What Does Deuteronomy 2:37 Mean in the King James?
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse reveals that faithful movement is sometimes defined by where you do not draw near.
THE MEANING
Some places remain outside your path because a command has marked a boundary. Restraint is not always failure to arrive; it can be the precise shape of faithful movement.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that every place you do not reach is a missed opportunity: here, not approaching is part of the command.
THE ROOT
קָרָבְתָּ
qāravtā
GROWS FROM
ק־ר־ב
q-r-b
To approach or draw near.
“camest not / came not” in this verse is qāravtā. The Hebrew repeats the same verb for each boundary: you did not draw near. The same root appears in qorbān, an offering brought near, so this root holds both the approach that is welcomed and the approach withheld by a command.
ALSO GROWS
qārôb: Near, close
קָרוֹב
Nearness belongs to the same root family as the approach this verse says does not happen.
qorbān: Offering; something brought near
קָרְבָּן
The offering’s name carries the idea of drawing near, revealing how the root can describe an approach made through an offering.
THE PATTERN
Faithful movement includes respecting limits on where you draw near.
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.Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,THE THREAD
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.The Hebrew word translated “offering,” qorbān (קָרְבָּן), comes from the same q-r-b root as “camest” in this verse. One passage names what is brought near; the other marks where approach stops.
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