Deuteronomy 2:18

18 ‘Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Deuteronomy 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:18

Thou art to pass over through Ar
That is, over the river Arnon, by the city Ar of Moab, which was situated by it; see ( Deuteronomy 2:9 ) and so Moses and the people of Israel were to pass along by that,

and by the coast of Moab;
for they were not admitted to enter the land and pass through it; only to travel on the borders of it, and that they were to begin to do this day; the day the Lord spake to Moses.

Deuteronomy 2:18 In-Context

16 “So as soon as all the men of war had perished and were dead from among the people,

17 the Lord said to me,

18 ‘Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

19 And when you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, do not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession. ’

20 (It is also counted as a land of Rephaim. Rephaim formerly lived there—but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim—