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Deuteronomy 2:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the Moabites, neither go to battle against them: for I will not give thee any of their land, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot in possession.

Douay-Rheims

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י אֶל־תָּ֙צַר֙ אֶת־מוֹאָ֔ב וְאַל־תִּתְגָּ֥ר בָּ֖ם מִלְחָמָ֑ה כִּ֠י לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֨ן לְךָ֤ מֵֽאַרְצוֹ֙ יְרֻשָּׁ֔ה כִּ֣י לִבְנֵי־ל֔וֹט נָתַ֥תִּי אֶת־עָ֖ר יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃

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Ephraem the Syrian

4th centuryChurch Father

The Lord expressed to us the same message regarding the inheritance belonging to the descendants of Lot (the Moabites) and instructed us to cause them no injury, for the Lord granted them an inheritance just as He allotted us the land of the Canaanites.

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