8<\/strong>. So we passed by from our brethren<\/em>, etc.] The Heb. prep. me’eth<\/em> is from with<\/em>; but probably we should read merely ’eth<\/em> the sign of the accus.: we crossed<\/em> or passed through our brethren<\/em> (cp. 4 and 29). So LXX. Sam. readings are various.<\/p>\n from the way of the Arabah<\/em> ] The ‘Arabah itself forms in winter the most convenient passage from ’Elath and the Gulf of ‘Aabah to the Dead Sea, with branch roads to ebron and Kerak; but suffers from want of water and great heat in summer. It was much used in the early Moslem period, and probably by Hebrew commerce with the Red Sea under the monarchy.<\/p>\n Elath<\/em> ] A port on the N. end of the Gulf of ‘Aabah (1Ki 9:26<\/span>; 2Ki 14:22<\/span>), perhaps the same as El-Paran (Gen 14:6<\/span>). The name, translated by LXX Ailn, and probably meaning palms<\/em>, has persisted. Strabo, XVI. iv. 4, Ailana; Josephus, Ailana, Ilanis and Elathous (‘now called Berenice’?); Ptolemy, Elana; the Christian Fathers, Aila and Ailia; Moslem Geographers, Wailah, Aila and ‘Aabat Aila (Idrisi, ZDPV<\/em>, viii. 121); now el-‘Aabah, a village amid ancient ruins on the N.E. corner of the Gulf, with Turkish fort and garrison. To the N.W. is a large grove of palms with numerous ruins, called la (Robinson, B.R.<\/em> i. 250 ff.; Doughty Ar. Des.<\/em> i. 44 f.; Musil, Edom<\/em>, i. 256, 259 f.; ‘the culture of the palm flourishes the types of the settled families are quite Jewish’). In Greek times it gave its name to the Gulf as its successor ‘Aabah does to-day.<\/p>\n Ezion-geber<\/em> ] Beside Elath on the Red Sea in Edom’s land; there Solomon built ships, 1Ki 9:26<\/span>, and a ship (so LXX) of Jehoshaphat was wrecked, 1Ki 22:49<\/span>. LXX , and , 1Ki 9:26<\/span>, probably waters of ‘Eion-Geber<\/em>. Eusebius states that in his day it was (Jerome Essia); Makrizi, 15th century, ‘a once important town ‘Ain.’ Robinson ( B. R<\/em>. i. 251) noted the corresponding consonants in the name W. Ghain, and Musil ( Edom<\/em>, i. 254, 2. 183 ff., 189) describes the oasis Ma’ Ghain in the ‘Arabah. This lies 18 miles N. of the Sea; while the O.T. data place ‘Eion-Geber beside Elath, whose site, as we have seen, is certainly on the present N.E. coast of the Gulf. Musil, however, reports that a tongue of the sea may once have reached Ma’ Ghain; there are remains of fortifications and gardens across what is now desert (II. 199). His guide told of a town there whose inhabitants had many ships; but a violent rain brought down such masses of stone from some of the wdies that the sea was pushed back to el-‘Aaba (ii. 187). If the Ar. name be derived from the tree ghaa’<\/em>, abundant in this region, it may have been attached to more places than one; or may have drifted as names easily do in Syria. The likeness between the LXX and Musil’s Ma’ Ghain is noteworthy. The meaning of the second half of ‘Eion-geber is uncertain, the transliteration of Josephus . (viii. Ant.<\/em> iv. 4) may be due to confusion with , i.e. Edom or Mt Se‘r.<\/p>\n 8<\/strong> b<\/em>. And we turned<\/em> ] See Deu 1:7<\/span>.<\/p>\n and passed by the way of<\/em> ] Rather, crossed<\/strong> (the land of Edom) in the direction of<\/strong>. Having come up N.E. by the W. el ’Ithm to the plateau they would turn<\/em> due N. as the Hajj route does towards Moab.<\/p>\n the wilderness of Moab<\/em> ] More exactly JE, Num 21:11<\/span>: the w. which is before Moab towards the sunrising<\/em>. For this region, see Doughty, Ar. Des.<\/em> I; Musil, Moab, passim<\/em>, full descriptions with map. Israel kept so far E. not only to avoid the fertile and settled districts of Edom and Moab, but for the same reason also as the Hajj does, so as not to have to cross the lower stretches of the great canon between Edom and Moab, the present Wdy el-sa or ’Asa. These lower stretches are deep, the sides steep and the roads over them difficult for laden caravans. The route of the Hajj, apparently that of Israel, crosses the much shallower head of this Wdy on the desert border. Once over it they were in the wilderness E. of Moab. Probably in the Wdy itself lay their station ‘Iy ha-‘<\/em> A<\/em> barim on the border of Moab<\/em>, P, Num 21:11<\/span> a<\/em>; cp. Num 33:44<\/span>. For here lie still cairns or stone-heaps known by the same name, placed to show the way across the damp, sunken soil. This tempts one to emend ‘Iy ha-‘ A barim, usually interpreted as heaps of the regions across<\/em> Jordan (cp. Mts of the ‘Abarim<\/em>), to distinguish the place from ‘Iym and ‘Ai in W. Palestine, to ‘Iy-ha-‘Ob e rim, heaps of the passengers<\/em>.