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 and they shall be afraid of you take ye good heed
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
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 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 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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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
and the avims which dwelt in hazerim even unto azzah the caphtorims which came forth out of caphtor destroyed them and dwelt
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 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 i will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left
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 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
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 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
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