Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 2:37

37 Onely 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 .

i. e. Beyond Ia[illegible: 1+ letters]ok: for that was the border of the Ammonites, Ios. 12. 2. Obj. Half the land of the Ammonites is said to be given to the tribe of Gad, Ios. 13. 27. Answ. This is true of that half of it which the Amorites had taken from them, but not of the other half which yet was in the possession of the Ammonites.

The mountainous Country of the Ammonites.

Heb. commanded us: commanding is put for forbidding, here, as Gen. 2. 16. and 3. 11. Levit. 4. 2. Deut. 4. 23. The words may be thus rendred, Concerning which the Lord gave us command or charge, to wit, that we should not meddle with them, as was said before. So it is only an ellipsis of the preposition, which is very frequent.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1+ letters]en. 32. 22.