<\/p>\n 8 b<\/em> 15. Arrival on the Border of Moab<\/p>\n Israel, having crossed Edom from the ‘Arabah towards the wilderness of Moab (8 b<\/em>), is charged not to treat Moab as a foe. Jehovah gave ‘Ar, their land, to the children of Lot: this is in Sg. address (9); and there follow notes on the predecessors of Moab in ‘Ar, and of Edom in Mt Se‘r (10 12). The Pl. is resumed in a charge to Israel to cross the Wdy Zered, which they did (13); their time from adesh to the Zered being 38 years, and all the condemned generation being now dead under Jehovah’s hand (14 f.).<\/p>\n For the parallels in JE and P (some of which have been already given) see below on the separate verses.<\/p>\n Elath (Akaba) is at the northern extremity of the eastern arm of the Red Sea, and gives to that arm the name of the Elanitic Gulf. The name means trees; and is still justified by the grove of palm-trees at Akaba.<\/P><\/p>\n Ezion-gaber; <\/B>of which see Num 33:35<\/span>, which may be either that place upon the Red Sea, 1Ki 9:26<\/span>, or another of the same name. <\/P> We turned, <\/B>to wit, from our direct road which lay through Edoms land. <\/P> <\/p>\n 8-18. we passed . . . through theway of the plain<\/B>the Arabah or great valley, from Elath(“trees”) (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site ofit is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. <\/P> Ezion-geber<\/B>now Akaba,both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit ofits southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moabon the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divinecommand to molest the Moabites in any way; and this special honor wasconferred on that people not on their own account, for they were verywicked, but in virtue of their descent from Lot. (See on De23:3<\/span>). Their territory comprised the fine country on the south,and partly on the north of the Arnon. They had won it by their armsfrom the original inhabitants, the Emims, a race, terrible, as theirname imports, for physical power and stature (Ge14:5<\/span>), in like manner as the Edomites had obtained theirsettlement by the overthrow of the original occupiers of Seir, theHorims (Ge 14:6<\/span>), who weretroglodytes, or dwellers in caves. Moses alluded to thesecircumstances to encourage his countrymen to believe that God wouldmuch more enable them to expel the wicked and accursed Canaanites. Atthat time, however, the Moabites, having lost the greater part oftheir possessions through the usurpations of Sihon, were reduced tothe small but fertile region between the Zered and the Arnon.<\/P><\/p>\n And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Self<\/strong>,…. Along their coasts, by the borders of their country:<\/p>\n through the way of the plain<\/strong>; the wilderness of Zin, where Kadesh was:<\/p>\n from Elath and Eziongeber<\/strong>; the two ports on the shore of the Red sea in the land of Edom; it was from the latter they came to Kadesh; see<\/p>\n Nu 33:35<\/span>. Elath was ten miles from Petra, the metropolis of Edom, to the east of it, as Jerom says z; it is by Josephus a called Aelana, and by the Septuagint here Ailon; from whence the Elanitic bay has its name; he speaks of it as not far from Eziongeber, which he says was then called Berenice:<\/p>\n we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab<\/strong>; the wilderness which is before Moab, towards the sun rising or the east, Nu 21:11<\/span>.<\/p>\n z De loc. Heb. fol. 91. E. a Antiqu. l. 8. c. 6. sect. 4.<\/p>\n 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the LORD<\/B> said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for<\/I> a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for<\/I> a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. 