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Deuteronomy 2:5
“don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 2
You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward.
Command the people, saying, 'You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;
don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
You shall purchase food of them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.
For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.
About Deuteronomy
Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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