Deuteronomy 2 · Verse 18

Deuteronomy 2:18

Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
Deuteronomy 2:18, King James Version

Deuteronomy 2:18 in other translations

BSB“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
WEB“You are to pass over Ar, the border of Moab, today.
ASVThou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
YLTThou art passing over to-day the border of Moab, even Ar,
DARBYThou art to pass this day over the border of Moab, which is Ar,
BBEYou are about to go by Ar, the limit of the country of Moab;
WebsterThou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

What does Deuteronomy 2:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:8-18

8-18. we passed ... through the way of the plain--the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber--now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:8-23

We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show what uncertain things wordly possessions are. It was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little continuance is there in these things. This is…

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Deuteronomy 2:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַתָּ֨ה'a.TahyouH859
עֹבֵ֥ר'o.Ver[are] about to pass overH5674
הַיּ֛וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
גְּב֥וּלge.Vul[the] border ofH1366
מוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvMoabH4124
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עָֽר\׃'ArArH6144

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 2:18

  • Numbers 21:23

    And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

  • Isaiah 15:1

    The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

  • Numbers 21:15

    And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

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Nu 21:15,23; Isa 15:1

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 2:17

    That the Lord spake unto me, saying,

  • Deuteronomy 2:18

    Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

  • Deuteronomy 2:19

    And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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Deuteronomy 2:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tú pasarás hoy el término de Moab, á Ar,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu vas passer aujourd’hui la frontière de Moab, qui est Ar,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du wirst heute die Grenze von Moab, von Ar, überschreiten,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tu transibis hodie terminos Moab, urbem nomine Ar: