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Political Relationships

Text: Deuteronomy 2
4 October 2016

POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS

1. Special instructions given with reference to political relationships

2. Neighbouring countries

a) Edom
b) Moab
c) Ammon

SPECIAL REGARD FOR KINFOLK

A. Esau/ Edom/ Mount Seir

1. Edom

Passing through the territory of your brethren   (Deuteronomy 2:4)
a) The descendants of Esau
b) Living in Seir
c) They will be afraid of you

2. Strict instructions   (Deuteronomy 2:5-6)

a) Do not meddle with them
b) I will not give you any of their land
c) I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession
d) You shall buy food/ water from them

3. Compliance

a) Israel kept this word from the Lord
b) We passed beyond our brethren…   (Deuteronomy 2:7)

B. Moab

1. Moabites

a) The descendants of Lot
b) Their land was given to them as their possession   (Deuteronomy 2:9)

2. Strict instructions

Do not harass them

3. Brief parenthetical comment of the land of Moab

a) The people were called Emim
They were giants like the Anakim
b) The Horites
Pre-Semitic race

C. Ammon

1. Ammonites

a) The descendants of Lot
b) Their land given to them as their possession   (Deuteronomy 2:19)

2. Strict instructions

a) Do not meddle with them
b) Do not harasss them   (Deuteronomy 2:19)

3. Brief parenthetical comment of the land of Ammon

a) Zamzummim
Giants like the Anakim   (Deuteronomy 2:20)
b) Avim
c) Caphthorim
The earlier people were destroyed by the Lord   (Deuteronomy 2:22-23)