12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD<\/B> gave unto them. 13 Now rise up, said I,<\/I> and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was<\/I> thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD<\/B> sware unto them. 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD<\/B> was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD<\/B> spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 19 And when<\/I> thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any<\/I> possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for<\/I> a possession. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD<\/B> destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even<\/I> unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)<\/P> It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (v.<\/I><\/span> 8<\/span>), calls them, “our brethren, the children of Esau.<\/I>” Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage through their country, yet he calls them brethren. For, though our relations fail in their duty to us, we must retain a sense of the relation, and not be wanting in our duty to them, as there is occasion. Now in these verses we have,<\/P> I. The account which Moses gives of the origin of the nations of which he had here occasion to speak, the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. We know very well, from other parts of his history, whose posterity they were; but here he tells us how they came to those countries in which Israel found them; they were not the aborigines,<\/I> or first planters. But, 1. The Moabites dwelt in a country which had belonged to a numerous race of giants, called Emim<\/I> (that is, terrible ones<\/I>), as tall as the Anakim, and perhaps more fierce, Deu 2:10<\/span>; Deu 2:11<\/span>. 2. The Edomites in like manner dispossessed the Horim from Mount Seir, and took their country (v.<\/I><\/span> 12<\/span>. and again v.<\/I><\/span> 22<\/span>), of which we read, Gen. xxxvi. 20<\/span>. 3. The Ammonites likewise got possession of a country that had formerly been inhabited by giants, called Zamzummim, crafty men,<\/I> or wicked men<\/I> (Deu 2:20<\/span>; Deu 2:21<\/span>), probably the same that are called Zuzim,<\/I> Gen. xiv. 5<\/I><\/span>. He illustrates these remarks by an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorim (who were akin to the Philistines, Gen. x. 14<\/span>) drove the Avim out of their country, and took possession of it, v.<\/I><\/span> 23<\/span>. The learned bishop Patrick supposes these Avites, being expelled hence, to have settled in Assyria, and to be the same people we read of under that name, 2 Kings xvii. 31<\/span>. Now these revolutions are recorded, (1.) To show how soon the world was peopled after the flood, so well peopled that, when a family grew numerous, they could not find a place to settle in, at least in that part of the world, but they must drive out those that were already settled. (2.) To show that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Giants were expelled by those of ordinary stature; for probably these giants, like those before the flood (Gen. vi. 4<\/span>), were notorious for impiety and oppression, which brought the judgments of God upon them, against which their great strength would be on defence. (3.) To show what uncertain things worldly possessions are, and how often they change their owners; it was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little constancy or continuance is there in these things. (4.) To encourage the children of Israel, who were now going to take possession of Canaan, against the difficulties they would meet with, and to show the unbelief of those that were afraid of the sons of Anak, to whom the giants, here said to be conquered, are compared, Deu 2:11<\/span>; Deu 2:21<\/span>. If the providence of God had done this for the Moabites and Ammonites, much more would his promise do it for Israel his peculiar people.<\/P> II. The advances which Israel made towards Canaan. They passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab<\/I> (v.<\/I><\/span> 8<\/span>), and then went over the brook or vale of Zered (v.