" aThen we turned and set
out for the wilderness
by the way
to the 1Red
Sea
, as the LORD
spoke
to me, and circled
bMount
Seir
for many
days
.
"And the LORD spoke
to me, saying
,
`You have circled this
mountain
long
enough
. Now turn
north
,
aand command the people
, saying
, "You will pass
through the bterritory
of your brothers
the sons
of Esau
who live
in Seir
; and cthey will be afraid
of you. So be very
careful
;
do not 1provoke them, for I will not give
you any
of their land
, even
as little as a 2footstep
abecause
I have given
Mount
Seir
to Esau
as a possession
.
"You shall buy food
from them with money
so that you may eat
, and you shall also
purchase
water
from them with money
so that you may drink
.
"For the LORD your God
has blessed
you in all
1that you have done
; He has known
your 2wanderings
through this
agreat
wilderness
. These
bforty
years
the LORD
your God
has been with you; you have not lacked
a thing
."'
"So we passed beyond
our brothers
the sons
of Esau
, who live
in Seir
, away
from the aArabah
road
, away
from Elath
and bfrom Ezion-geber
. And we turned
and passed
through
by the way
of the wilderness
of Moab
.
"Then the LORD said
to me, `Do not harass
Moab
, nor
provoke
them to war
, for I will not give
you any
of 1their land
as a possession
, because
I have given
aAr
to bthe sons
of Lot
as a possession
.
(The aEmim lived
there formerly
, a people
as great
, numerous
, and tall
as the Anakim
.
Like the Anakim, they are also
regarded
as aRephaim
, but the Moabites
call
them Emim
.
aThe Horites formerly
lived
in Seir
, but the sons
of Esau
dispossessed
them and destroyed
them from before
them and settled
in their place
, bjust
as Israel
did
to the land
of 1their possession
which
the LORD
gave
to them.)
`Now arise
and cross
over
the 1brook
Zered
yourselves.' So we crossed
over
the 1brook
Zered
.
"Now the 1time that it took
for us to come
from Kadesh-barnea
until
we crossed
over
the 2brook
Zered
was athirty-eight
years
, until
ball
the generation
of the men
of war
perished
from within
the camp
, as cthe LORD
had sworn
to them.
" aMoreover the hand
of the LORD
was against them, to destroy
them from within
the camp
until
they all perished
.
"So it came about when
aall
the men
of war
had finally
perished
from among
the people
,
that the LORD spoke
to me, saying
,
`Today you shall cross
over
aAr
, the border
of Moab
.
`When you come opposite
the asons
of Ammon
, do not harass
them nor
provoke
them, for I will not give
you any
of the land
of the sons
of Ammon
as a possession
, because
I have given
it to bthe sons
of Lot
as a possession
.'
(It is also regarded
as the land
of the aRephaim
, for Rephaim
formerly
lived
in it, but the Ammonites
call
them Zamzummin
,
a people as great
, numerous
, and tall
as the Anakim
, but the LORD
destroyed
them before
them. And they dispossessed
them and settled
in their place
,
just as He did
for the sons
of Esau
, who alive
in Seir
, when
He destroyed
bthe Horites
from before
them; they dispossessed
them and settled
in their place
even
to this
day
.
And the aAvvim, who lived
in villages
as far
as Gaza
, the 1 bCaphtorim
who came
from 2 cCaphtor
, destroyed
them and lived
in their place
.)
`Arise, set
out, and pass
through
the 1 avalley
of Arnon
. Look
! I have given
Sihon
the Amorite
, king
of Heshbon
, and his land
into your hand
; begin
to take
possession
and contend
with him in battle
.
`This day
I will begin
to put
athe dread
and fear
of you 1upon the peoples
2everywhere
under
the heavens
, who
, when they hear
the report
of you, bwill tremble
and be in anguish
because
of you.'
" aSo I sent messengers
from the wilderness
of Kedemoth
to Sihon
king
of Heshbon
with words
of peace
, saying
,
`Let me pass through your land
, I will 1travel
only on the highway
; I will not turn
aside
to the right
or to the left
.
`You will sell me food
for money
so that I may eat
, and give
me water
for money
so that I may drink
, aonly
let me pass
through
on 1foot
,
just as the sons
of Esau
who live
in Seir
and the Moabites
who live
in aAr
did
for me, until
I cross
over
the Jordan
into the land
which
the LORD
our God
is giving
to us.'
"But aSihon king
of Heshbon
was not willing
for us to pass
1through his land; for the bLORD
your God
hardened
his spirit
and made
his heart
obstinate
, in order
to deliver
him into your hand
, as he is today
.
"The LORD said
to me, `See
, I have begun
to deliver
Sihon
and his land
1over
to you. Begin
to 2occupy
, that you may possess
his land
.'
"Then Sihon 1with all
his people
came
out to meet
us in battle
at Jahaz
.
" aThe LORD our God
delivered
him 1over
to us, and we 2 bdefeated
him with his sons
and all
his people
.
"So we captured all
his cities
at that time
and 1 autterly
destroyed
2the men
, women
and children
of every
city
. We left
no
survivor
.
"We took aonly
the animals
as our booty
and the spoil
of the cities
which
we had captured
.
"From aAroer which
is on the edge
of the 1valley
of Arnon
and from the city
which
is in the 1valley
, even to Gilead
, there was no
city
that was too
high
for us; the LORD
our God
delivered
all
2over
to us.
" aOnly you did not go
near
to the land
of the sons
of Ammon
, all
along
the 1river
bJabbok
and the cities
of the hill
country
, and wherever
the LORD
our God
had commanded
us.