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Deuteronomy 2:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Deuteronomy 2:3

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1 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.

2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,

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

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:

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.

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Deuteronomy 1:6

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"The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:"

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Deuteronomy 2:14

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Numbers 9:22

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"Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed."

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Deuteronomy 3:27

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"Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan."

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Numbers 34:7

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"And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:"

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Deuteronomy 1:40

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"But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea."

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From This Chapter

Deuteronomy 2:1

"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 2:2

"And the LORD spake unto me, saying,"

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."

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."

Deuteronomy 2:7

"For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing."

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