“^aThen we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, just as the LORD had told me; and we circled ^bMount Seir for many days. 2 And the LORD spoke to me, saying, 3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough; ¹turn northward, 4 ^aand command the people, saying, “You are passing through the ^bterritory of your brothers the sons of Esau (the Edomites) , who live in Seir; and ^cthey will be afraid of you. So be very careful; 5 do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even as little as a footstep, ^abecause I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6 You shall buy food from them with money so that you may have something to eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money so that you may have something to drink. 7 For the LORD your God has blessed you in all ¹that you have done; He has known about your wanderings through this ^agreat wilderness. These ^bforty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”’

8 “So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who lived in Seir, away from the ^aArabah (wilderness) road, away from Elath and ^bfrom Ezion-geber. Then we turned and passed through by the way of the Wilderness of Moab. 9 And the LORD said to me, ‘Do not harass the descendants of Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given ^aAr to ^bthe sons (Moab and Ammon) of Lot as a possession.’ Gen 19:30-38 10 (The ^aEmim lived there in times past, a people great and numerous, and as tall as the Anakim. 11 These also are regarded as ^aRephaim an ancient people, as are the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 ^aThe Horites also used to live in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them. They destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, ^bjust as Israel did in the land which the LORD gave them as their possession.) 13 ‘Now ¹arise and cross the valley of the ²Zered.’ So we crossed the Zered Valley. 14 Now ^athirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley, until that ^bentire generation of the men of war had died from within the camp, just as ^cthe LORD had sworn to them. 15 ^aMoreover the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from within the camp, until they were all dead.

16 “So it came about when ^aall the men of war had finally died from among the people, 17 that the LORD spoke to me, saying, 18 ‘Today you are to pass through ^aAr, the border of Moab. 19 When you come opposite the territory of the ^asons of ¹Ammon, 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.’ 20 (It is also regarded as the land of the ^aRephaim of giant stature, for Rephaim used to live there, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin, 21 a great, numerous people, and tall as the Anakim, but the LORD destroyed them before the sons of Ammon. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place, 22 just as He did for the sons of Esau, who ^alive in Seir, when He destroyed ^bthe Horites from before them; and the sons of Esau (the Edomites) dispossessed them and settled in their place and remain there even to this day. 23 As for the ^aAvvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the ^bCaphtorim (Cretans, later Philistines) who came from ^cCaphtor (Crete) destroyed them and settled in their place.) 24 ‘Now arise, continue on, and go through the ^avalley of the ¹Arnon. Look, I have handed over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin! Take possession of it and fight with him in battle. 25 This day I will begin to put the ^adread and the fear of you on the peoples (pagans) under the whole heaven, who, when they hear the reports about you, ^bwill tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

26 “^aSo I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 ‘Let me pass through your land with my people. I will travel with them only on the highway; I will not turn away to the right or to the left. 28 You will sell me food for money so that I along with my people will eat, and you will give me water for money so that I along with my people will drink; ^aonly let me and my people travel through the land on foot, 29 just as the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in ^aAr, ¹did for me, until I cross the Jordan into the land which the LORD our God is giving us.’ 30 But ^aSihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to travel through his land; for the ^bLORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to hand him over to you, as he is today. 31 The LORD said to me, ‘Look, I have begun to hand over to you Sihon and his land. Begin! Take possession of it, so that you may possess his land.’

32 “Then at Jahaz, Sihon and all his people came out to meet us in battle. 33 So ^athe LORD our God handed him over to us and gave us the victory, and we ^bdefeated him and his sons and all his people. 34 At the same time we took all his cities and ^autterly destroyed every city—men, women and children. We left no survivor. 35 We took ^aonly the cattle as plunder for ourselves and the spoil of the cities which we had captured. 36 From ^aAroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and from the city which is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was no city whose wall was too high and too strong for us; the LORD our God handed over everything to us. 37 ^aOnly you did not go near the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the river ^1bJabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the LORD our God had forbidden us.

“^aThen we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the ¹Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me, and circled ^bMount Seir for many days. 2 And Yahweh spoke to me, saying, 3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north, 4 ^aand command the people, saying, “You are going to 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; 5 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. 6 You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also bargain with them for water with money so that you may drink. 7 For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; He has known your ¹wanderings through this ^agreat wilderness. These ^bforty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’

8 “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. 9 Then Yahweh 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.’ 10 (The ^aEmim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. 11 Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as ^aRephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 ^aNow the 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 would do to the land of ¹their possession which Yahweh gave to them.) 13 ‘Now arise and cross over the ¹brook Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the ²brook Zered. 14 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 came to an end from within the camp, as ^cYahweh had sworn to them. 15 ^aMoreover the hand of Yahweh was against them, to bring them into confusion from within the camp until they all came to an end.

