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Deuteronomy 2:2

Then the Lord said to me,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Red Sea;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Pentateuch;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Seir, Mount;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Seir;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Esau and Jacob;   Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Debarim Rabbah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to me, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto me, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
English Standard Version
Then the Lord said to me,
New Century Version
Then the Lord said to me,
New English Translation
At this point the Lord said to me,
Amplified Bible
"And the LORD spoke to me, saying,
New American Standard Bible
"And the LORD spoke to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
until the Lord said: Moses,
Complete Jewish Bible
(v) Finally Adonai said to me,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to me, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD spoke to me, saying,
Good News Translation
"Then the Lord told me
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord then said to me,
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE saide vnto me:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to me,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lord spake vnto me, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto me, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to me,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
At this time the LORD said to me,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to me, It sufficith to you to cumpasse this hil;
Young's Literal Translation
`And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to me, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
New King James Version
"And the LORD spoke to me, saying:
New Living Translation
"Then at last the Lord said to me,
New Life Bible
And the Lord said to me,
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to me:
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to me,
THE MESSAGE
Then God said, "You've been going around in circles in these hills long enough; go north. Command the people, You're about to cut through the land belonging to your relatives, the People of Esau who settled in Seir. They are terrified of you, but restrain yourselves. Don't try and start a fight. I am not giving you so much as a square inch of their land. I've already given all the hill country of Seir to Esau—he owns it all. Pay them up front for any food or water you get from them."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And the LORD spoke to me, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 "Then we did what the Lord told me to do. We went back into the desert on the road that leads to the Red Sea. We traveled for many days to go around the mountains of Seir. 2 Then the Lord said to me, 3 ‘You have traveled around these mountains long enough. Turn north. 4 Tell the people this: You will pass through the land of Seir. This land belongs to your relatives, the descendants of Esau. They will be afraid of you. Be very careful. 5 Don't fight them. I will not give you any of their land—not even a foot of it, because I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau to keep as his own. 6 You must pay the people of Esau for any food you eat or water you drink there. 7 Remember that the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He knows about everything that happened on the trip through this great desert. The Lord your God has been with you these 40 years. You have always had everything you needed.'

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made. And he saw that everything was very good. There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the sixth day.
Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the East, in a place named Eden. He put the man he made in that garden.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river was Pishon. This river flowed around the entire country of Havilah.
Exodus 23:12
"Work for six days, but on the seventh day, rest! This will allow your slaves and other workers a time to rest and relax. And your bulls and donkeys will also have a time of rest.
Exodus 31:17
The Sabbath will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever.'" (The Lord worked six days and made the sky and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and relaxed.)
Deuteronomy 5:14
but the seventh day is a day of rest in honor of the Lord your God. So on that day no one should work—not you, your sons and daughters, foreigners living in your cities or your men and women slaves. Not even your cattle, donkeys, and other animals should do any work! Your slaves should be able to rest just as you do.
Isaiah 58:13
That will happen when you stop sinning against God's law about the Sabbath and when you stop doing things to please yourself on that special day. You should call the Sabbath a happy day. You should honor the Lord 's special day by not saying and doing things that you do every other day of the week.
John 5:17
But he said to them, "My Father never stops working, and so I work too."
Hebrews 4:4
Yes, somewhere in the Scriptures he talked about the seventh day of the week. He said, "So on the seventh day God rested from all his work."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto me,.... While about Mount Seir:

saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses’ present purpose. The command of Deuteronomy 2:2-3 relates to their journey from Kadesh to Mount Hor Numbers 20:22; Numbers 33:37, and directs their march around to the southern extremity of Mount Seir, so as to “compass the land of Edom” Judges 11:18; Numbers 21:4, and so northward toward the Arnon, i. e., “by the way of the wilderness of Moab,” Deuteronomy 2:8. This circuitous path was followed because of the refusal of the Edomites to allow the people to pass through their territory.


 
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