Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 2:9-15

The Wilderness Years End and the March Begins

From forty years of wilderness wandering (v. 1) through guarded transit past Edom, Moab, and Ammon (vv. 2-23) to the decisive command to begin the conquest at the Arnon (vv. 24-25) and the total defeat of Sihon (vv. 26-37) — the chapter turns the page from judgment to advance, from restraint to war.

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9 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.”

10 (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.

11 Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

12 The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)

13 “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.

14 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

15 Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

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Verse 9

Original words

Then the LORD יְהוָ֜ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to me אֵלַ֗י H413 Preposition | first person common singular Do not אֶל־ H413 Preposition harass תָּ֙צַר֙ H6696 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the Moabites מוֹאָ֔ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular [or] וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb provoke תִּתְגָּ֥ר H1624 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular them בָּ֖ם Preposition | third person masculine plural to war מִלְחָמָ֑ה H4421 Noun - feminine singular for כִּ֠י H3588 Conjunction I will not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle give אֶתֵּ֨ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular you לְךָ֤ Preposition | second person masculine singular any of their land מֵֽאַרְצוֹ֙ H776 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular - יְרֻשָּׁ֔ה H3425 Noun - feminine singular because כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction I have given נָתַ֥תִּי H5414 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Ar עָ֖ר H6144 Noun - proper - feminine singular to the descendants לִבְנֵי־ H1121 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct of Lot ל֔וֹט H3876 Noun - proper - masculine singular as [their] possession יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃ H3425 Noun - feminine singular
Verse 10

Original words

The Emites הָאֵמִ֥ים H368 Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural used to לְפָנִ֖ים H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural live יָ֣שְׁבוּ H3427 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural there בָ֑הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular a people עַ֣ם H5971 Noun - masculine singular great גָּד֥וֹל H1419 Adjective - masculine singular and many וְרַ֛ב H7227 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular as tall וָרָ֖ם H7311 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular as the Anakites כָּעֲנָקִֽים׃ H6062 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Verse 11

Original words

Like the Anakites כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים H6062 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural they were also אַף־ H637 Conjunction . . . הֵ֖ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural regarded יֵחָשְׁב֥וּ H2803 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural as Rephaim רְפָאִ֛ים H7497 Noun - proper - masculine plural though the Moabites וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים H4125 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural called יִקְרְא֥וּ H7121 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural them לָהֶ֖ם Preposition | third person masculine plural Emites אֵמִֽים׃ H368 Noun - proper - masculine plural
Verse 12

Original words

The Horites הַחֹרִים֮ H2752 Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural used to לְפָנִים֒ H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural live יָשְׁב֣וּ H3427 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural in Seir וּבְשֵׂעִ֞יר H8165 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular but the descendants וּבְנֵ֧י H1121 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct of Esau עֵשָׂ֣ו H6215 Noun - proper - masculine singular drove them out יִֽירָשׁ֗וּם H3423 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural They destroyed [the Horites] וַיַּשְׁמִידוּם֙ H8045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural from before them מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם H6440 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and settled וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ H3427 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural in their place תַּחְתָּ֑ם H8478 Preposition | third person masculine plural just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular did עָשָׂ֣ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular in the land לְאֶ֙רֶץ֙ H776 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct that אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular gave נָתַ֥ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular them לָהֶֽם׃ Preposition | third person masculine plural as their possession יְרֻשָּׁת֔וֹ H3425 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 13

Original words

Now עַתָּ֗ה H6258 Adverb arise קֻ֛מוּ H6965 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural and cross over וְעִבְר֥וּ H5674 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the Brook נַ֣חַל H5158 Noun - masculine singular construct of Zered זָ֑רֶד H2218 Noun - proper - feminine singular So we crossed over וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ר H5674 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the Brook נַ֥חַל H5158 Noun - masculine singular construct of Zered זָֽרֶד׃ H2218 Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 14

Original words

The time וְהַיָּמִ֞ים H3117 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative we spent traveling הָלַ֣כְנוּ׀ H1980 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural from מִקָּדֵ֣שׁ H6947 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Kadesh-barnea בַּרְנֵ֗עַ H6947 Preposition until עַ֤ד H5704 Pronoun - relative - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural we crossed over עָבַ֙רְנוּ֙ H5674 Direct object marker - אֶת־ H853 Noun - masculine singular construct the Brook נַ֣חַל H5158 Noun - proper - feminine singular of Zered זֶ֔רֶד H2218 Number - common plural was thirty-eight שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים H7970 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular . . . וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה H8083 Noun - feminine singular years שָׁנָ֑ה H8141 Preposition until עַד־ H5704 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct that entire כָּל־ H3605 Article | Noun - masculine singular generation הַדּ֜וֹר H1755 Noun - masculine plural construct of fighting הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ H4421 Preposition | Noun - masculine singular construct men אַנְשֵׁ֤י H582 Article | Noun - feminine singular had perished תֹּ֨ם H8552 Noun - masculine singular construct from מִקֶּ֣רֶב H7130 Article | Noun - common singular the camp הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה H4264 Preposition | Pronoun - relative as כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר H834 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Preposition | third person masculine plural had sworn נִשְׁבַּ֥ע H7650 Noun - proper - masculine singular to them לָהֶֽם׃ Preposition
Verse 15

Original words

Indeed וְגַ֤ם H1571 Conjunction the LORD’s יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular hand יַד־ H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct was הָ֣יְתָה H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular against them בָּ֔ם Preposition | third person masculine plural to eliminate them לְהֻמָּ֖ם H2000 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural from מִקֶּ֣רֶב H7130 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct the camp הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה H4264 Article | Noun - common singular until עַ֖ד H5704 Preposition they had all perished תֻּמָּֽם׃ H8552 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural

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