Deuteronomy 2:5
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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.

Acts 7:5 And he gave him no inheritance in it: no, not the pace of a foot. But he promised to give it him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

because

Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Genesis 36:8 And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

Joshua 24:4 And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

2 Chronicles 20:10-12 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, . . .

Jeremiah 27:5 I made the earth, and the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.

Daniel 4:25,32 All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor. . . .

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times and the limits of their habitation.

Context
Wanderings in the Wilderness
4And command thou the people, saying: You shall pass by the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they will be afraid of you. 5Take 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.6You shall buy meats of them for money and shall eat: you shall draw waters for money, and shall drink.…
Cross References
Genesis 36:8
And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

Deuteronomy 2:6
You shall buy meats of them for money and shall eat: you shall draw waters for money, and shall drink.

Deuteronomy 2:22
As he had done in favour of the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, destroying the Horrhites, and delivering their land to them, which they possess to this day.

Joshua 24:4
And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

provoke them,
תִּתְגָּר֣וּ (tiṯ·gā·rū)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1624: To stir up (strife), engage in strife

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

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

not even
עַ֖ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

a footprint,
מִדְרַ֣ךְ (miḏ·raḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4096: A treading or stepping place

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

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

Esau
לְעֵשָׂ֔ו (lə·‘ê·śāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

the hill country
הַ֥ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of Seir
שֵׂעִֽיר׃ (śê·‘îr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8165: Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah

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


Additional Translations
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

Do not engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance.

attack them not; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot-breadth; for I have given mount Seir as a possession unto Esau.

contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on: because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot-breadth; because I have given mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.
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