Deuteronomy 2:3

Deuteronomy 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
• New International Version (NIV)“You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north.
• English Standard Version (ESV)'You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough. Turn northward
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:3

1“Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, just as the Lord had told me; and we circled Mount Seir for many days. 2And the Lord spoke to me, saying, ‘You have circled this mountain long enough; turn northward, 4and command the people, saying, “You are passing through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau (the Edomites), who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful; 5do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even as little as a footstep, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

Deuteronomy 2:3 word by word

רַב־לָכֶ֕ם סֹ֖ב אֶת־הָהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה פְּנ֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם צָפֹֽנָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye have compassedסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• this mountainהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• long enoughרַבrab · manyH7227
• turnפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• you northwardצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:3

• Deuteronomy 2:7For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known about your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’
• Deuteronomy 1:6“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough on this mountain.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Turn you northward - From Mount Seir, in order to get to Canaan. This was not the way they went before, viz., by Kadesh-barnea, but they were to proceed between Edom on the one hand, and Moab and Ammon on the other, so as to enter into Canaan through the land of the Amorites.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-3Verses 1-3 Deuteronomy 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses‘ present purpose. The command of Deuteronomy 2:2-3 relates to their journey from Kadesh to Mount Hor Numbers 20:22; Numbers 33:37, and directs their march around to the southern extremity of Mount Seir, so as to “compass the land of Edom” Judges 11:18; Numbers 21:4, and so northward toward the Arnon, i. e., “by the way of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-25Numbers 21:10–20 covers the same time period.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-371. Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea--After their unsuccessful attack upon the Canaanites, the Israelites broke up their encampment at Kadesh, and journeying southward over the west desert of Tih as well as through the great valley of the Ghor and Arabah, they extended their removals as far as the gulf of Akaba. we compassed mount Seir many days--In these few words Moses comprised the whole of that…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:3

• Red Sea

In the dictionaries

• Contend
• Distress
• Exodus
• Geber
• Arabah
• Deuteronomy
• Papyrus
• Seir

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings