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Deuteronomy 2:4

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And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
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  1. Numbers 20:14–21Rank 1 from verse 4
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    14¶ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

    15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

    16And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

    17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

    18And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

    19And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

    20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

    21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

  2. Deuteronomy 23:7Rank 2 from verse 4
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    7¶ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

  3. Exodus 15:15Rank 3 from verse 4
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    15Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

  4. Colossians 4:5Rank 4 from verse 4
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    5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

  5. Ephesians 5:15Rank 5 from verse 4
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    15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

  6. Luke 12:15Rank 6 from verse 4
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    15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

  7. Matthew 5:16Rank 7 from verse 4
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    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

  8. Numbers 22:3–4Rank 8 from verse 4
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    3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

    4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

  9. Obadiah 1:10–13Rank 9 from verse 4
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    10¶ For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

    11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

    12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

    13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

  10. Philippians 2:15Rank 10 from verse 4
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    15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

  11. Numbers 24:14–18Rank 11 from verse 4
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    14And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

    15¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

    16He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

    17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

    18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

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Deuteronomy 2:4

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command

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Sense 1: To order or direct with authority. Sense 2: An authoritative order, charge, or commandment.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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coast

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1. A boundary or border, or the territory lying within it. 2. The shore or land bordering the sea.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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heed

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Careful attention, notice, or regard; to watch, consider, listen to, or guard oneself.

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2:1THEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

2:2And the Lord spake unto me, saying,

2:3Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

2:4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

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2:5Meddle 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.

2:6Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

2:7For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

2:8And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

2:9And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

2:10The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

2:11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

2:12The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.

2:13Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.

2:14And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.

2:15For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

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