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Deuteronomy 2:24
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel in the plains of Moab, commanding them to cross the Arnon Valley to confront Sihon the Amorite.
The words — ק֣וּמוּ (Ku.mu) means "arise" and סְּע֗וּ (se.'U) means "set out," issuing a direct mobilization command. נָתַ֣תִּי (na.Ta.ti) translates literally as "I give," stating God's act of delivering Sihon and his territory into Israel's hands.
The thread — Divine territorial transfer appears in Jeremiah 27:5, where God states He gives the earth to whom He chooses, and in Ezekiel 29:20, where land is given as a reward.
Why it lands — The text commands immediate engagement in battle and states that victory depends on God's prior delivery of the enemy. It requires the reader to act on divine promise rather than human calculation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Cross-references
- Judges 11:18 Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
- Jeremiah 27:5 By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Ezekiel 29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.
- Daniel 4:17 This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
- Numbers 21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
- Daniel 2:38 Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
- Deuteronomy 2:36 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- Joshua 6:16 After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
- Ezra 1:2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.