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

You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us:

For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.

They shall

Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Now, behold, I go to my people: come, [and] I will inform you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days."

Take ye

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

General references

"Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border."