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Contemporary English Version

Deuteronomy 2:18

"Moses, now go past the town of Ar and cross Moab's northern border

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ar;   Moab;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ammonite;   Horites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Esau;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pentateuch, the Samaritan;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ar;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You are this day to pass over `Ar, the border of Mo'av:
King James Version
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
Lexham English Bible
‘You are about to cross over the boundary of Moab today at Ar.
English Standard Version
‘Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
New Century Version
"Today you will pass by Ar, on the border of Moab.
New English Translation
"Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.
Amplified Bible
'Today you are to pass through Ar, the border of Moab.
New American Standard Bible
'Today you shall cross over Ar, the border of Moab.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt goe through Ar the coast of Moab this day:
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Today you are about to cross over Ar, the border of Moab.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Today you are to cross the border of Mo'av at ‘Ar.
Darby Translation
Thou art to pass this day over the border of Moab, [which is] Ar,
Easy-to-Read Version
‘Today you must cross the border at Ar and go into Moab.
George Lamsa Translation
You are to pass over through the border of Moab and Ad this day;
Good News Translation
‘Today you are to pass through the territory of Moab by way of Ar.
Christian Standard Bible®
‘Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
Literal Translation
You are passing over the border of Moab today, to Ar,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This daie shalt thou go thorow the coast of ye Moabites by Ar,
American Standard Version
Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
Bible in Basic English
You are about to go by Ar, the limit of the country of Moab;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt go thorowe Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Thou art this day to pass over the border of Moab, even Ar;
King James Version (1611)
Thou art to passe ouer thorow Ar, the coast of Moab, this day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt pass over this day the borders of Moab to Aroer;
English Revised Version
Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
Berean Standard Bible
"Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt passe to dai the termes of Moab,
Young's Literal Translation
Thou art passing over to-day the border of Moab, even Ar,
Update Bible Version
You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
World English Bible
You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
New King James Version
"This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab.
New Living Translation
‘Today you will cross the border of Moab at Ar
New Life Bible
‘Today you will cross over Ar and into Moab.
New Revised Standard
"Today you are going to cross the boundary of Moab at Ar.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou, art passing, to-day, the boundary of Moab even Ar;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt pass this day the borders of Moab, the city named Ar:
Revised Standard Version
'This day you are to pass over the boundary of Moab at Ar;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Today you shall cross over Ar, the border of Moab.

Contextual Overview

8 We went past the territory that belonged to our relatives, the descendants of Esau. We followed Arabah Road that starts in the south at Elath and Ezion-Geber, then we turned onto the desert road that leads to Moab. 9 The Lord told me, "Don't try to start a war with Moab. Leave them alone, because I gave the land of Ar to them, and I will not let you have any of it." 10 Before the Lord gave the Moabites their land, a large and powerful tribe lived there. They were the Emim, and they were as tall as the Anakim. 11 The Moabites called them Emim, though others sometimes used the name Rephaim for both the Anakim and the Emim. 12 The Horites used to live in Seir, but the Edomites took over that region. They killed many of the Horites and forced the rest of them to leave, just as Israel did to the people in the land that the Lord gave them. 13 Moses said to Israel: When we came to the Zered Gorge along the southern border of Moab, the Lord told us to cross the gorge into Moab, and we did. 14 This was thirty-eight years after we left Kadesh-Barnea, and by that time all the men who had been in the army at Kadesh-Barnea had died, just as the Lord had said they would. 15The Lord kept getting rid of them until finally none of them were left. 17 Then the Lord told me, 18 "Moses, now go past the town of Ar and cross Moab's northern border

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:23, Isaiah 15:1

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:28 - Ar of Moab

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning—that was the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7
The Lord God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
Genesis 2:11
The first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah,
Genesis 2:12
where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.
Genesis 2:13
The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia.
Genesis 3:12
"It was the woman you put here with me," the man said. "She gave me some of the fruit, and I ate it."
Ruth 3:1
One day, Naomi said to Ruth: It's time I found you a husband, who will give you a home and take care of you.
Proverbs 18:22
A man's greatest treasure is his wife— she is a gift from the Lord .
1 Corinthians 7:36
But suppose you are engaged to someone old enough to be married, and you want her so much that all you can think about is getting married. Then go ahead and marry. There is nothing wrong with that.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou art to pass over through Ar,.... That is, over the river Arnon, by the city Ar of Moab, which was situated by it; see Deuteronomy 2:9 and so Moses and the people of Israel were to pass along by that,

and by the coast of Moab; for they were not admitted to enter the land and pass through it; only to travel on the borders of it, and that they were to begin to do this day; the day the Lord spake to Moses.


 
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