Deuteronomy 2:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Jehovah saith unto me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir thyself up against them <FI>in<Fi> battle, for I do not give to thee of their land <FI>for<Fi> a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given Ar <FI>for<Fi> a possession.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 2:9 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:36Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
- Genesis 19:37The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
- Numbers 21:15even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
- 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.
- Numbers 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 2:18“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
- 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.”
- Judges 11:15to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10And 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; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
- Psalms 83:8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
- 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!
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