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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat,.... That is, if they would, as Aben Ezra observes; for though they had manna daily, yet if they would they might buy other food when they had an opportunity, as they would now have of Edom; but then they were not to take it by force or stealth, but pay for it, which they were able to do....
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For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thine hands,.... Had increased their cattle and substance, even though in a wilderness: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness; every step they took, and he owned them and prospered them in all things in which they were concerned: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Self,.... Along their coasts, by the borders of their country: through the way of the plain; the wilderness of Zin, where Kadesh was: from Elath and Eziongeber; 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...
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And the Lord said unto me,.... When upon the borders of Moab: distress not the Moabites, neither contend with than in battle; besiege not any of their cities, nor draw them into a battle, or provoke them to fight: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; at least not as yet, the measure of their sins not being fully up, and the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Emims dwelt there in time past,.... We read of them as early as the times of Chedorlaomer, Genesis 14:5 when their dwelling was in Kirjathaim, a city which Sihon king of the Amorites took from the Moabites, and which being taken from him, was with others given to the tribe of Reuben, Numbers 32:37. These are by some thought to be the same with...
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Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims,.... Because of their bulky size and tall stature; or, "the Rephaim were they accounted, even they as the Anakims;'' they were reckoned Rephaim, a name for giants in early times, even as the Anakims were; see Genesis 14:5 but the Moabites called them Emims; to distinguish them from the Rephaim; so...
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The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time,.... Which is the name of a mount, and so of the country, from it; so called from Seir the Horite, who dwelt in it before it was possessed by Esau and his sons; but who the Horim or Horites were, from whence they had their name, is difficult to say; they were as early as the times of Chedorlaomer, Genesis...
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Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered,.... It is called the valley of Zered, Numbers 21:12, the word used signifying both a valley and a brook; and it is very probable there were both a valley and a brook of the same name; it must be near Dibongad, since in one place it is said the Israelites came from Ijim and pitched in Zered;...
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And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea,.... The space of time; or, "the days" (b); the number of them: until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; that is, from the time that the spies were sent and searched the land, and brought a report of it; for they were sent from Kadeshbarnea, Numbers 32:8 unto the passage...
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For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them,.... His power was exerted in a way of wrath and vengeance on them, for their murmurings at the report of the spies; and therefore, it is no wonder they were consumed, for strong is his hand, and high is his right hand; and when lifted up it falls heavy, and there is no standing up under it, or...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed,.... By wasting diseases and judgments of one kind or another: and dead from among the people; the rising and surviving generation.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That the Lord spoke unto me,.... At the brook Zered, having passed that, or at Dibongad, which was their next station: saying; as follows.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
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And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,.... Who dwelt near the Moabites, and were brethren, both descending from Lot, Genesis 19:37 distress them not, nor meddle with them: lay no siege to any of their cities, nor provoke them to war, nor engage in battle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That also was accounted a land of giants,.... Ammon was so reckoned as well as Moab, Deuteronomy 2:10 giants dwelt therein in old time; the Rephaim dwelt there, as they did also in Ashteroth Karnaim, Genesis 14:5 and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; they are thought to be the same with the Zuzims in Genesis 14:5 who had their name, as Hillerus...
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A people great and many, and tall as the Anakims,.... As the Emims were, Deuteronomy 2:10 but the Lord destroyed them before them; destroyed the Zamzummims before the children of Amman; or otherwise they would have been an too much for them, being so numerous, and of such a gigantic stature: and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead; and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As he did to the children of Esau which dwelt in Seir,.... He did the like things for them as he did for the Ammonites: when he destroyed the Horims from before them: which is repeated from Deuteronomy 2:12, other instances of the like kind being here recited: and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead, even unto this day; [See comments on...
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And the Avim, which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah,.... The same with the Avites, who appear to have inhabited some part of the land of the Philistines, in which Azzah or Gaza was, which was one of the five lordships of the Philistines, Joshua 13:3. The word Hazerim signifies courts, and a learned man (e) interprets it of tents or huts placed...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon,.... Which was on the border of Moab, and divided between Moab and the Amorites, Numbers 21:13 behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; that is, he had determined to give it to the Israelites, for as yet it was not actually given; of this...
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This day will I begin to put the dread of thee,.... And so fulfil the prophecies delivered by Moses in Exodus 15:14 and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven; not only the neighbouring nations, the Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, Philistines, and Canaanites, but nations more remote even throughout the whole world: who...