Deuteronomy 2:5 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

The Edomites to be sparedOnly a short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness is given. God not only chastised them for their murmuring and unbelief, but prepared them...

Thompson Chains

Mt. SeirLink 3 of 4 · next Ezekiel 35:2

Cross References

Genesis 36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Joshua 24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Deuteronomy 32:8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 20:10–12 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; …
Jeremiah 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
Daniel 4:25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Acts 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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Topics

Edomites Land of
Esau His name used to denote his descendants and their country
Seir Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Places

SeirMountain range · also Mount Seir · today Jebel esh Shera · Location likely
Places in Deuteronomy 2 on a map

Bible Dictionary

SeirRough; hairy. (1.) A Horite; one of the “dukes” of Edom (Gen 36:20–30).
EsauHairy, Rebekah’s first-born twin son (Gen 25:25). The name of Edom, “red”, was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the...

Hebrew and Strong’s

Meddle תִּתְגָּרוּ titgārû גָּרָה Verb · hithpael jussive, second person masculine plural
not with them; for I will not give אַל ʾal Negative בָם bām Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural כִּי kî Conjunction לֹא lōʾ Negative אֶתֵּן ʾettēn נָתַן Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
you of their land לָכֶם lākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural מֵאַרְצָם mēʾarṣām אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
no, not so much as a foot רָגֶל rāgel רֶגֶל Noun · feminine singular
breadth עַד ʿad Preposition מִדְרַךְ midrak מִדְרָךְ Noun · masculine singular construct כַּף kap כַּף Noun · feminine singular construct
because I have given נָתַתִּי nātattî נָתַן Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
mount אֶת ʾet Object marker הַר har הַר Noun · masculine singular construct
Seir שֵׂעִיר śēʿîr שֵׂעִיר Proper name
unto Esau לְעֵשָׂו lĕʿēśāw עֵשָׂו Proper name · with preposition
a possession כִּי kî Conjunction יְרֻשָּׁה yĕruššâ יְרֻשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0