2 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 called 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.