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and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, don`t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.
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God Appoints National Borders
Commentators explain that Israel was forbidden from attacking the Ammonites because God Himself had sovereignly given them their land. Matthew Henry uses this as an encouragement: if God's providence secures land for the Ammonites, how much more will His specific promise secure the Promised Land for His own people. This reveals God's ultimate authority over the destinies of all nations.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
And when thou comest nigh. —Compare Note on Deuteronomy 2:9.
16th Century
Protestant
And when you come near, over against the children of Ammon. God now makes provision concerning the Ammonites, since their situation was th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when you come nigh over against the children of Ammon , &c.] Who dwelt near the Moabites, and were brethren, bot…
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Presbyterian
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…
