Then we turned, and took our journey
into the wilderness
by the way
of the Red
sea
, as the LORD
spake
unto me: and we compassed
mount
Seir
many
days
.
And the LORD spake
unto me, saying
,
Ye have compassed this mountain
long enough
: turn
you northward
.
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:
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
.
Ye shall buy meat
of them for money
, that ye may eat
; and ye shall also buy
water
of them for money
, that ye may drink
.
For the LORD thy God
hath blessed
thee in all the works
of thy hand
: he knoweth
thy walking
through this great
wilderness
: these forty
years
the LORD
thy God
hath been with thee; thou hast lacked
nothing
.
And when we passed by from our brethren
the children
of Esau
, which dwelt
in Seir
, through the way
of the plain
from Elath
, and from Eziongaber
, we turned
and passed
by the way
of the wilderness
of Moab
.
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
.
The Emims dwelt
therein in times past
, a people
great
, and many
, and tall
, as the Anakims
;
Which also were accounted
giants
, as the Anakims
; but the Moabites
call
them Emims
.
The Horims also dwelt
in Seir
beforetime
; but the children
of Esau
succeeded
them, when they had destroyed
them from before
them, and dwelt
in their stead; as Israel
did
unto the land
of his possession
, which the LORD
gave
unto them.
Now rise up, said I , and get you over
the brook
Zered
. And we went over
the brook
Zered
.
And the space in which we came
from Kadeshbarnea
, until we were come over
the brook
Zered
, was thirty
and eight
years
; until all the generation
of the men
of war
were wasted out
from among
the host
, as the LORD
sware
unto them.
For indeed the hand of the LORD
was against them, to destroy
them from among
the host
, until they were consumed
.
So it came to pass, when all the men of war
were consumed
and dead
from among
the people
,
That the LORD spake
unto me, saying
,
Thou art to pass over through Ar
, the coast
of Moab
, this day
:
And when thou comest nigh over against
the children
of Ammon
, distress
them not, nor meddle
with them: for I will not give
thee of the land
of the children
of Ammon
any possession
; because I have given
it unto the children
of Lot
for a possession
.
(That also was accounted a land
of giants
: giants
dwelt
therein in old time
; and the Ammonites
call
them Zamzummims
;
A people great
, and many
, and tall
, as the Anakims
; but the LORD
destroyed
them before
them; and they succeeded
them, and dwelt
in their stead:
As he did to the children
of Esau
, which dwelt
in Seir
, when he destroyed
the Horims
from before
them; and they succeeded
them, and dwelt
in their stead even unto this day
:
And the Avims which dwelt
in Hazerim
, even unto Azzah
, the Caphtorims
, which came forth
out of Caphtor
, destroyed
them, and dwelt
in their stead.)
Rise ye up, take your journey
, and pass over
the river
Arnon
: behold
, I have given
into thine hand
Sihon
the Amorite
, king
of Heshbon
, and his land
: begin
to possess
it , and contend
with him in battle
.
This day will I begin
to put
the dread
of thee and the fear
of thee upon the nations
that are under the whole heaven
, who shall hear
report
of thee, and shall tremble
, and be in anguish
because of thee
.
And I sent messengers
out of the wilderness
of Kedemoth
unto Sihon
king
of Heshbon
with words
of peace
, saying
,
Let me pass through thy land
: I will go
along by the high way
, I will neither turn
unto the right hand
nor to the left
.
Thou shalt sell me meat
for money
, that I may eat
; and give
me water
for money
, that I may drink
: only I will pass through
on my feet
;
(As the children of Esau
which dwell
in Seir
, and the Moabites
which dwell
in Ar
, did
unto me;) until I shall pass over
Jordan
into the land
which the LORD
our God
giveth
us.
But Sihon king
of Heshbon
would
not let us pass
by him: for the LORD
thy God
hardened
his spirit
, and made his heart
obstinate
, that he might deliver
him into thy hand
, as appeareth this day
.
And the LORD said
unto me, Behold
, I have begun
to give
Sihon
and his land
before
thee: begin
to possess
, that thou mayest inherit
his land
.
Then Sihon came out
against
us, he and all his people
, to fight
at Jahaz
.
And the LORD our God
delivered
him before
us; and we smote
him, and his sons
, and all his people
.
And we took all his cities
at that time
, and utterly destroyed
the men
, and the women
, and the little ones
, of every city
, we left
none to remain
:
Only the cattle we took for a prey
unto ourselves, and the spoil
of the cities
which we took
.
From Aroer, which is by the brink
of the river
of Arnon
, and from the city
that is by the river
, even unto Gilead
, there was not one city
too strong
for us: the LORD
our God
delivered
all unto us
:
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.