And when thou comest nigh. —Compare Note on Deuteronomy 2:9.

And when you come near, over against the children of Ammon. God now makes provision concerning the Ammonites, since their situation was th…

And when you come nigh over against the children of Ammon ,
&c.] Who dwelt near the Moabites, and were brethren, bot…

We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these: the Caphtorims drove the Avims o…