Deuteronomy 2:9

7 Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

10 (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.

11 Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
WEB
The LORD said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”
ASV
And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither engage with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given Ar as a possession.
BLB
And YHWH said to me, “Do not harass Moab and do not contend with them in battle, for I will not give to you of their land [as] a possession, because to the sons of Lot I have given Ar [as] a possession.”
ÅB
Da sa Herren til meg: Du må ikke angripe moabittene og ikke gi deg i strid med dem; jeg vil ikke gi deg noe av deres land til eiendom, for jeg har gitt Lots barn Ar til eiendom.
OTB
Da instruerte Herren meg: "Ikke trakasser Moab eller provoser dem til krig, for jeg vil ikke gi dere noen del av deres land som eiendom, fordi jeg har gitt Ar til etterkommerne av Lot som eiendom."
B1930
Da sa Herren til mig: Du må ikke angripe moabittene og ikke gi dig i strid med dem; jeg vil ikke gi dig noget av deres land til eiendom, for jeg har gitt Lots barn Ar til eiendom.

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