King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:18 in the King James Version says “Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:”
Deuteronomy 2:18 · KJV
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou art to pass over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the coast”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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