤le.Khato you
מֵֽאַרְצוֹ֙me.'ar.Tzoany of land hisH776 →
יְרֻשָּׁ֔הye.ru.Shaha possessionH3425 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
לִבְנֵי־liv.nei-to [the] descendants ofH1121 →
ל֔וֹטLotLotH3876 →
נָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiI have givenH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עָ֖ר'arArH6144 →
יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃ye.ru.shaha possessionH3425 →

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Genesis 19:36–37Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.Deuteronomy 2:19But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”Numbers 21:15even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”Genesis 19:37The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.Judges 11:15to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.Numbers 21:28For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.Jeremiah 27:5By 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.Deuteronomy 2:18–19“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.Judges 11:17Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.Psalms 83:8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. SelahNumbers 22:4So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,Deuteronomy 2:5Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.Deuteronomy 2:29just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”Genesis 19:38The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.Isaiah 15:1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!2 Kings 3:25They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.Deuteronomy 29:16For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.Deuteronomy 2:37But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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