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**turned** = faced about. Compare [Deuteronomy 1:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/7) .
**as** = according as.
**the LORD spake.** Jehovah spake at nine "sundry times" and in three "divers manners":
1. To me (Moses), [Deuteronomy 2:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/1) , [Deuteronomy 2:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/2) , [Deuteronomy 2:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/17) ; [Deuteronomy 9:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/13) ; [Deuteronomy 32:48](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/48) .
2. To you, [Deuteronomy 4:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/12) , [Deuteronomy 4:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/15) ; [Deuteronomy 10:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/4) .
3. To all your assembly, [Deuteronomy 5:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/22) .
**spake** = said, as in [Deuteronomy 1:42](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/42) . Compare [Numbers 21:4](../../../kjv/numbers/21/4) .
**many days.** These are distinguished from those mentioned in [Deuteronomy 1:46](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/46) . Those were resting in disobedience, these were journeying in obedience.

**pass through** = cross the border. [Numbers 20:4](../../../kjv/numbers/20/4) , [Numbers 20:14-17](../../../kjv/numbers/20/14-17) . [Judges 11:17](../../../kjv/judges/11/17) .
**children** = sons.

**because, &c** . Compare [Genesis 32:3](../../../kjv/genesis/32/3) ; [Genesis 33:6-8](../../../kjv/genesis/33/6-8) ; [Genesis 36:8](../../../kjv/genesis/36/8) . [Joshua 24:4](../../../kjv/joshua/24/4) .
**a possession.** Hebrew. *yarash* (because given). Also in verses: [Deuteronomy 2:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/9) , [Deuteronomy 2:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/12) , [Deuteronomy 2:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/19) , [Deuteronomy 2:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/20) , &c.; in Deut, not *'ahaz* (because seized), as in other books; though *'ahaz* is used in Ch. [Deuteronomy 32:49](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/49) .

**meat.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* ( App-6 ) for all kinds of food.

**the LORD thy God.** Jehovah thy Elohim = the triune God.
**hand.** Some codices, with some early printed editions, and Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hands".
**forty years.** Compare [Nehemiah 9:21](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/21) .
**nothing.** Hebrew "not a word": i.e. of what Jehovah had promised. Compare [Deuteronomy 8:2-4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/8/2-4) .

**passed by.** Compare [Numbers 20:21](../../../kjv/numbers/20/21) ; [Numbers 21:11-13](../../../kjv/numbers/21/11-13) .
**from Elath, &c.** Gulf of Akabah. Compare [Numbers 33:35](../../../kjv/numbers/33/35) , [Numbers 33:36](../../../kjv/numbers/33/36) , and [1 Kings 9:26](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/26) .
**wilderness of Moab.** See the route, [Judges 11:16-18](../../../kjv/judges/11/16-18) .

**the LORD** [Hebrew. *Jehovah.* said unto me (or Moses). Occurs thirteen times in Deut.: [Deuteronomy 2:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/9) , [Deuteronomy 2:31](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/31) ; [Deuteronomy 3:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/2) , [Deuteronomy 3:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/26) ; [Deuteronomy 4:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/10) ; [Deuteronomy 5:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/28) ; [Deuteronomy 9:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/12) ; [Deuteronomy 10:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/1) , [Deuteronomy 10:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/11) ; [Deuteronomy 18:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/17) ; [Deuteronomy 31:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/2) , [Deuteronomy 31:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/14) , [Deuteronomy 31:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/16) ; [Deuteronomy 34:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/4) .
**Distress not, &c.** God judged both ([2 Chronicles 20:1-25](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/20/1-25) .[Amos 1:13-15](../../../kjv/amos/1/13-15); [Amos 1:13-15](../../../kjv/amos/1/13-15) ).

**Emims** = terrible ones ([Genesis 14:5](../../../kjv/genesis/14/5) ). A race of the *Nephilim.* See App-25 .
**Anakims.** See on [Deuteronomy 1:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/28) , and App-25 .

**giants.** Hebrew. *Rephaim,* another name for the *Nephilim,* from one Rapha. See App-25 . Connected with *healing,* and with Egypt ([Genesis 50:2](../../../kjv/genesis/50/2) ). See App-23 .

**Horims.** Another race or name of the *Nephilim* See App-25 . Compare [Genesis 14:6](../../../kjv/genesis/14/6) . See App-25 .
**destroyed** = exterminated. Hebrew. *shamad.*
**stead** = room. These are the Canaanites with whom Satan had preoccupied the land to thwart God's purpose in Abraham. Compare [Genesis 12:6](../../../kjv/genesis/12/6) ; [Genesis 13:7](../../../kjv/genesis/13/7) , and see App-25 . All these had to be destroyed, as the *Nephilim* were destroyed by the Flood. Compare [Genesis 6:4](../../../kjv/genesis/6/4) , which tells of a later irruption. See [Genesis 14:5](../../../kjv/genesis/14/5) .
**possession . . . gave.** See Ch. [Deuteronomy 3:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/20) , and note on [Deuteronomy 2:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/5) .

