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| 1"We turned and set out for the desert on the road to the Reed Sea, just as the LORD had directed me. We traveled around Mount Seir for many days. | 1Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea just as the LORD told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time. |
| 2Then the LORD told me, | 2At this point the LORD said to me, |
| 3You've walked around this mountain long enough. Turn northward | 3"You have circled around this mountain long enough; now turn north. |
| 4and command this people, "You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau who live around Seir. They will be afraid of you so be very careful. | 4Instruct these people as follows: 'You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully. |
| 5Don't fight them, because I won't give you any part of their land, not even the size of a footprint. I have given Mount Seir to Esau as their property. | 5Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau. |
| 6You may buy food to eat and water to drink from them, paying with cash."' | 6You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them. |
| 7Indeed, the LORD your God blessed all the works of your hands. He knows about your travels through this vast desert. The LORD your God was with you these past 40 years, so that you didn't lack anything. | 7All along the way I, the LORD your God, have blessed your every effort. I have been attentive to your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have been with you; you have lacked for nothing.'" |
| 8So we bypassed our relatives, the descendants of Esau who live in Seir. We turned through the Arabah desert from Elath, and from Ezion-geber we traveled the desert road to Moab." | 8So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the desert route, from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the Moab wastelands. |
| 9"Then the LORD told me, 'Don't harass Moab or provoke them to war, because I won't give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their property. | 9Then the LORD said to me, "Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession. |
| 10(The Emites, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakim, lived there before. | 10(The Emites used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. |
| 11Like the Anakim, they were thought of as Rephaim, but the Moabites called them Emites. | 11These people, as well as the Anakites, are also considered Rephaites; the Moabites call them Emites. |
| 12The Horites used to live in Seir before the descendants of Esau dispossessed them, exterminated them, and settled there instead, just as Israel will do in the land of its possession, which the LORD gave them.) | 12Previously the Horites lived in Seir but the descendants of Esau dispossessed and destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land it came to possess, the land the LORD gave them.) |
| 13Now get going and cross the Wadi Zered.' And so we crossed the Wadi Zered. | 13Now, get up and cross the Wadi Zered." So we did so. |
| 14Now from the time we left Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Wadi Zered was 38 years. All of that generation, the soldiers in the camp, were destroyed just as the LORD swore they would be. | 14Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the LORD had vowed to them. |
| 15Indeed, the hand of the LORD was against them to root them out from the camp until they were utterly destroyed." | 15Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone. |
| 16"And so all the soldiers among the people died. | 16So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, |
| 17Then the LORD spoke to me, | 17the LORD said to me, |
| 18Today, you are about to cross the border of Moab at Ar. | 18"Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar. |
| 19When you come to the Ammonites, don't harass or provoke them to war, for I won't give any part of Ammonite land to you, since I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their property. | 19But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites' land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot's descendants as their possession. |
| 20"'(Indeed, it was considered Rephaim territory, since the Rephaim used to lived there. The Ammonites called them Zamzummites, | 20(That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. |
| 21a great people, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. But the LORD destroyed the Rephaim, so that the Ammonites dispossessed them and settled there instead. | 21They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed the Rephaites in advance of the Ammonites, so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place. |
| 22This is what he did for the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them. So they dispossessed them and settled there in their place, where they live to this day. | 22This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day. |
| 23It was the same for the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza. The Caphtorites, who came from Crete, destroyed them and settled there in their place.) | 23As for the Avvites who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites who came from Crete destroyed them and settled down in their place.) |
| 24Get ready and set out for the Wadi Arnon. Look! I've given into your control Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, along with his land. Prepare to take possession by provoking him to war. | 24Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war! |
| 25Starting today I will begin to instill fear and terror of you on the part of every nation under heaven who hears reports about you. They'll tremble in anguish before you.'" | 25This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach." |
| 26"I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to King Sihon of Heshbon with this message of peace: | 26Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth Desert to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace: |
| 27Let me pass through your territory. I'll stay on the main road. I won't turn to the right or left. | 27"Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left. |
| 28Sell me food for cash, so I can eat and give me water for cash, so I can drink. Just let me pass through on foot, | 28Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot, |
| 29as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir did for me, as did the Moabites who live in Ar. I'll pass through, until I will have crossed the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is about to give us.' | 29just as the descendants of Esau who live at Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land the LORD our God is giving us." |
| 30But King Sihon of Heshbon did not allow us to pass through, because the LORD your God had hardened his spirit and made him arrogant, in order to deliver him into your control today. | 30But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the LORD our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day. |
| 31"Then the LORD told me, 'See, I've begun to deliver Sihon and his territory over to you. Prepare to take possession of his land.' | 31The LORD said to me, "Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession." |
| 32"Sihon came out to meet us, including his entire army, at the battle of Jahaz. | 32When Sihon and all his troops emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz, |
| 33The LORD our God delivered him to us, so we attacked him, his son, and his whole army. | 33the LORD our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, along with his sons and everyone else. |
| 34We captured all his towns at that time. We utterly destroyed every town—the men, the women, and the children—leaving no survivors. | 34At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors. |
| 35We only appropriated the livestock for our use, along with plunder from the cities that we captured. | 35We kept only the livestock and plunder from the cities for ourselves. |
| 36From Aroer on the edge of Arnon Valley and from the town all the way to Gilead, there was no city that was too strong for us—the LORD our God delivered them all to us. | 36From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us--the LORD our God gave them all to us. |
| 37You did not encroach onto Ammonite land, the banks of the Wadi Jabbok, the towns in the hill country, and all the other places that were forbidden by the LORD our God." | 37However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the LORD our God. |
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