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Deuteronomy 2

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Summary

The Israelites move towards the promised land, passing through the lands of Esau and Ammon in peace. However, when they come into the land of the Amorites, they destroy them.

Joseph Smith Translation Variants
KJVJST
(30) But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.(30) But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for he hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate that the Lord thy God might deliver him into thy hand, as he hath done this day.

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Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible

Matthew Henry (1706)

Commentary on the Bible

Adam Clarke (1831)

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable

Thomas Constable

Rashi’s Commentary

Rashi (Shlomo Yitzchaki)

Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes (1834)

Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Gill (1746–63)

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch (1857–78)

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible

John Wesley (1754–65)

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People

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Jan van 't Hoff, "The Covenant Renewal," Gospel Images.

Moses

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Israel, Israelites, or Children of Israel

LORD

Andrei Miranov, "Esau and Jacob."

Esau

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, "God the Father," ca. 1510-1517.

God

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Moabites

Lot and His Daughters by Artemisia Gentileschi

Lot

Lot, Children of

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Emims

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Anakim

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Horites, Horim, or Horims

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Ammon, Children of

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Ammonites

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Zamzummim

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Avim

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Caphtorim or Caphthorim

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Sihon

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Amorites

Places

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Wilderness of the Wandering

Red Sea

Seir

Plains

Elath or Eloth

Ezion-gaber or Ezion-geber

Moab

Ar

View from Mount Tabor, 2019. Photo by Bahnfrend via Wikimedia Commons.

Canaan, The Land of

Zared or Zered

Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea

Hazerim

Azzah

Arnon

Heshbon

Heaven

Kedemoth

Jordan

Jahaz, Jahaza, Jahazah, and Juhzah

Aroer

Modern Burma, the site of Gilead. Photo by Adeeb Atwan via Wikimedia Commons.

Gilead

Jabbok

Time

*All Dates Are Approximate, according to the narrative of the Bible. These dates may reflect literary significance as opposed to the precise dates of history.

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Further Reading

George A. Horton Jr., “Insights into Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy,” in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1985), 71–88.

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