“From the Desert of Kedemoth I sent messengers to Sihon king of Heshbon offering peace and saying,  “Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left.  Sell us food to eat and water to drink for their price in silver. Only […]

“In Se‘ir the Horim used to live, but the descendants of ‘Esav dispossessed and destroyed them, settling in their place. Isra’el did similarly in the land it came to possess, which Adonai gave to them.”-Deuteronomy 2:12 We are continuing on with Moses’ recounting of Israel’s journey up to the point in time when they will […]

“The Emim used to live there, a great and numerous people as tall as the ‘Anakim. They are also considered Refa’im, as are the ‘Anakim, but the Mo’avim call them Emim.“-Deuteronomy 2:10-11 In my last post I talked about how Israel was NOT to attempt to take over any land currently being inhabited by the […]

“Give the people these orders: ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful. Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your […]

Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter 2. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. “Then we turned and began traveling into the desert along the road to the Sea of Suf, as Adonai had said to me; and we skirted Mount Se‘ir for a long time. Finally Adonai said […]