**Now.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read "Now therefore".
**brook Zered** , which flows into the Arnon, the frontier between Moab and Ammon. [Numbers 21:13](../../../kjv/numbers/21/13) .

**thirty and eight years.** Compare the antitype of Israel in the flesh, [John 5:6](../../../kjv/john/5/6) .

**destroy** = shake off. Hebrew. *hamam.*

**Ammon.** See [Genesis 19:36-38](../../../kjv/genesis/19/36-38) , and compare [Judges 11:15](../../../kjv/judges/11/15) .

**Zamzummims.** A name given them by the Ammonites = noisy ones. See verses: [Deuteronomy 2:10-12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/10-12) , and App-25 .

**Anakims.** See note on [Deuteronomy 1:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/28) , and App-25 .

**destroyed** = exterminated. Hebrew. *shamad.*

**Avims.** Another name for these *Nephilim.* [Joshua 13:3](../../../kjv/joshua/13/3) . ( App-25 .)
**Additional notes on next page. Azzah** = Gaza. Gen 10:19 . [1 Samuel 6:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/17) . Compare [1 Kings 4:24](../../../kjv/1-kings/4/24) .[Jeremiah 25:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/20) . [Acts 8:26](../../../kjv/acts/8/26) .
**Caphtorims.** Another name, for those that came out of Caphtor. [Genesis 10:14](../../../kjv/genesis/10/14) .[Amos 9:7](../../../kjv/amos/9/7) . [Jeremiah 47:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/47/4) . Some-times identified with Crete, or the Delta.

**take your journey.** Compare [Numbers 21:13](../../../kjv/numbers/21/13) .

**put the dread.** Fulfilment of Ex. [Deuteronomy 15:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/15/14) , [Deuteronomy 15:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/15/15) .

**sent messengers.** [Numbers 21:21](../../../kjv/numbers/21/21) , [Numbers 21:22](../../../kjv/numbers/21/22) .[Judges 11:19](../../../kjv/judges/11/19) .
**Kedemoth.** Compare [Numbers 21:21-24](../../../kjv/numbers/21/21-24) . Afterward a Levitical city ([Joshua 13:18](../../../kjv/joshua/13/18) ; Jos 21:37 . [1 Chronicles 6:64](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/64) , [1 Chronicles 6:79](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/79) ).

**shalt sell.** Edom refused to let Israel pass through, but did sell, as here stated. Compare [Numbers 20:17-21](../../../kjv/numbers/20/17-21) . Moab, too, "sold", but did not meet as a friend ([Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4) , where *karam* means to offer unasked). Compare [Isaiah 21:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/17) .

**As** = According as.

**Sihon . . . would not.** Compare [Numbers 21:23](../../../kjv/numbers/21/23) .[Judges 11:20](../../../kjv/judges/11/20) .
**God** = Elohim, acting as the Creator with a creature.
**hardened.** Hebrew. *kashah* . See note on [Exodus 4:21](../../../kjv/exodus/4/21) .
**spirit** = Hebrew. *ruach* . See App-9 .

**Behold.** Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 .

**came out.** Sihon was the aggressor. [Numbers 21:2](../../../kjv/numbers/21/2) , [Numbers 21:3](../../../kjv/numbers/21/3) .[Judges 11:20](../../../kjv/judges/11/20) .

**sons.** So read, but written in Hebrew text "son" (singular)

**destroyed** = devoted to destruction. Hebrew. *haram* . Compare [Deuteronomy 3:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/6) ; [Deuteronomy 7:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/2) ; [Deuteronomy 20:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/20/17) .
**men.** Hebrew. *methim* . See App-14 .

**a prey.** For the law governing this see [Numbers 31](../../../kjv/numbers/31) .

**Aroer.** [Numbers 32:34](../../../kjv/numbers/32/34) . The name is on the Moabite Stone. See App-54 .
**the city:** i.e. Ar of Moab. [Numbers 21:15](../../../kjv/numbers/21/15) .
**delivered.** Compare [Judges 11:21](../../../kjv/judges/11/21) , [Judges 11:22](../../../kjv/judges/11/22) , [Judges 11:26](../../../kjv/judges/11/26) . "For His mercy endureth for ever", [Psalms 136:18-22](../../../kjv/psalms/136/18-22) .

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