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 spake unto me : and we compassed mount Seir many days . * And the LORD spake unto me , saying , * Ye have compassed this mountain long enough : turn you northward . * And command thou the people , saying , Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau , which dwell in Seir Se #iyr #; and they shall be afraid of you : take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore : * Meddle not with them ; for I will not give you of their land , no , not so much as a foot breadth midrak #; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession . * 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 . * 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 #arba #iym # years the LORD thy God hath been with thee ; thou hast lacked nothing . * And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau , which dwelt in Seir Se #iyr #, through the way of the plain from Elath , and from Eziongaber #Etsyown #Etsyon , we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab Mow #ab #. * And the LORD said unto me , Distress not the Moabites Mow #ab #, 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 . * The Emims dwelt therein in times past , a people great , and many , and tall , as the Anakims ; * Which also were accounted giants , as the Anakims ; but the Moabites call them Emims . * 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 . * Now rise up , said I , and get you over the brook Zered . And we went over the brook Zered . * And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea Qadesh , 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 . * 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 spake unto me , saying , * Thou art to pass over through Ar , the coast of Moab Mow #ab #, this day : * 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 . * (That also was accounted a land of giants : giants dwelt therein in old time ; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims ; * 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 , which dwelt in Seir Se #iyr #, when he destroyed the Horims from before them ; and they succeeded them , and dwelt in their stead even unto this day : * 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 .) * 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 . * This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations paniym # that are under the whole heaven , who shall hear report of thee , and shall tremble , and be in anguish because of thee . * And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace , saying , * Let me pass through thy land : I will go along by the high way derek #, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left s @mo #wl #. * 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 ; * (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir Se #iyr #, 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 : * Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves , and the spoil of the cities which we took . * From Aroer #Arow #er #, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon , and from the city that is by the river , even unto Gilead Gil #ad #, there was not one city too strong for us : the LORD our God delivered all unto us : * 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 .

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