Deuteronomy 2:1 — Meaning and Application

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“Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.”

Deuteronomy 2:1

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Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

And the LORD spake unto me, saying,

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

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Deuteronomy 2:2

"And the LORD spake unto me, saying,"

Deuteronomy 2:3

"Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward."

Deuteronomy 2:4

"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:"

Deuteronomy 2:5

"Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau {for} a possession. {no...: Heb. even to the treading of the sole of the foot}"

Deuteronomy 2:6

"Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink."

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