Deuteronomy 2:2

2 And Jehovah spoke to me, saying,

Deuteronomy 2:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:2

And the Lord spake unto me
While about Mount Seir:

saying;
as follows.

Deuteronomy 2:2 In-Context

1 And we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as Jehovah had said unto me; and we went round mount Seir many days.

2 And Jehovah spoke to me, saying,

3 Ye have gone round this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

4 And command the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you; and ye shall be very guarded:

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