Deuteronomy 2:6

Deuteronomy 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:6

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. You shall buy food from them with money so that you may [have something to] eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money so that you may [have something to] drink. 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.” ’ 8“So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who lived in Seir, away from the Arabah (wilderness) road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. Then we turned and passed through by the way of the Wilderness of Moab.

Deuteronomy 2:6 word by word

אֹ֣כֶל תִּשְׁבְּר֧וּ מֵֽאִתָּ֛ם בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֑ם וְגַם־מַ֜יִם תִּכְר֧וּ מֵאִתָּ֛ם בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וּשְׁתִיתֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall buyשָׁבַרshâbar · to buy grainH7666
• meatאֹ֫כֶל'ôkel · foodH400
• of them for moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• that ye may eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and ye shall also buyכָּרָהkârâh · to tradeH3739
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• that ye may drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:6

• Deuteronomy 2:28You will sell me food for money so that I [along with my people] will eat, and you will give me water for money so that I [along with my people] will drink; only let me [and my people] travel through [the land] on foot,
• Numbers 20:19Again, the Israelites said to him, “We will go by the highway [trade route], and if I and my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else.”
• Matthew 7:12“So then, in everything treat others the same way you want them to treat you, for this is [the essence of] the Law and the [writings of the] Prophets.
• Romans 12:17Never repay anyone evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and gracious and proper in the sight of everyone.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:7For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined or inappropriate manner when we were with you [we were never idle or lazy, nor did we avoid our duties],

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-25Numbers 21:10–20 covers the same time period.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. Meddle not with them--that is, "which dwell in Seir" (De 2:4)--for there was another branch of Esau's posterity, namely, the Amalekites, who were to be fought against and destroyed (Ge 36:12; Ex 17:14; De 25:17). But the people of Edom were not to be injured, either in their persons or property. And although the approach of so vast a nomadic horde as the Israelites naturally created apprehension, they were to take no advantage of the prevailing…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:6

• Edomites
• Money

In the dictionaries

• Contend
• Distress
• Exodus
• Geber
• 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