Deuteronomy 2:4-9 ▼

4 and command the people: ‘You⁺ will pass through the territory of your⁺ brothers, the descendants of Esau (hairy), who live in Seir (shaggy). They will be afraid of you⁺, so you⁺ must be very careful.

5 Do not provoke them, for I will not give you⁺ any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir (shaggy) to Esau (hairy) as his possession.

6 You⁺ are to pay them in silver for the food you⁺ eat and the water you⁺ drink.’”

7 Indeed, the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka} has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau (hairy), who live in Seir (shaggy). We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath (grove of lofty trees) and Ezion-geber (backbone), and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab (of his father).

9 Then the LORD {YHWH} said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites (of his father) or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar (a city) to the descendants of Lot (covering) as their possession.”