Deuteronomy:2

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* Then we turned , and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea , as the LORD spoke to me : and we went around mount Seir many days . * And the LORD spoke to me , saying , * Ye have gone around this mountain long enough : turn northward . * And command thou the people , saying , Ye to pass through the land of your brethren the children of Esau , who dwell in Seir ; and they shall be afraid of you : therefore take ye good heed to yourselves : * 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 to Esau a possession . (note :)no …: Hebrews . even to the treading of the sole of the foot (:note ) * Ye shall buy food of them for money , that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy water of them for money , that ye may drink . * 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 with thee ; thou hast lacked nothing . * And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau , who 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 . * And the LORD said to me , Distress not the Moabites , neither contend with them in battle : for I will not give thee of their land a possession ; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot a possession . (note :)Distress …: or , Use no hostility against Moab (:note ) * The Emims dwelt in it in times past , a people great , and many , and tall , as the Anakims ; * Who also were accounted giants , as the Anakims ; but the Moabites call them Emims . * The Horims also dwelt in Seir in times past ; but the children of Esau succeeded them , when they had destroyed them from before them , and dwelt in their stead ; as Israel did to the land of his possession , which the LORD gave to them . (note :)succeeded : Hebrews . inherited (:note )stead : or , room * Now rise ,, and pass over the brook Zered . And we went over the brook Zered . (note :)brook : or , valley (:note ) * And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea , until we passed the brook Zered , thirty and eight years ; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from among the host , as the LORD swore to them . (note :)brook : or , valley (:note ) * For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them , to destroy them from among the host , until they were consumed . * So it came to pass , when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people , * That the LORD spoke to me , saying , * Thou art to pass over through Ar , the border of Moab , this day : * And thou comest near 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 possession ; because I have given it to the children of Lot a possession . * (That also was accounted a land of giants : giants dwelt there in times past ; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims ; (note :)Zamzummims : also called , Zuzims (:note ) * 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 : * As he did to the children of Esau , who dwelt in Seir , when he destroyed the Horims from before them ; and they succeeded them , and dwelt in their stead even to this day : * And the Avims who dwelt in Hazerim , to Azzah , the Caphtorims , who came forth from Caphtor , destroyed them , and dwelt in their stead .) * Arise ye , take your journey , and pass over the river Arnon : behold , I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite , king of Heshbon , and his land : begin to possess , and contend with him in battle . (note :)begin …: Hebrews . begin , possess (:note ) * This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations under the whole heaven , who shall hear report of thee , and shall tremble , and be in anguish because of thee . * And I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace , saying , * Let me pass through thy land : I will go along by the highway , I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left . * Thou shalt sell me food for money , that I may eat ; and give me water for money , that I may drink : only I will pass through on my feet ; * (As the children of Esau who dwell in Seir , and the Moabites who dwell in Ar , did to me ;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us . * 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 this day . * And the LORD said to me , Behold , I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee : begin to possess , that thou mayest inherit his land . * Then Sihon came out against us , he and all his people , to fight at Jahaz . * And the LORD our God delivered him before us ; and we smote him , and his sons , and all his people . * 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 : (note :)the men …: Hebrews . every city of men , and women , and little ones (:note ) * Only the cattle we took for a prey to ourselves , and the spoil of the cities which we took . * From Aroer , which by the brink of the river of Arnon , and the city that by the river , even to Gilead , there was not one city too strong for us : the LORD our God delivered all to us : * Only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not , to any place of the river Jabbok , nor to the cities on the mountains , nor to whatever the LORD our God forbad us .

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