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Chapter 2 |
| 1 |
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. |
| 2 | And the LORD spake unto me,
saying, |
| 3 | Ye have
compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. |
| 4 | 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 unto
yourselves therefore: |
| 5 |
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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | 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. |
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10 | The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,
and tall, as the Anakims; |
| 11 |
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called
them Emims. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | Now rise up, said I, and
get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. |
| 14 | 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 unto them. |
| 15 | For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to
destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. |
| 16 | So it came to pass, when all the men
of war were consumed and dead from among the people, |
| 17 | That the LORD spake unto me,
saying, |
| 18 | Thou art to
pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: |
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19 | 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. |
| 20 | (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt
therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; |
| 21 | 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: |
| 22 |
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: |
| 23 |
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.) |
| 24 | 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. |
| 25 | 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. |
| 26 | And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth
unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, |
| 27 | 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. |
| 28 | 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; |
| 29 | (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 us. |
| 30 | 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. |
| 31 | 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. |
| 32 |
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at
Jahaz. |
| 33 | And the LORD
our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his
people. |
| 34 | 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: |
| 35 | Only the cattle we took for a prey
unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. |
| 36 | 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: |
| 37 | 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 forbade us. |
