Deuteronomy 2:9 “Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the Lord sayd vnto me, Thou shalt not vexe Moab, neither prouoke them to battel: for I wil not giue thee of their land for a possession, because I haue giuen Ar vnto the children of Lot for a possession.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither engage with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given Ar as a possession.

Young's Literal Translation

and Jehovah saith unto me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir thyself up against them [in] battle, for I do not give to thee of their land [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given Ar [for] a possession.'

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.

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Cross references

“Distress not the Moabites”

Numbers 22:4 Judges 11:17 2 Chronicles 20:10

Numbers 22:4 · BSB

So 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,

Judges 11:17 · BSB

Then 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 s…

2 Chronicles 20:10 · BSB

And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.

“Ar”

Numbers 21:15 Numbers 21:28 Deuteronomy 2:5

Numbers 21:15 · BSB

even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”

Numbers 21:28 · BSB

For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.

Deuteronomy 2:5 · BSB

Do 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.

“the children”

Psalm 83:8 Deuteronomy 2:19 Genesis 19:36 Genesis 19:37

Psalm 83:8 · BSB

Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

Deuteronomy 2:19 · BSB

But 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.”

Genesis 19:36 · BSB

Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

Genesis 19:37 · BSB

The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

Also

Deuteronomy 2:18–19 Deuteronomy 2:29

Deuteronomy 2:18–19 · BSB

“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Deuteronomy 2:29 · BSB

just 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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

10(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.

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