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Deu 2:9 (KJV) — And 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.

Deu 2:9 (NASB) — "Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not harass Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of *their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.'

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

Distress not the Moabites	or, Use no hostility against Moab. Num 22:4; Jdg 11:17; 2Ch 20:10
Ar	Ar was situated south of the Arnon; and was called by the Greek writers Areopolis, and thought by them to be so named because the inhabitants worshipped [Ares] or Mars. St. Jerome says that it was destroyed by an earthquake when he was an infant. Burckhardt supposes that the ruins of a small castle called Mehatet el Hadj, may be the site of this ancient city. Deu 2:5; Num 21:15,28
the children	Deu 2:19; Gen 19:36,37; Psa 83:8