Deuteronomy 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Josh 24:4 : 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.
  • Gen 36:8 : 8 So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 20:10-12 : 10 And now, see, the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, whom you kept Israel from attacking when they came out of Egypt, so that turning to one side they did not send destruction on them: 11 See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage. 12 O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.
  • Jer 27:5 : 5 I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
  • Dan 4:25 : 25 That they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and you will be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.
  • Dan 4:32 : 32 And they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.
  • Acts 7:5 : 5 And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 2:4
    83%

    4 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:

  • Deut 2:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    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 2:27-29
    3 verses
    76%

    27 Let me go through your land: I will keep to the highway, not turning to the right or to the left;

    28 Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;

    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 2:19
    75%

    19 And when you come near the land of the children of Ammon, give them no cause of trouble and do not make war on them, for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for your heritage: because I have given it to the children of Lot.

  • Deut 2:12
    75%

    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.)

  • Josh 24:4
    75%

    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.

  • Num 20:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Ezek 35:7
    72%

    7 And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings.

  • Num 20:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Num 24:18
    71%

    18 Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.

  • Gen 36:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

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

  • Deut 2:6
    71%

    6 You may get food for your needs from them for a price, and water for drinking.

  • Gen 33:9
    71%

    9 But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.

  • Deut 2:22
    71%

    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:

  • Ezek 35:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

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

    3 And say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder.

  • Josh 1:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 Every place on which you put your foot I have given to you, as I said to Moses.

    4 From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country.

  • Gen 35:12
    70%

    12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

  • Deut 1:8
    70%

    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.

  • Ezek 35:15
    70%

    15 You will become a waste, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

  • Deut 19:14
    70%

    14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Obad 1:19
    70%

    19 And they will take the South, and the lowland, and the country of Ephraim, and Gilead, as their heritage.

  • Jer 17:3
    70%

    3 I will give your wealth and all your stores to be taken away in war without a price, because of your sins in every part of your land.

  • Deut 9:5
    69%

    5 Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Jer 49:10
    69%

    10 I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.

  • Exod 23:32
    69%

    32 Make no agreement with them or with their gods.

  • Acts 7:5
    69%

    5 And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

  • Gen 33:15
    69%

    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?

  • Gen 13:17
    69%

    17 Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

  • Deut 32:52
    69%

    52 So you will see the land before you, but you will not go into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.

  • Gen 14:6
    69%

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

  • Josh 22:25
    69%

    25 For the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad; you have no part in the Lord: so your children will make our children give up fearing the Lord.