Deuteronomy 2:2

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."

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,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to me,

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,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And the LORD spoke to me, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ Then we turned around and went back into the wilderness following the route to the Red Sea, as God had instructed me. We worked our way in and around the hills of Seir for a long, long time. ²Then 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." ⁷ God , your God, has blessed you in everything you have done. He has guarded you in your travels through this immense wilderness. For forty years now, God , your God, has been right here with you. You haven't lacked one thing.

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Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.

Genesis 2:8
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.

Exodus 23:12
"Work for six days and rest the seventh so your ox and donkey may rest and your servant and migrant workers may have time to get their needed rest.

Isaiah 58:13
"If you watch your step on the Sabbath and don't use my holy day for personal advantage, If you treat the Sabbath as a day of joy, God 's holy day as a celebration, If you honor it by refusing ‘business as usual,' making money, running here and there— Then you'll be free to enjoy God ! Oh, I'll make you ride high and soar above it all. I'll make you feast on the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob." Yes! God says so!

John 5:17
But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I."

Hebrews 4:4
When the Promises Are Mixed with Faith For as long, then, as that promise of resting in him pulls us on to God's goal for us, we need to be careful that we're not disqualified. We received the same promises as those people in the wilderness, but the promises didn't do them a bit of good because they didn't receive the promises with faith. If we believe, though, we'll experience that state of resting. But not if we don't have faith. Remember that God said, Exasperated, I vowed, "They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest." God made that vow, even though he'd finished his part before the foundation of the world. Somewhere it's written, "God rested the seventh day, having completed his work," but in this other text he says, "They'll never be able to sit down and rest." So this promise has not yet been fulfilled. Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because they were disobedient. God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did in David's psalm, centuries later than the original invitation: Today, please listen, don't turn a deaf ear... And so this is still a live promise. It wasn't canceled at the time of Joshua; otherwise, God wouldn't keep renewing the appointment for "today." The promise of "arrival" and "rest" is still there for God's people. God himself is at rest. And at the end of the journey we'll surely rest with God. So let's keep at it and eventually arrive at the place of rest, not drop out through some sort of disobedience. God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word. We can't get away from it—no matter what. Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let's not let it slip through our fingers. We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.

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.