Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.”
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Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.”
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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 land.
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And the LORD said unto me: 'Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee; begin to possess his land.'
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 2:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—to give to them and to their offspring after them.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 2:24 “Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord said unto me,.... After or about…
And the Lord said unto me,.... After or about the time when the messengers were sent to Sihon, perhaps when they had returned and had brought his answer:
behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee; by hardening his heart, which was a sure token of his ruin, and a leading step to the delivery of him into the hands of Israel:
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begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land; move towards it and enter into it, not fearing any opposition made by him.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 31. deliver up before thee] See Deu_1:8. The Sg.…
31. deliver up before thee] See Deu_1:8. The Sg. is retained as original by Steuern. presumably on the ground of its being addressed to Moses.
Sihon] LXX. Sam. add king of Ḥeshbon, the Amorite.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (31) Behold, I have begun to give Sihon.—Notice that…
(31) Behold, I have begun to give Sihon.—Notice that in all the conquests of Israel Jehovah gave the order to begin the attack. (See Deu_7:2, and Note on Jos_13:1.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 31-37. God had determined to give Sihon and…
Vers. 31-37. God had determined to give Sihon and his land to the Israelites, and so certainly should this be done, that Moses is exhorted already to begin to seize, in order to possess the land. Sihon initiated hostilities by coming out with all his host to fight against Moses and the Israelites. The battle took place at Jahaz (or Jahazah, or Jahza), a town between Medeba and Dibon, (Euseb.; of Num_33:45) afterwards belonging to the tribe of Reuben, (Jos_13:18) and assigned to the Levites of the line of Merari (Jos_21:36; 1Ch_6:78) The war was one of extermination, in which all the people of Sihon were destroyed, from one cad of his dominion to the other; all his cities were devoted irredeemably, (comp. Lev_27:29) and only the cattle and the material property were preserved as booty by the conquerors. (Num_21:23-26)
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