Deuteronomy 2:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD told me, “Don't try to start a war with Moab. Leave them alone, because I gave the land of Ar to them, and I will not let you have any of it.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:10

You can see that the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Edom are attacking us! Those are the nations you would not let our ancestors invade on their way from Egypt, so these nations were not destroyed.

Psalm 83:8

Even Assyria has joined forces with Moab and Ammon.

Isaiah 15:1

This is a message about Moab: The towns of Ar and Kir were destroyed in a night. Moab is left in ruins!

Numbers 21:15

with its valleys that lie beside the Moabite border and extend to the town of Ar.

Numbers 21:28

His armies marched out like fiery flames, burning down the town of Ar and destroying the hills along the River Arnon.

Numbers 22:4

They said to the Midianite leaders, “Those Israelites will wipe out everything in sight, like a bull eating grass in a field.” So King Balak

Deuteronomy 2:5

but don't start a war with them. I have given them the hill country of Seir, so I won't give any of it to you, not even enough to set a foot on.

Judges 11:15

and they told him that Jephthah had said: Israel hasn't taken any territory from Moab or Ammon.

Judges 11:17

They sent messengers to the king of Edom and said, “Please, let us go through your country.” But the king of Edom refused. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he wouldn't let them cross his country either. And so the Israelites stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 11:18

A little later, the Israelites set out into the desert, going east of Edom and Moab, and camping on the eastern side of the gorge of the River Arnon. The Arnon is the eastern border of Moab, and since the Israelites didn't cross it, they didn't even set foot in Moab.