Deuteronomy 2:19

19 When you approach the frontier of the Ammonites, do not harass them or engage them in battle, for I will not give the land of the Ammonites to you as a possession, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot."

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 the Lord spoke to me, saying,

18 "Today you are going to cross the boundary of Moab at Ar.

19 When you approach the frontier of the Ammonites, do not harass them or engage them in battle, for I will not give the land of the Ammonites to you as a possession, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot."

20 (It also is usually reckoned as a land of Rephaim. Rephaim formerly inhabited it, though the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

21 a strong and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites so that they could dispossess them and settle in their place.