1Then we turned back and headed for the…
2At this time the LORD said to me,
3“You have been wandering around this hill country…
4and command the people: ‘You will pass through…
5Do not provoke them, for I will not…
6You are to pay them in silver for…
7Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you…
8So we passed by our brothers, the descendants…
9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not…
10(The Emites used to live there, a people…
11Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as…
12The Horites used to live in Seir, but…
13“Now arise and cross over the Brook of…
14The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until…
15Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to…
16Now when all the fighting men among the…
17the LORD said to me,
18“Today you are going to cross the border…
19But when you get close to the Ammonites,…
20(That too was regarded as the land of…
21They were a people great and many, as…
22just as He had done for the descendants…
23And the Avvim, who lived in villages as…
24“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley.…
25This very day I will begin to put…
26So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent…
27“Let us pass through your land; we will…
28You can sell us food to eat and…
29just as the descendants of Esau who live…
30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let…
31Then the LORD said to me, “See, I…
32So Sihon and his whole army came out…
33And the LORD our God delivered him over…
34At that time we captured all his cities…
35We carried off for ourselves only the livestock…
36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon…
37But you did not go near the land…
