Deuteronomy 2:2

2 Yahweh 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 "[Then] we turned and set out [toward] the wilderness in the direction of the {Red Sea}, as Yahweh told me, and we went around Mount Seir [for] many days.

2 Yahweh spoke to me, {saying},

3 '[Long] enough you have been skirting this mountain; turn yourselves north,

4 and instruct the people, {saying}, "You [are] about to cross [through] the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who are living in Seir; they will be afraid of you, and [so] be very careful.

5 Do not get involved in battle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even {a foot's breadth} [of it]; since I have given Mount Seir [as] a possession for Esau.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to say"