Deuteronomy 2:19

19 When you approach the descendants of 'Amon, don't bother them or fight with them, for I will not give you any of the territory of the people of 'Amon to possess, since I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their territory.'"

Deuteronomy 2:19 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:19

And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,
&c.] Who dwelt near the Moabites, and were brethren, both descending from Lot, ( Genesis 19:37 Genesis 19:38 )

distress them not, nor meddle with them:
lay no siege to any of their cities, nor provoke them to war, nor engage in battle with them:

for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any
possession;
that is, any part of it which was now in their hands; otherwise half their land was given to the tribe of Gad; but then that was what Sihon king of the Amorites had taken from them, and which Israel retook from him, and so possessed it not as the land of the Ammonites, but of the Amorites, one of the seven nations, whose land they were to inherit; see ( Joshua 13:25 ) ( Judges 11:13-23 ) ,

because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession;
the Ammonites were the children of Lot by his second daughter, ( Genesis 19:38 ) .

Deuteronomy 2:19 In-Context

17 ADONAI said to me,

18 'Today you are to cross the border of Mo'av at 'Ar.

19 When you approach the descendants of 'Amon, don't bother them or fight with them, for I will not give you any of the territory of the people of 'Amon to possess, since I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their territory.'"

20 (This too is considered a land of the Refa'im: Refa'im, whom the Emori call Zamzumim, used to live there.

21 They were a large, numerous people, as tall as the 'Anakim; but ADONAI destroyed them as the people of 'Amon advanced and settled in their place -