Deuteronomy 2:31
And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto me,.... After or about the time when the messengers were sent to Sihon, perhaps when they had returned and had brought his answer:
behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his…
God having tried the self-denial of his people in forbidding them to meddle with the Moabites and Ammonites, and they having quietly passed by those rich countries, and, though superior in number, not…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
deliver up before thee See Deu 1:8. The Sg. is retained as original by Steuern. presumably on the ground of its being addressed to Moses.
Sihon LXX. Sam. add king of Ḥeshbon, the Amorite.