16 “So it happened when ^aall the men of war had come to an end in death from among the people, 17 that Yahweh spoke to me, saying, 18 ‘Today you are about to cross over ^aAr, the border of Moab. 19 And you will 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.’ 20 (It is also regarded as the land of the ^aRephaim, for Rephaim formerly lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin, 21 a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim, but Yahweh destroyed them before them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place, 22 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. 23 And the ^aAvvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the ^1bCaphtorim who came from ^2cCaphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.) 24 ‘Arise, set out, and pass through the ^1avalley of Arnon. Look! I have given Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land into your hand; begin to take possession and provoke him to battle. 25 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.’

26 “^aSo I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 ‘Let me pass through your land, I will ¹go only on the highway; I will not turn aside to the right or to the left. 28 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, 29 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 Yahweh our God is giving to us.’ 30 But ^aSihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass ¹through his land, for ^bYahweh your God stiffened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to give him over into your hand, as he is today. 31 And Yahweh said to me, ‘See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land ¹over to you. Begin to possess, so that you may fully possess his land.’

32 “Then Sihon ¹with all his people came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz. 33 ^aBut Yahweh our God gave him ¹over to us, and we ^bstruck him down with his sons and all his people. 34 So we captured all his cities at that time and ^1adevoted to destruction ²the men, women, and little ones of every city. We left no survivor remaining. 35 We took ^aonly the animals as our plunder and the spoil of the cities which we had captured. 36 From ^aAroer which is on the edge of the ¹valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the ²valley, even to Gilead, there was not a town that was too high for us; Yahweh our God gave all ³over to us. 37 ^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 Yahweh our God had commanded us.

“^aThen we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way of the ¹Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and we circled ^bMount Seir for many days. 2 And the LORD spoke to me, saying, 3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north, 4 ^aand command the people, saying, “You are going to 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; 5 do not ¹provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even as much as a ²footprint, ^abecause I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6 You are to 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. 7 For the LORD your God has blessed you in all ¹that you have done; He has known your ²wandering through this ^agreat wilderness. These ^bforty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have not lacked anything.”’

8 “So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the ^aArabah road, away from Elath and ^bEzion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 Then the LORD said to me, ‘Do not attack 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.’ 10 (The ^aEmim lived there previously, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. 11 Like the Anakim, they too are regarded as ^aRephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 ^aThe Horites previously lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before ¹them, and settled in their place; ^bjust as Israel did to the land of ²their possession which the LORD gave them.) 13 ‘Now arise and cross over the ¹Wadi Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the ²Wadi Zered. 14 Now the ¹time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the ²Wadi Zered was ^athirty-eight years, until ^ball the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, just as ^cthe LORD had sworn to them. 15 ^aIndeed, the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from within the camp until they all perished.

16 “So it came about, when ^aall the men of war had finally perished from among the people, 17 that the LORD spoke to me, saying, 18 ‘Today you shall cross over ^aAr, the border of Moab. 19 When you come opposite the ^asons of Ammon, do not attack 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.’ 20 (It is also regarded as the land of the ^aRephaim, because the Rephaim previously lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin, 21 a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before ¹them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place, 22 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, where they remain even to this day. 23 And as for the ^aAvvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the ^1bCaphtorim, who came from ^2cCaphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.) 24 ‘Arise, set out, and pass through the ^1aValley of Arnon. Look! I have handed over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; start taking possession and plunge into battle with him. 25 This day I will begin to put ^athe dread and fear of you upon the faces of ¹people everywhere, ²who, when they hear the news of you, ^bwill tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

26 “^aSo I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 ‘Let me pass through your land; I will ¹travel only on the road. I will not turn aside to the right or to the left. 28 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, 29 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 that the LORD our God is giving us.’ 30 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 hand him over to you, as he is today. 31 And the LORD said to me, ‘See, I have begun to turn Sihon and his land over ¹to you. Begin taking possession, so that you may possess his land.’

32 “Then Sihon came out ¹with all his people to meet us in battle at Jahaz. 33 And ^athe LORD our God turned him over ¹to us, and we ^2bdefeated him with his sons and all his people. 34 So we captured all his cities at that time and ^1autterly destroyed ²the men, women, and children of every city. We left no survivor. 35 We took ^aonly the animals as our plunder, and the spoils of the cities which we had captured. 36 From ^aAroer which is on the edge of the ¹Valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the ²valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too ³high for us; the LORD our God turned it all over ⁴to us. 37 ^aOnly you did not go near 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 to avoid.