1 “And we turned and journeyed into the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea, as YHWH had spoken to me, and we went around Mount Seir for many days. 2 And YHWH spoke to me, saying, 3 For you go around this mountain long enough. Turn for yourselves northward. 4 And the people commanded you, saying, You are passing over into the border of your brothers, sons of Esau, who are staying in Seir, and they are afraid of you. And you have been very watchful. 5 You will not strive with them, for I have not given any of their land to you—even the treading of the sole of a foot. I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. 6 You will buy food from them with money, and eat. And you will also buy water from them with money, and drink. 7 For your God YHWH has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking in this great wilderness these 40 years. Your God YHWH is with you. You have not lacked anything. 8 And we passed by from our brothers, sons of Esau, who were staying in Seir, by the way of the plain, by Elath and by Ezion-Gaber, and we turned and passed over the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And YHWH said to me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir yourself up against them in battle, for I have not given any of their land to you for a possession. For I have given Ar to the sons of Lot for a possession. 10 The Emim had formerly stayed in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall as the Anakim. 11 They were reckoned as Rephaim, they also, as the Anakim. And the Moabites called them Emim. 12 And the Horim had formerly stayed in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them, and destroyed them from before them, and stayed in their stead, as Israel had done to the land of his possession which YHWH had given to them. 13 Now rise and pass over the Brook of Zered for yourselves. And we passed over the Brook of Zered. 14 And the days which we had walked from Kadesh-Barnea until we had passed over the Brook of Zered were 38 years, until the consumption of all the generation of the men of battle from the middle of the camp, as YHWH had sworn to them. 15 And indeed the hand of YHWH had been against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp until they were consumed. 16 And it came to pass, when all the men of battle had finished dying from the middle of the people, 17 that YHWH spoke to me, saying, 18 Today you will be passing over the border of Moab, even Ar, 19 and when you have come near the sons of Ammon, you will not distress them, nor stir yourself up against them, for I have not given any of the land of the sons of Ammon to you for a possession. For I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession. 20 It was reckoned as a land of Rephaim, even it. Rephaim formerly stayed in it, and the Ammonites called them Zamzummim, 21 a people great, and numerous, and tall as the Anakim, and YHWH destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them, and stayed in their stead, 22 as He had done for the sons of Esau who were staying in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossesed them, and stayed in their stead to this day. 23 As for the Avim who were staying in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim—who were coming out from Caphtor—had destroyed them, and stayed in their stead. 24 Rise, journey, and pass over the Brook of Arnon. See, I have given into your hand Sihon king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land. Begin to possess it, and stir yourself up against him in battle. 25 This is the day I will begin to put your dread and your fear on the face of the peoples under the whole heavens, who hear your fame, and tremble and are pained because of you. 26 And I will send messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 27 Let me pass over through your land. In the way—in the way I go, I will not turn aside to the right or left. 28 You will sell me food for money, and I will eat. And you will give to me water for money, and I will drink. Only, let me pass over on my feet, 29 as the sons of Esau who were staying in Seir and the Moabites who were staying in Ar have done for me, until I pass over the Jordan to the land which our God YHWH has given to us. 30 And Sihon king of Heshbon had not been willing to let us pass over by him, for your God YHWH had hardened his spirit and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into your hand as at this day. 31 And YHWH said to me, See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before your faces. Begin to possess—to possess his land. 32 And Sihon came out to meet us, he and all his people, to the battle at Jahaz. 33 And our God YHWH gave him before our faces, and we struck him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we captured all his cities at that time, and devoted the whole city—men, and the women, and the infants. We had not left a remnant. 35 Only, we had spoiled the livestock for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we had captured. 36 From Aroer, which was by the edge of the Brook of Arnon, and the city which was by the brook, even to Gilead, there had not been a city which was too high for us. Our God YHWH had given the whole before our faces. 37 Only, you had not drawn near to the land of the sons of Ammon—any part of the Brook of Jabbok, and cities of the hill-country, and anything which our God YHWH had not commanded.”