not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

CHAPTER II.

1 The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor with the Moabites, 17 nor with the Ammonites, 24 but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them. THE HEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me and we compassed mount Seir many days.

way

a

2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,

3 Ye have compassed this mounb See ver. 7, tain blong enough: turn you north

14.

14.

ward.

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4 And command thou the people, Num. 20. saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, 2no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto d Gen. 36. 8. Esau for a possession.

8 Heb. even to the treading of the sole of the foot.

Josh. 24. 4.

4.

6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand he knoweth thy walking ch. 8. 2,3, through this great wilderness: "these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

f Judg. 11. 18.

8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the 81 Kings 9. way of the plain from & Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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what befell Israel

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succeeded them, when they had BEFORE destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, rited theme which the LORD gave unto them.

13 Now rise up, said 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 thirty and eight years; Puntil all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD Sware unto them. 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he Gen. 36. 8. destroyed the Horims from beforey Gen. 14. 6. them; and they succeeded them, ver. 12. and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto a Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

24 ¶ Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report

27 Let me pass through thy land: Judg.11.19. I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

19.

h See Num. 20. 18. ch. 23. 3, 4.

18.

28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: Num. 20. only I will pass through on my feet; 29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which Judg.11.17, dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God 'hardened his 1 Ex. 4. 21. spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

1 Num. 21. 23.

20.

■ Num. 21. 23.

• ch. 7. 2. & 20. 16.

p Num. 21. 24.

ch. 29. 7.

m

31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his

32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at

33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and Pwe smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

34 And we took all his cities at Lev.27.28. that time, and utterly destroyed the and the women, and the little city of men, ones, of every city, we left none to and women, remain .

ch. 7. 2, 26. 2Heb. every

and little

ones.

r ch. 3. 12. & 4. 48.

Josh. 13. 9.

t Gen. 32.22. Num. 21. 24.

ch. 3. 16.

a ver. 5, 9, 19.

a Num. 21.

33, &c.
ch. 29.7.

35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto "whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.

to Canaan.

11 For only Og king of Bashan 1 Amos 2. 9. remained of the remnant of "giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and P the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argobunto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and

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Moses' prayer

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t Num. 32. 41.

u Num. 32. 39.

w 2 Sam. 24. 5.

x Num. 21. 24.

Josh. 12. 2.

11.

Num. 34. Num. 34.11.

Ech. 4. 49.

Josh. 12. 3. ▲ Gen. 14. 3. 3 Or, under the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill. b Num. 32. 20, &c.

of power.

* called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 15 "And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites wand unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

to enter the land.

courage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in " the valley over against Beth-peor.

CHAPTER IV.

1 An exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth the three cities of refuge on that side Jordan.

neretheven unto the sea of the

plain, even the salt sea, 2under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.

18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: b ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of 8 Heb. sons Israel, all that are meet for the war. 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the fand which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 21 ¶ And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

• Josh. 22.4.

d Num. 27. 18.

22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for

27 Get thee up into the top of Or,the hill. Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 28 But m

m Num. 27. 18, 23. ch. 1. 38. & 31.3, 7.

charge Joshua, and en

7 For what nation is there so 2 Sam. 7. great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all & 145. 18. things that we call upon him for?

8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

& 148. 14. Is. 55. 6.

h Prov. 3. 1,

9 Only take heed to thyself, and 8 keep thy soul diligently, lest thou Prov.4.23. forget the things which thine eyes 421. have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons'

Gen. 18.19.

ch. 6. 7. & 11. 19.

78. 5, 6. Ex. 19. 9, Heb. 12. 18,

Eph. 6. 4.

16. & 20. 18.

19.

An exhortation

BEFORE CHRIST

ch. 5. 23.

to obedience.

8 Heb. heart.

mch. 5. 4, 22.

n ver. 33, 36.

o Ex. 20. 22. 1 Kings 19. 12.

8 Heb. save a voice.

P ch. 9. 9, 11. Ex. 34. 28. Ex. 24. 12.

& 31. 18.

Ex. 21. 1. & ch. 22.

& ch. 23.

t Josh. 23. 11.

a Is. 40. 18.

x Ex. 32. 7. y ver. 23.

Ex. 90. 4. 5. Rom.1.23.

ch. 5. 8.

a ch. 17. 3. Job 31. 26, 27.

b Gen. 2. 1. 2 Kings 17. 16. & 21. 3. Rom. 1.

25.
4 Or,
imparted.

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12 m And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: " ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

0 3

13 PAnd he declared unto you his Covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even a ten commandments; and he wrote them upon

two tables of stone.

14. And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of "similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even ball the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto

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all nations under the whole heaven. 20 But the LORD hath taken you, 41 Kings 8. and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

Jer. 11. 4.

Ex. 19. 5. ch. 9. 29.

& 32. 9.

f Num. 20. 12. ch. 1.37. & 3. 26.

14, 15.

21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheri

22 But I must die in this land, 2 Pet. 1. 13, b I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess 'that good land.

à ch. 3. 27. 1 ch. 3. 25.

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1 ver. 16.

Ex. 20. 4, 5.

Ex. 24.17. Is. 33. 14.

ch. 9. 3.

Heb. 12. 29. n Ex. 20. 5. ch. 6. 15. Is. 42. 8.

24 Form the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even "a jealous God. 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and Pshall do P2 Kings 17. evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

2 Heb. have

found thee. Ex. 18. &

ch. 31. 17. x Gen. 49.1. ch. 31. 29. Jer. 23. 20.

Hos. 3. 5. 2Chr. 30.9. Neh. 9. 31.

y Joel 2. 12.

Ps. 116. 5. Jonah 4. 2.

31.

Job 8. 8.

32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the Matt. 24. one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

33 Did ever people hear the voice. of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, d by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD