World English Bible
Deuteronomy 2:20
“(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived therein before; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 2
You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
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.
(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived therein before; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;
as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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