Deuteronomy 2:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

Ye are to pass

Deuteronomy 23:7

Numbers 20:14

Obadiah 1:10

They shall

Exodus 15:15

Numbers 22:3

Numbers 24:14

Take ye

Colossians 4:5

General references

Numbers 20:17

Bible References

Ye are to pass

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,

Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

They shall

Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

And now behold, I go to my people: come, I will admonish thee what this people will do to thy people at the end of days.

Take ye

Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,

that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world,

Walk in wisdom towards those without, redeeming opportunities.

General references

Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass through fields, or through vineyards, neither will we drink water out of the wells: we will go by the king's road; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.