Deuteronomy 2:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And give the people orders, saying, You are about to go through the land of your brothers, the children of Esau, who are living in Seir; and they will have fear of you; so take care what you do:

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  • Num 20:14-21 : 14 Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through; 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers: 16 And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land; 17 Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land. 18 And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword. 19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more. 20 But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army. 21 So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
  • Exod 15:15 : 15 The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water.
  • Deut 23:7 : 7 But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.
  • Obad 1:10-13 : 10 Because you were the cause of violent death and because of your cruel behaviour to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and will be cut off for ever. 11 Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them. 12 Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble. 13 Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.
  • Num 22:3-4 : 3 And in Moab there was great fear of the people, because their numbers were so great: and the feeling of Moab was bitter against the children of Israel. 4 Then Moab said to the responsible men of Midian, It is clear that this great people will be the destruction of everything round us, making a meal of us as the ox does of the grass of the field. At that time Balak, the son of Zippor, was king of Moab.
  • Num 24:14-18 : 14 So now I will go back to my people: but first let me make clear to you what this people will do to your people in days to come. 15 Then he went on with his story and said, These are the words of Balaam, the son of Beor, the words of him whose eyes are open: 16 He says, whose ear is open to the words of God, who has knowledge of the Most High, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down and having his eyes open: 17 I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth. 18 Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.

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  • Deut 2:5
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    5 Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.

  • Deut 2:8-9
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    81%

    8 So we went on past our brothers, the children of Esau, living in Seir, by the road through the Arabah, from Elath and Ezion-geber. And turning, we went by the road through the waste land of Moab.

    9 And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.

  • Deut 2:29
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    29 As the children of Esau did for me in Seir and the Moabites in Ar; till I have gone over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving us.

  • Deut 2:1-3
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    1 Then we went back, journeying into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea, as the Lord had said to me: and we were a long time going round Mount Seir.

    2 And the Lord said to me,

    3 You have been journeying round this mountain long enough: now go to the north;

  • Gen 32:17-19
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    17 And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?

    18 Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.

    19 And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;

  • Num 20:17-18
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    75%

    17 Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.

    18 And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.

  • Deut 2:12
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    12 And the Horites in earlier times were living in Seir, but the children of Esau took their place; they sent destruction on them and took their land for themselves, as Israel did to the land of his heritage which the Lord gave them.)

  • Gen 33:14-15
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    74%

    14 Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.

    15 And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

  • Deut 1:29
    73%

    29 Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

  • Deut 2:22
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    22 As he did for the children of Esau living in Seir, when he sent destruction on the Horites before them, and they took their land where they are living to this day:

  • Deut 3:18
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    18 At that time I gave you orders, saying, The Lord has given you this land for your heritage: all the men of war are to go over armed before your brothers the children of Israel.

  • Josh 24:4
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    4 And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

  • Deut 1:7-8
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    73%

    7 Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

    8 See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.

  • Gen 32:8
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    8 And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.

  • Exod 34:12
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    12 But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.

  • Num 20:20-21
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    20 But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.

    21 So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.

  • Gen 32:3
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    3 Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

  • Deut 1:40
    72%

    40 But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.

  • Deut 2:18
    72%

    18 You are about to go by Ar, the limit of the country of Moab;

  • Gen 36:8
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    8 So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).

  • Gen 14:6
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    6 And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste land.

  • Judg 11:17
    71%

    17 Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.

  • Ezek 35:2
    71%

    2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it,