English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 2:6
6You 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.
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.’ ”
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If you need food to eat or water to drink, pay them for it.
Context of Deuteronomy 2:6
4and command the people, "You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful. 5Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 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. 7For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing."' 8So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. "And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
Read all of Deuteronomy 2Deuteronomy 2:6 word by word
אֹ֣כֶל תִּשְׁבְּר֧וּ מֵֽאִתָּ֛ם בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֑ם וְגַם־מַ֜יִם תִּכְר֧וּ מֵאִתָּ֛ם בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וּשְׁתִיתֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:6
- Deuteronomy 2:28You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot,
- Numbers 20:19And the people of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more."
- Matthew 7:12"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
- Romans 12:17Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you,
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
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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
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