Then we turned [06437], and took our journey [05265] into the wilderness [04057] by the way [01870] of the Red [05488] sea [03220], as the Lord [03068] spake [01696] unto me: and we compassed [05437] mount [02022] Seir [08165] many [07227] days [03117].
Ye have compassed [05437] this mountain [02022] long enough [07227]: turn [06437] you northward [06828].
And command [06680] thou the people [05971], saying [0559], Ye are to pass [05674] through the coast [01366] of your brethren [0251] the children [01121] of Esau [06215], which dwell [03427] in Seir [08165]; and they shall be afraid [03372] of you: take ye good [03966] heed [08104] unto yourselves therefore:
Meddle [01624] not with them; for I will not give [05414] you of their land [0776], no, not so much as a foot [07272] breadth [03709] [04096]; because I have given [05414] mount [02022] Seir [08165] unto Esau [06215] for a possession [03425].no…: Heb. even to the treading of the sole of the foot
Ye shall buy [07666] meat [0400] of them for money [03701], that ye may eat [0398]; and ye shall also buy [03739] water [04325] of them for money [03701], that ye may drink [08354].
For the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] hath blessed [01288] thee in all the works [04639] of thy hand [03027]: he knoweth [03045] thy walking [03212] through this great [01419] wilderness [04057]: these forty [0705] years [08141] the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] hath been with thee; thou hast lacked [02637] nothing [01697].
And when we passed [05674] by from our brethren [0251] the children [01121] of Esau [06215], which dwelt [03427] in Seir [08165], through the way [01870] of the plain [06160] from Elath [0359], and from Ezion–gaber [06100], we turned [06437] and passed [05674] by the way [01870] of the wilderness [04057] of Moab [04124].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto me, Distress [06696] not the Moabites [04124], neither contend [01624] with them in battle [04421]: for I will not give [05414] thee of their land [0776] for a possession [03425]; because I have given [05414] Ar [06144] unto the children [01121] of Lot [03876] for a possession [03425].Distress…: or, Use no hostility against Moab
The Emims [0368] dwelt [03427] therein in times past [06440], a people [05971] great [01419], and many [07227], and tall [07311], as the Anakims [06062];
Which [01992] also were accounted [02803] giants [07497], as the Anakims [06062]; but the Moabites [04125] call [07121] them Emims [0368].
The Horims [02752] also dwelt [03427] in Seir [08165] beforetime [06440]; but the children [01121] of Esau [06215] succeeded [03423] them, when they had destroyed [08045] them from before [06440] them, and dwelt [03427] in their stead; as Israel [03478] did [06213] unto the land [0776] of his possession [03425], which the Lord [03068] gave [05414] unto them.succeeded: Heb. inheritedstead: or, room
Now rise up [06965], said I, and get you over [05674] the brook [05158] Zered [02218]. And we went over [05674] the brook [05158] Zered [02218].brook: or, valley
And the space [03117] in which we came [01980] from Kadesh–barnea [06947], until we were come over [05674] the brook [05158] Zered [02218], was thirty [07970] and eight [08083] years [08141]; until all the generation [01755] of the men [0582] of war [04421] were wasted out [08552] from among [07130] the host [04264], as the Lord [03068] sware [07650] unto them.brook: or, valley
For indeed the hand [03027] of the Lord [03068] was against them, to destroy [02000] them from among [07130] the host [04264], until they were consumed [08552].
So it came to pass, when all the men [0582] of war [04421] were consumed [08552] and dead [04191] from among [07130] the people [05971],
Thou art to pass over [05674] through Ar [06144], the coast [01366] of Moab [04124], this day [03117]:
And when thou comest nigh [07126] over against [04136] the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], distress [06696] them not, nor meddle [01624] with them: for I will not give [05414] thee of the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] any possession [03425]; because I have given [05414] it unto the children [01121] of Lot [03876] for a possession [03425].
