Deuteronomy 2:9
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And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the Moabites, neither go to battle against them: for I will not give thee any of their land, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot in possession.

Distress not the Moabites.

Numbers 22:4 He said to the elders of Madian: So will this people destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots. Now he was at that time king in Moab.

Judges 11:17 And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying: Suffer me to pass through thy land. But he would not condescend to his request. He sent also to the king of Moab, who, likewise, refused to give him passage. He abode, therefore, in Cades,

2 Chronicles 20:10 Now therefore behold the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands thou didst not allow Israel to pass, when they came out of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and slew them not,

Deuteronomy 2:5 Take ye then good heed that you stir not against them. For I will not give you of their land so much as the step of one foot can tread upon, because I have given mount Seir to Esau, for a possession.

Numbers 21:15,28 The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the borders of the Moabites. . . .

the children

Deuteronomy 2:19 And when thou comest nigh the frontiers of the children of Ammon, take heed thou fight not against them, nor once move to battle: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.

Genesis 19:36,37 So the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father. . . .

Psalm 83:8 Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.

Context
Wanderings in the Wilderness
8And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, by the way of the plain from Elath and from Asiongaber, we came to the way that leadeth to the desert of Moab. 9And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the Moabites, neither go to battle against them: for I will not give thee any of their land, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot in possession.10The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,…
Cross References
Genesis 19:36
So the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

Genesis 19:37
And the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

Numbers 21:15
The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the borders of the Moabites.

Numbers 21:28
A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon.

Deuteronomy 2:18
Thou shalt pass this day the borders of Moab, the city named Ar:

Deuteronomy 2:19
And when thou comest nigh the frontiers of the children of Ammon, take heed thou fight not against them, nor once move to battle: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.

Deuteronomy 2:29
As the children of Esau have done, that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites, that abide in Ar: until we come to the Jordan, and pass to the land which the Lord our God will give us.

Judges 11:18
And went round the land of Edom at the side, and the land of Moab: and came over against the east coast of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon: and he would not enter the bounds of Moab.

Psalm 83:8
Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.

Lexicon
Then the LORD
יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to me,
אֵלַ֗י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

‘Do not
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

harass
תָּ֙צַר֙‪‬ (tā·ṣar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6696: To confine, bind, besiege

the Moabites
מוֹאָ֔ב (mō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled

[or]
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

provoke them
תִּתְגָּ֥ר (tiṯ·gār)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1624: To stir up (strife), engage in strife

to war,
מִלְחָמָ֑ה (mil·ḥā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

for
כִּ֠י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

give
אֶתֵּ֨ן (’et·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you
לְךָ֤ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

any of their land,
מֵֽאַרְצוֹ֙ (mê·’ar·ṣōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I have given
נָתַ֥תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

Ar
עָ֖ר (‘ār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6144: Ar -- a place in Moab

as a possession
יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃ (yə·ruš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3425: Something occupied, a conquest, a patrimony

to the descendants
לִבְנֵי־ (liḇ·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Lot.
ל֔וֹט (lō·wṭ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3876: Lot -- Abraham's nephew


Additional Translations
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.”And the LORD said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give you of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.

And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

And the Lord said to me, Do not ye quarrel with the Moabites, and do not engage in war with them; for I will not give you of their land for an inheritance, for I have given Aroer to the children of Lot to inherit.

And Jehovah said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither engage with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given Ar as a possession.

And the LORD said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

And the LORD said to 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 to the children of Lot for a possession.

Yahweh said to me, "Don't bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession."

and Jehovah saith unto me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir thyself up against them in battle, for I do not give to thee of their land for a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given Ar for a possession.'
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