And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto me,.... When upon the borders of Moab:
distress not the Moabites, neither contend with than in battle; besiege not any of their cities, nor draw them into a battle, or provoke…
Barnes' Notes
The Moabites and the Ammonites Deu 2:19 being descended from Lot, the nephew of Abraham Gen 19:30-38, were, like the Edomites, kinsmen of the Israelites.
It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (Deu 2:8), calls them, "our brethren, the children of Esau." Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage…
Cambridge Bible
Vex not Moab Treat not Moab as a foe.
neither contend with them See on Deu 2:2.
Ar -Ar(Num 21:15) or -Ar of Mo'ab(id.28) is in these passages a township, probably the same as -Ir, or City of, Mo'ab,…
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