(That also was accounted [02803] a land [0776] of giants [07497]: giants [07497] dwelt [03427] therein in old time [06440]; and the Ammonites [05984] call [07121] them Zamzummims [02157];Zamzummims: also called, Zuzims
A people [05971] great [01419], and many [07227], and tall [07311], as the Anakims [06062]; but the Lord [03068] destroyed [08045] them before [06440] them; and they succeeded [03423] them, and dwelt [03427] in their stead:
As he did [06213] to the children [01121] of Esau [06215], which dwelt [03427] in Seir [08165], when he destroyed [08045] the Horims [02752] from before [06440] them; and they succeeded [03423] them, and dwelt [03427] in their stead even unto this day [03117]:
And the Avims [05761] which dwelt [03427] in Hazerim [02699], even unto Azzah [05804], the Caphtorims [03732], which came forth [03318] out of Caphtor [03731], destroyed [08045] them, and dwelt [03427] in their stead.)
Rise ye up [06965], take your journey [05265], and pass over [05674] the river [05158] Arnon [0769]: behold [07200], I have given [05414] into thine hand [03027] Sihon [05511] the Amorite [0567], king [04428] of Heshbon [02809], and his land [0776]: begin [02490] to possess [03423] it, and contend [01624] with him in battle [04421].begin…: Heb. begin, possess
This day [03117] will I begin [02490] to put [05414] the dread [06343] of thee and the fear [03374] of thee upon the nations [05971] [06440] that are under the whole heaven [08064], who shall hear [08085] report [08088] of thee, and shall tremble [07264], and be in anguish [02342] because of thee [06440].
And I sent [07971] messengers [04397] out of the wilderness [04057] of Kedemoth [06932] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809] with words [01697] of peace [07965], saying [0559],
Let me pass [05674] through thy land [0776]: I will go [03212] along by the high way [01870] [01870], I will neither turn [05493] unto the right hand [03225] nor to the left [08040].
Thou shalt sell [07666] me meat [0400] for money [03701], that I may eat [0398]; and give [05414] me water [04325] for money [03701], that I may drink [08354]: only I will pass through [05674] on my feet [07272];
(As the children [01121] of Esau [06215] which dwell [03427] in Seir [08165], and the Moabites [04125] which dwell [03427] in Ar [06144], did [06213] unto me;) until I shall pass over [05674] Jordan [03383] into the land [0776] which the Lord [03068] our God [0430] giveth [05414] us.
But Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809] would [014] not let us pass [05674] by him: for the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] hardened [07185] his spirit [07307], and made his heart [03824] obstinate [0553], that he might deliver [05414] him into thy hand [03027], as appeareth this day [03117].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto me, Behold [07200], I have begun [02490] to give [05414] Sihon [05511] and his land [0776] before [06440] thee: begin [02490] to possess [03423], that thou mayest inherit [03423] his land [0776].
Then Sihon [05511] came out [03318] against [07125] us, he and all his people [05971], to fight [04421] at Jahaz [03096].
And the Lord [03068] our God [0430] delivered [05414] him before [06440] us; and we smote [05221] him, and his sons [01121], and all his people [05971].
And we took [03920] all his cities [05892] at that time [06256], and utterly destroyed [02763] the men [04962], and the women [0802], and the little ones [02945], of every city [05892], we left [07604] none to remain [08300]:the men…: Heb. every city of men, and women, and little ones
Only the cattle [0929] we took for a prey [0962] unto ourselves, and the spoil [07998] of the cities [05892] which we took [03920].
From Aroer [06177], which is by the brink [08193] of the river [05158] of Arnon [0769], and from the city [05892] that is by the river [05158], even unto Gilead [01568], there was not one city [07151] too strong [07682] for us: the Lord [03068] our God [0430] delivered [05414] all unto us [06440]:
Only unto the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] thou camest [07126] not, nor unto any place [03027] of the river [05158] Jabbok [02999], nor unto the cities [05892] in the mountains [02022], nor unto whatsoever the Lord [03068] our God [0430] forbad [06680] us.