Deuteronomy 2

1 Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.

2 At this time the LORD said to me,

3 “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north

4 and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.

5 Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

6 You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”

7 Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

9 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

10 (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.

11 Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

12 The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)

13 “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.

14 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

15 Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

16 Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,

17 the LORD said to me,

18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

19 But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

20 (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.

21 They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,

22 just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

23 And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)

24 “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.

25 This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

26 So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,

27 “Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.

28 You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,

29 just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”

30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

31 Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”

32 So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.

33 And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.

34 At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.

35 We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.

36 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

37 But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.

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.

1 Then we turned, and went out into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD said unto me, and compassed mount Seir a long time.

2 And the LORD said unto me:

3 Ye have now compassed this mountain enough; turn ye toward the midnight.

4 And give unto the people, saying, Ye shall pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you. But keep yourselves with diligence,

5 And ye shall not fight against them: for I will not give you a foot of their land: for I have given mount Seir unto the children of Esau for a possession.

6 Food ye shall buy of them for money, that ye may eat; and water ye shall buy of them for money, that ye may drink.

7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thine hands. He hath taken to heart thy journeying through this great wilderness: and forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee, that thou hast lacked nothing.

8 And it came to pass, when we had passed through our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in mount Seir, by the way of the plains of Elath and Ezeon-gaber, that we turned, and passed through the way of the wilderness of Moab.

9 And the LORD said unto me, Thou shalt not offend Moab, neither shalt thou make war against Moab: for I will not give thee any possession of their land; for I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

10 The Emim dwelt therein of old: they were a great, strong, and high people, like the Enakim.

11 They also were accounted giants, as Enakim: and the Moabites also call them Emim.

12 And the Horites dwelt in Seir in old time: and the children of Esau cast them out, and destroyed them from among them, and dwelt in their stead, as Israel did unto the land of their possession, which the LORD gave them.

13 Now therefore arise, and pass through the brook Sared. And we passed through.

14 And the time that we journeyed from Kadesh-barnea, until we came by the river Sared, was thirty and eight years: that all the men of war might die in the camp, as the LORD had sworn unto them.

15 And the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them out of the camp, until they were consumed.

16 And when all the men of war were ended, they died among the people,

17 The LORD spake unto min, saying:

18 Thou shalt pass through the border of Moab this day by Ar;

19 And thou shalt come near against the children of Ammon. Thou shalt not offend them, neither shalt thou make war against them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon to possess it; for I have given it unto the children of Lot to possess it.

20 It is also esteemed the land of giants, and giants dwelt therein in time past: and the Ammonites call them Shammesumim.

21 They were a great, strong, and high people, like the Enakims: and the LORD destroyed them from before them, and gave them possession of them, to dwell in their stead,

22 As he did unto Km Esau, which dwell in mount Sein, when he destroyed the Horites from before them, and made them possess them, to dwell in their stead unto this day.

23 And the Caphtorims went out of Caphtor, and destroyed the Avims that dwelt in Hazerim unto Gaza, and dwelt there in their stead.

24 Arise, go forth, and pass over the brook that is by Arnon. Behold, I have delivered into thy hand Sihon king of the Amorites at Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take, and fight against him.

25 This day will I set forth, that all nations under heaven shall fear and be afraid of thee: and when they hear of thee, they shall be afraid and grieved for thy coming.

26 Then I sent messengers out of the wilderness from the east to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying:

27 I will pass through thy land, and where the highway goeth, I will go: I will not turn aside to the right hand, nor to the left.

28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and thou shalt give me water for money, that I may drink: but I will go through on foot;

29 As the children of Esau, which dwell in his land, and the Moabites, which dwell in An, have done unto me; until I come over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and hardened his heart, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as it is in the day.

31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee; begin to possess and possess his land.

32 And Sihon went out to meet us, and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.

33 But the LORD our God gave him up before us, that we should smite him with his children, and with all his people.

34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed all his cities, both men, and women, and children, and left none over.

35 Without the cattle we robbed for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities we gained,

36 From Aroer, which is on the bank of the river near Arnon, and from the city that is by the water, even unto Gilead. There was no city that could keep itself from us: the LORD our God gave us all things before us.

37 Without the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto all that was by the brook Jabbok, nor unto the cities of the mountains, nor unto all that the LORD our God had forbidden us.