<\/I><\/span> 13<\/span>), and there Moses takes notice of the fulfilling of the word which God had spoken concerning them, that none of those that were numbered at Mount Sinai should see the land that God had promised, Num. xiv. 23<\/span>. According to that sentence, now that they began to set their faces towards Canaan, and to have it in their eye, notice is taken of their being all destroyed and consumed, and not a man of them left, v.<\/I><\/span> 14<\/span>. Common providence, we may observe, in about thirty-eight years, ordinarily raises a new generation, so that in that time few remain of the old one; but here it was entirely new, and none at all remained but Caleb and Joshua: for indeed the hand of the Lord was against them,<\/I> v.<\/span> 15<\/span><\/U><\/I><\/span>. Those cannot but waste, until they were consumed, who have the hand of God against them. Observe, Israel is not called to engage with the Canaanites till all the men of war, the veteran regiments, that had been used to hardship, and had learned the art of war from the Egyptians, were consumed and dead from among the people<\/I> (v.<\/I><\/span> 16<\/span>), that the conquest of Canaan, being effected by a host of new-raised men, trained up in a wilderness, the excellency of the power might the more plainly appear to be of God and not of men.<\/I><\/P> III. The caution given them not to meddle with the Moabites or Ammonites, whom they must not disseize, nor so much as disturb in their possessions: Distress them not, nor contend with them,<\/I> v.<\/span> 9<\/span><\/U><\/I><\/span>. Though the Moabites aimed to ruin Israel (Num. xxii. 6<\/span>), yet Israel must not aim to ruin them. If others design us a mischief, this will not justify us in designing them a mischief. But why must not the Moabites and Ammonites be meddled with? 1. Because they were the children of Lot<\/I> (Deu 2:9<\/span>; Deu 2:19<\/span>), righteous Lot, who kept his integrity in Sodom. Note, Children often fare the better in this world for the piety of their ancestors: the seed of the upright, though they degenerate, yet are blessed with temporal good things. 2. Because the land they were possessed of was what God had given them, and he did not design it for Israel. Even wicked men have a right to their worldly possessions, and must not be wronged. The tares are allowed their place in the field, and must not be rooted out until the harvest. God gives and preserves outward blessings to wicked men, to show that these are not the best things, but he has better in store for his own children.<\/P><\/p>\n Verses 8-15:<\/strong><\/p>\n Israel’s trek from Kadesh to Zered (Zared) by way of the Plain of Elath and Ezion-gaber is traced in Num 20:1<\/span> to Num 21:12<\/span>, q.v.<\/p>\n The present text notes God’s instructions concerning Moab, similar to those concerning Edom.<\/p>\n Emim, <\/strong>meaning “frightful,” a race of powerful giants, so named because of their frightful appearance. They were numbered with the Rephaim, but were called “Emim” by the Moabites. The Rephaim appear to be the generic name of certain giant Canaanite tribes, see Gen 14:5<\/span>; Gen 15:20<\/span>.<\/p>\n Anakim, <\/strong>see Deu 1:28<\/span>.<\/p>\n Horim, from hor, <\/strong>“mountain,” apparently a tribe of cave-dwellers, who lived in the mountain caves in the territory of Edom. Nothing is known of their origin.<\/p>\n “Men of war,” verse 14, those men of military age, twenty years old and upward, see Num 1:3<\/span>; Num 14:28-29<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 5. PASSING THROUGH MOAB (Deu. 2:8-15<\/span>)<\/p>\n And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of this land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 (The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: 11 these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, bur the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them.) 13 Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them, 15 Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.<\/p>\n THOUGHT QUESTIONS 2:815<\/p>\n 39.<\/p>\n From whence came the Moabites? Cf. Gen. 19:30-38<\/span>.<\/p>\n 40.<\/p>\n There are three names for giants; what are they?