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Deuteronomy 2:28
28Sell us food to eat and water to drink, and we will pay for it. All we want is permission to pass through your land.
Deuteronomy 2:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
- New International Version (NIV)Sell us food to eat and water to drink for their price in silver. Only let us pass through on foot—
- English Standard Version (ESV)You 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,
- New King James Version (NKJV)You 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,
Context of Deuteronomy 2:28
26Moses continued, “From the wilderness of Kedemoth I sent ambassadors to King Sihon of Heshbon with this proposal of peace: 27‘Let us travel through your land. We will stay on the main road and won’t turn off into the fields on either side. Sell us food to eat and water to drink, and we will pay for it. All we want is permission to pass through your land. 29The descendants of Esau who live in Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moabites, who live in Ar. Let us pass through until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us.’ 30“But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to allow us to pass through, because the Lord your God made Sihon stubborn and defiant so he could help you defeat him, as he has now done.
Read all of Deuteronomy 2Deuteronomy 2:28 word by word
אֹ֣כֶל בַּכֶּ֤סֶף תַּשְׁבִּרֵ֙נִי֙ וְאָכַ֔לְתִּי וּמַ֛יִם בַּכֶּ֥סֶף תִּתֶּן־לִ֖י וְשָׁתִ֑יתִי רַ֖ק אֶעְבְּרָ֥ה בְרַגְלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou shalt sellשָׁבַרshâbar · to buy grainH7666
- me meatאֹ֫כֶל'ôkel · foodH400
- for moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- that I may eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- and giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- me waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- that I may drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
- only I will pass throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- on my feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:28
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:28
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-37Verses 24-37 God tried his people, by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorites. If we keep from what God forbids, we shall not lose by our obedience. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; and he gives it to whom he pleases; but when there is no express direction, none can plead his grant for such proceedings. Though God assured the Israelites that the land…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-37See Numbers 21:21–32.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3719-37. when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them--The Ammonites, being kindred to the Moabites, were, from regard to the memory of their common ancestor, to remain undisturbed by the Israelites. The territory of this people had been directly north from that of Moab. It extended as far as the Jabbok, having been taken by them from a number of small Canaanitish tribes, namely, the Zamzummins, a…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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