New American Standard Bible 1995

Holman Christian Standard Bible

1"Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and circled Mount Seir for many days.

1Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had told me, and we traveled around the hill country of Seir for many days.

2"And the LORD spoke to me, saying,

2The LORD then said to me,

3You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north,

3You've been traveling around this hill country long enough; turn north.

4and command the people, saying, "You will pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful;

4Command the people: You are about to travel through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.

5do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

5Don't fight with them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even an inch of it, because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.

6"You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.

6You may purchase food from them with silver, so that you may eat, and buy water from them to drink.

7"For the LORD your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing."'

7For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you this past 40 years, and you have lacked nothing.'"

8"So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

8So we bypassed our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road and from Elath and Ezion-geber. We traveled along the road to the Wilderness of Moab.

9"Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not harass Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.

9The LORD said to me, 'Show no hostility toward Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.'"

10(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.

10The Emim, a great and numerous people as tall as the Anakim, had previously lived there.

11Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

11They were also regarded as Rephaim, like the Anakim, though the Moabites called them Emim.

12The Horites formerly lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land of their possession which the LORD gave to them.)

12The Horites had previously lived in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out, destroying them completely and settling in their place, just as Israel did in the land of its possession the LORD gave them."

13'Now arise and cross over the brook Zered yourselves.' So we crossed over the brook Zered.

13The LORD said, 'Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.' So we crossed the Zered Valley.

14"Now the time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

14The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was 38 years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

15"Moreover the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from within the camp until they all perished.

15Indeed, the LORD's hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp until they had all perished."

16"So it came about when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people,

16When all the fighting men had died among the people,

17that the LORD spoke to me, saying,

17the LORD spoke to me,

18'Today you shall cross over Ar, the border of Moab.

18Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

19'When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.'

19When you get close to the Ammonites, don't show any hostility to them or fight with them, for I will not give you any of the Ammonites' land as a possession; I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.'"

20(It is also regarded as the land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim formerly lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin,

20This too used to be regarded as the land of the Rephaim. The Rephaim lived there previously, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummim,

21a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim, but the LORD destroyed them before them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place,

21a great and numerous people, tall as the Anakim. The LORD destroyed the Rephaim at the advance of the Ammonites, so that they drove them out and settled in their place.

22just as He did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.

22This was just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites before them; they drove them out and have lived in their place until now.

23And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.)

23The Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, and settled in their place."

24'Arise, set out, and pass through the valley of Arnon. Look! I have given Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land into your hand; begin to take possession and contend with him in battle.

24The LORD also said, 'Get up, move out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have handed Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land over to you. Begin to take possession of it; engage him in battle.

25'This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples everywhere under the heavens, who, when they hear the report of you, will tremble and be in anguish because of you.'

25Today I will begin to put the fear and dread of you on the peoples everywhere under heaven. They will hear the report about you, tremble, and be in anguish because of you.'"

26"So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

26So I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon from the Wilderness of Kedemoth, saying,

27'Let me pass through your land, I will travel only on the highway; I will not turn aside to the right or to the left.

27Let us travel through your land; we will keep strictly to the highway. We will not turn to the right or the left.

28'You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, only let me pass through on foot,

28You can sell us food in exchange for silver so we may eat, and give us water for silver so we may drink. Only let us travel through on foot,

29just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross over the Jordan into the land which the LORD our God is giving to us.'

29just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir did for us, and the Moabites who live in Ar, until we cross the Jordan into the land the LORD our God is giving us.'

30"But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today.

30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us travel through his land, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to hand him over to you, as has now taken place."

31"The LORD said to me, 'See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to occupy, that you may possess his land.'

31Then the LORD said to me, 'See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land to you. Begin to take possession of it.'

32"Then Sihon with all his people came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz.

32So Sihon and his whole army came out against us for battle at Jahaz.

33"The LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him with his sons and all his people.

33The LORD our God handed him over to us, and we defeated him, his sons, and his whole army.

34"So we captured all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women and children of every city. We left no survivor.

34At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.

35"We took only the animals as our booty and the spoil of the cities which we had captured.

35We took only the livestock and the spoil from the cities we captured as plunder for ourselves.

36"From Aroer which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too high for us; the LORD our God delivered all over to us.

36There was no city that was inaccessible to us, from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead. The LORD our God gave everything to us.

37"Only you did not go near to the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the LORD our God had commanded us.

37But you did not go near the Ammonites' land, all along the bank of the Jabbok River, the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden."

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