Deuteronomy 2:18

Deuteronomy 2:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
• New International Version (NIV)“Today you are to pass by the region of Moab at Ar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)'Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:18

16So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, 17the Lord said to me, “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar. 19But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites’ land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot’s descendants as their possession. 20(That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites.

Deuteronomy 2:18 word by word

אַתָּ֨ה עֹבֵ֥ר הַיּ֛וֹם אֶת־גְּב֥וּל מוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־עָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou art to pass overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• through Arעָר‛âr · ArH6144
• the coastגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:18

• Numbers 21:15and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.”
• Isaiah 15:1Here is a message about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:18

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show what uncertain things wordly possessions are. It was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little continuance is there in these things. This is recorded to encourage 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. 8-188-18. we passed ... through the way of the plain--the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber--now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divine command to molest the Moabites in…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:18

• Ar
• Moab

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Ammonite
• Contend
• Distress
• Exodus
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• Horites
• Deuteronomy

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