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 will pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau 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, 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 eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink. 7For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’ 8“So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And 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

• You shall buyשָׁבַרshâbar · to buy grainH7666
• foodאֹ֫כֶל'ôkel · foodH400
• from them with moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• so that you may eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and you shall alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• purchaseכָּרָהkârâh · to tradeH3739
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• so that you may drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:6

• Deuteronomy 2:28You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, only let me pass through on foot,
• Numbers 20:19Again, the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if I and my livestock do drink any of your water, then I will pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, nothing else.”
• Matthew 7:12“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
• Romans 12:17Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:7For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among 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

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