Deuteronomy 2:5

KJV

Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

— Deuteronomy 2:5, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Moses recounts Israel's long wilderness wandering until the generation of fighting men died out, then the journey around Edom, through Moab and Ammon—whose territories God gave to Lot's descendants and forbade Israel to attack—and finally the beginning of military campaigns …

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Other Translations

ASV

contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

YLT

ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.

BBE

Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.

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