Deuteronomy 2:16-20

Instructions Concerning Ammon

2:16 So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, ¹  2:17 the Lord said to me, 2:18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar. ²  2:19 But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites’ land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot’s descendants ³  as their possession.

2:20 (That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. ⁴  The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. ⁵ 

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and it was when they were eliminated, all the men of war, to die from the midst of the people.”

[2:18]  ² sn Ar. See note on this word in Deut 2:9.

[2:19]  ³ sn Lot’s descendants. See note on this phrase in Deut 2:9.

[2:20]  ⁴ sn Rephaites. See note on this word in Deut 2:11.

[2:20]  ⁵ sn Zamzummites. Just as the Moabites called Rephaites by the name Emites, the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (or Zazites; Gen 14:5).