“^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 to the ¹Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and 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 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; 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 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 ²wanderings through this ^agreat wilderness. These ^bforty years the LORD 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 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.’ 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 ^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.) 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 perished from within the camp, 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 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 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 the LORD 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 contend with him in 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 ¹travel 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 the LORD our God is giving to 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 deliver him into your hand, as he is today. 31 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.’

32 “Then Sihon ¹with all his people came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz. 33 ^aThe LORD our God delivered him ¹over to 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 booty 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 no city that was too high for us; the LORD our God delivered 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 the LORD our God had commanded us.