![]() ![]() Not to fight as it was to walk in obedience to whom God had It was just as important to walk in obedience to whom God had said Possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a Israel’s kinsmen, just like the Edomites and the Moabites (2:1-15). ![]() Israel was to show respect to the Ammonites because they were People so that they would not engage in war with the God used these two verbs together to strengthen His command to His Verb “to provoke” means “to engage in strife with someone.” Someone as an enemy,” or “to show hostility to someone.” The The verb translated as “to harass” basically means “to treat You come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass them nor provoke This section, the instructions concerned the sons Here, the text alludes to a region in Moab You shall cross over Ar, the border of Moab.” To behave as they pressed on to conquer Canaan. To Moses to instruct him on how the new generation of Israelites was It takes courage to walk in obedience.Īllowing fear to keep us from obedience causes a loss of rewards.Īll the men of war had finally perished from among the people, Possession of their inheritance were those who had refused to fightįor it, as God had directed. The message was clear: those who were disallowed the Were the same as those twenty years and older at the time of theĬensus. Upward, whoever was able to go out to war in Israel.” And in Numbersġ4:29, those disallowed from entering the Promised Land were countedĪccording to their “complete number from twenty years old and Numbers 1, those who were numbered were men “twenty years old and This first generation died in the wilderness without seeing the Promised Land. In all these three instances, the reference was about the rebellious people of whom God had said, “Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers,” (Deuteronomy 1:35 Numbers 14:30). 15), and “ when all the men of war had finally perished” (v. The evidence is clear from the repetition of the statements “ until all the generation of the men of war perished” (v. The destruction of the disobedient generation, described here as men of war, represented a crucial moment in the journey toward the conquest of Canaan. Their land was given to them by the LORD. In recounting Israel’s history up to this point, Moses reminds them of the time when God told them not to molest the Ammonites because, like the Edomites and the Moabites, they are Israel’s kinsmen. ![]()
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