And command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
Ver. 4. Which dwell in Seir.] To distinguish them from the Amalekites, Esau's seed too, but devoted to destruction.
And they shall be afraid of you.] Though worse afraid than hurt.
“ Hic rogo, non furor est, ne moriare, mori? ”
We read of some Jews, that at the sack of Jerusalem killed themselves lest they should be taken by the enemy.