<\/p>\n 41.<\/p>\n What and where is Ar?<\/p>\n 42.<\/p>\n Compare Num. 13:33<\/span> with Deu. 2:10<\/span> and state the significance.<\/p>\n 43.<\/p>\n How did Moses know of this history of the Rephaim and Horites?<\/p>\n 44.<\/p>\n Is there a time when the mercy of God ends and judgment begins? At what point?<\/p>\n AMPLIFIED TRANSLATION 2:915<\/p>\n 9 And the Lord said to me, Do not trouble or assault Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot for a possession. COMMENT 2:815<\/p>\n Num. 21:10-13<\/span> supplies us with a geographical link between this passage and the former. And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth (Deu. 2:10<\/span>). Oboth (meaning water skins) is located near the south end of the Dead Sea and east of Edom. After Oboth they encamped at Iye-abarim (Literally, ruins of Abarim) in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising (Deu. 2:11<\/span>). Num. 33:44<\/span> simply refers to the latter station as in the border of Moab.<\/p>\n VEX NOT MOAB (Deu. 2:9<\/span>)Moab and Ammon were the incestuous sons of Lot, Abrahams nephew, (Gen. 11:27-28<\/span>; Gen. 19:30-38<\/span>). Thus as in Deu. 2:8<\/span> the Edomites as our brethren the children of Esau (because Esau was Jacobs brother) were not to be molested, so here the children of Lot, whom God had given this land, were not to be attacked in battle.<\/p>\n BECAUSE I HAVE GIVEN AR UNTO THE CHILDREN OF LOT FOR A POSSESSION (Deu. 2:9<\/span>)In Deu. 2:18<\/span> Ar is called the border of Moab, and is apparently the city of Moab, Num. 22:36<\/span>, where we have the additional statement, which is on the border of the Arnon which is in the utmost part of the [eastern] border. Ar of Moab (Num. 21:28<\/span>, Isa. 15:1<\/span>) was a leading city on the upper reaches of the Arnon river, It appears from both this context and the various happenings in the closing chapters of Numbers, that at this period the northern boundary of Moab extended along the northeast shore of the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan (Num. 33:49<\/span>). They are still in the plains of Moab and the land of Moab as Deuteronomy closes (Deu. 34:1<\/span>; Deu. 34:5-8<\/span>).<\/p>\n THE EMIM DWELT THEREIN AFORETIME, A PEOPLE GREAT, AND MANY, AND TALL, AS THE ANAKIM: THESE ALSO ARE ACCOUNTED REPHAIM, AS THE ANAKIM: BUT THE MOABITES CALLED THEM EMIM, (Deu. 2:10-11<\/span>)The Rephaim, an ancient race of large stature, dwelt in quite an extensive area surrounding the Dead Sea. The Moabites called them Emim, but the Ammonites called them Zamzummim (Deu. 2:20<\/span>). We first encounter them in the siege of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:5<\/span>), and God had pledged their land to Abrahams seed (Gen. 15:18-21<\/span>). The word is rendered giant with reference to Goliath in 1Ch. 20:4<\/span>. It appears that the Emm, the Anakim, and the Rephaim, were probably the same people, called by different names in the different countries where they dwelt; for they appear originally to have been a kind of wandering free-booters, who lived by plunder.Clarke<\/p>\n Such persons had originally struck terror into the heart of the spies and then the people (Num. 13:33<\/span>). But now Israel goes forth to conquer the same gigantic race!<\/p>\n THE HORITES ALSO DWELT IN SEIR AFORETIME, BUT THE CHILDREN OF ESAU SUCCEEDED THEM . . . AS ISRAEL DID UNTO THE LAND OF HIS POSSESSION, WHICH JEHOVAH GAVE UNTO THEM (Deu. 2:12<\/span>If Moses wrote these words on the plains of Moab as stated in Deu. 1:1<\/span> (cf. Deu. 34:1<\/span>; see also Deu. 31:9<\/span>; Deu. 31:24<\/span>), there is no need to suppose this passage to be the work of some editor or redactor. But even if this, and other brief historical passages we will meet in this book, be the work of a later editor, the inspiration and veracity of Deuteronomy is not altered one iota. It was universally accepted by the Jews that Ezra was the writer of these historical notes, and he was just as inspired as Moses.[19]<\/p>\n [19] See the article on the authorship at the conclusion of this volume.