📜WEB · Deuteronomy 2:4
What does Deuteronomy 2:4 mean?
"Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful."
— Deuteronomy 2:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.
Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
“You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward.
Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful.
Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any 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.
You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.’”
For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, Yahweh your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.
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Biblical perspective
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If you've been seeing this time and wondering about its significance, Luke 2:48 and Daniel 2:48 are both real verses worth reading.
Luke 2:48 is the moment Mary finds the young Jesus in the temple and asks where he's been — his answer reveals something important about purpose and calling.
Luke 2:48
"When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, 'Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.'"
Daniel 2:48
"Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon."
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