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Deuteronomy 2:9

LotArMoab

7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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.

10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

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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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  • Genesis 19:36–37

    Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

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  • Numbers 21:15

    And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

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  • Numbers 21:28

    For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:5

    Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:29

    (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

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  • Psalms 83:8

    Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

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  • Numbers 22:4

    And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:18–19

    Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

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