<\/p>\n Israel had, indeed by that time dispossessed many of the native inhabitants east of the Jordan. And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all of the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof . . . So they smote him [Sihon, king of the Amorites at Heshbon], and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land (Num. 21:25<\/span>; Num. 21:35<\/span>).<\/p>\n AND WE WENT OVER THE BROOK ZERED (Deu. 2:13<\/span>)Later, the natural boundary between Edom and Moab, flowing northwesterly into the Dead Sea at its southern extremity.<\/p>\n AND THE DAYS IN WHICH WE CAME FROM KADESH-BARNEA, UNTIL WE WERE COME OVER THE BROOK ZERED, WERE THIRTY AND EIGHT YEARS; UNTIL ALL THE GENERATION OF THE MEN OF WAR WERE CONSUMED (Deu. 2:14<\/span>)That is, from their first visit at Kadesh, mentioned in Deu. 1:19<\/span>. See notes under Deu. 1:46<\/span> and Deu. 2:1<\/span>. It had only been a matter of months from their second visit to that place, for their second arrival was in the first month of the fortieth year (Num. 20:1<\/span>). After that, Miriam died (mourned for thirty days?), the incident at Meribah takes place, and Israel is refused passage through Edom (Num. 20:2-21<\/span>). Then they journeyed from Kadesh (Num. 20:22<\/span>), stopping soon at Mount Hor, where Aaron died and was mourned for thirty days (Num. 20:22-29<\/span>). His death was on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year (Num. 33:38<\/span>). Then follows a victory over the Canaanite king Arad (Num. 21:1-3<\/span>), the discouraging trip around mount Seir just mentioned (which includes the Brazen Serpent incident) and finally their arrival at the Zered river. And by the time Moses begins this discourse just east of the Jordan, it is the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month (Deu. 1:3<\/span>). Thus though we do not know how long a time is covered by the many days of Deu. 2:1<\/span>, we do know that from Aarons death and mourning period (40th year, 6th month) till their arrival at the Zered river was a period of six months.<\/p>\n MOREOVER, THE HAND OF JEHOVAH WAS AGAINST THEM (Deu. 2:15<\/span>)That is, his decree (that the numbered Israelites be destroyed) was to be fulfilled before Israel could enter their promised country. All the men of war were dead by the time they crossed the northeastern border of Moab (Deu. 2:16-18<\/span>).<\/p>\n (8) When we passed . . . from . . . Esau . . . through the way of the plain from Elath.<\/strong>The route from Seir, after Esaus refusal, was southward <\/em>to Ezion-geber, at the head of the Gulf of Akabah, and Elath, a few miles south-east of Ezion-geber, on the same coast. They then turned northward, <\/em>and going round the territory of Edom, reached the country of Moab.<\/p>\n 8<\/strong>. <\/strong> The way of the plain <\/strong> The Arabah. <\/p>\n From Elath and Elzion-gaber <\/strong> See Num 33:35<\/span>. Both places are mentioned in 1Ki 9:26<\/span>. They were on the AElanitic Gulf. <\/p>\n The wilderness of Moab <\/strong> Comp. Jdg 11:16-18<\/span>.<\/p>\n The Children of Israel Pass Through Moab <\/strong> In Deu 2:8-12<\/span> Moses rehearses Israel’s journey through Moab.<\/p>\n Deu 2:9<\/strong><\/span> 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.<\/p>\n Deu 2:9<\/span><\/strong> Comments – <\/em><\/strong> Ar is given to the Moabites. 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10 (The Emim dwelt there in times past, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim;
11 These also are known as Rephaim [of giant stature], as are the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
12 The Horites also formely lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did to the land of their possession, which the Lord gave to them.)
13 Now rise up, and go over the brook Zered. So we went over the brook Zered.
14 And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we had come over the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.
15 Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them, to exterminate them from the midst of the camp, until they were all gone.<\/p>\nFuente: College Press Bible Study Textbook Series<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n