“1 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. 2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed
this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 4 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: 5 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. 6 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. 7 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.”
“8 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. 9
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. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great,
and many, and tall, as the Anakims; 11 Which also were accounted giants,
as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. 12 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. 13 Now rise up, [said I], and get you over the brook Zered. And we
went over the brook Zered. 14 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. 15 For indeed the hand
of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until
they were consumed. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were
consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD spake unto me,
saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this
day: 19 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. 20 (That also was accounted
a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites
call them Zamzummims; 21 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: 22 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: 23 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.)”
“24 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. 25
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. 26 And I
sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of
Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 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. 28 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; 29 (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. 30 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. 31 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. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he
and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered
him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34
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: 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the
spoil of the cities which we took. 36 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: 37 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.” (Deuteronomy 2:1-37 AV)
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