1The story is continued, setting forth that they were not to meddle with the Edomites, 9nor with the Moabites, 16nor with the Ammonites: 24but Sihon the Amorite was given up to be subdued by them.
1THEN we aturned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and bwe *compassed mount Seir many days.
*compassed-circled.
a ch. 1.40. Nu. 14.25. b Nu. 21.4.
2And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
3Ye have *compassed this mountain clong enough: turn you northward.
*compassed-circled.
c ch. 1.6. v.7,14.
4And command thou the people, saying, dYe are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, ewhich dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: ftake ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
d ch. 23.7. Nu. 20.14. Ex. 15.15. Ge. 36. 1Ch. 1.35-54. e Ge. 32.3. f Ep. 5.15. Col. 4.5. Mat. 5.16.
5gMeddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, 1no, not so much as a foot breadth; because hI have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
1Heb. even to the treading of the sole of the foot.
g ch. 23.7. 2Ch. 20.10. Ro. 12.18. Ge. 36.8. Jos. 24.4. h Ge. 32.3.
6Ye shall ibuy *meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
*meat-food of any kind.
i Nu. 20.19. v.28. Mat. 7.12. Ro. 13.8. Phi. 4.8.
7For the LORD thy God hath jblessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he kknoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
j Ge. 30.27; 39.5; 24.35; 12.2. ch. 8.2,3. k Jn. 10.27. Ps. 31.7; 1.6. Am. 3.2.
8And when we lpassed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
l Nu. 20.21,22; 33.35,36. Ju. 11.18. 1Ki. 9.26. 2Ki. 14.22; 16.6.
9And the LORD msaid unto me, 2Distress 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 nAr unto the children of Lot for a possession.
2Or, Use no hostility against Moab.
m Ge. 19.36,37. Ju. 11.17. Nu. 21.15,25,26. 2Ch. 20.10. n v.18. Nu. 21.13,15,28. Is. 51.1. Ju. 11.18.
10The oEmims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as pthe Anakims;
o Ge. 14.5; 36.24. Nu. 13.32,33. p Nu. 13.22.
11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
12The qHorims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau 3succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their 4*stead; as rIsrael did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
3Heb. inherited them.
4Or, room.
*stead-place.
q v.22. Ge. 14.6; 36.20-43. 1Ch. 1.38-54. r Nu. 21.21-35. v.26-36. ch. 3.1-17. Jos. 6-21.
13Now rise up, said I , and get you over the 5brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
5Or, valley. Nu. 13.23; 21.12; 33.45.
14And the space in which we came from sKadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were twasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
s Nu. 13.26. ch. 1.19,46. t ch. 1.34,35. Ps. 78.33; 90.3,4; 95.11; 106.26. Nu. 14.28-33,35; 32.11,13; 26.64,65. Eze. 20.15. He. 3.8-19.
15For 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 uall the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
u Nu. 26.64.
17That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
18Thou art to pass over through vAr, the coast of Moab, this day:
v v.9. Is. 15.1. Nu. 21.13,28. Ju. 11.18.
19And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, wdistress 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.
w v.5,9. Ge. 19.36,38. 2Ch. 20.10.
20(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them 6Zamzummims;
6Zuzims. Ge. 14.5. v.10,11. ch. 1.28; 3.11. Nu. 13.22,33.
21A 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:
*stead-place.
22As xhe 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:
*stead-place.
x v.12. Ge. 36.20-43. 1Ch. 1.38-54.
23And the yAvims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto zAzzah, the aCaphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their *stead.)
*stead-place.
y Jos. 13.3. 2Ki. 17.24. z Ge. 10.19. 1Ki. 4.24. Je. 25.20. a Am. 9.7. Je. 47.4. Ge. 10.9,14.
24¶Rise ye up, take your journey, and bpass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: 7begin to possess it , and contend with him in battle.
7Heb. begin, possess.
b Nu. 21.13,14. Ju. 11.18,21.
25This cday 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.
c ch. 11.25; 28.10. Ex. 15.14,15; 23.27. Jos. 2.9-12; 10.10. Ps. 105.38; 48.6.
26¶And I sent messengers dout of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon ewith words of peace, saying,
d Jos. 13.18; 21.37. e ch. 20.10.
27Let fme pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
f Ju. 11.19. Nu. 21.21,22; 20.17-19. v.6.
28gThou 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;
*meat-food of any kind.
g Nu. 20.17,19.
29(As hthe 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.
h Nu. 20.18. ch. 23.3,4. Ju. 11.17,18. v.5,9.
30But iSihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God jhardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
i Nu. 21.23. Ex. 4.21. Jos. 11.20. Ju. 11.20. j Ex. 7.3.
31And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to kgive Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
k ch. 1.8,24.
32Then lSihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
l Nu. 21.23,24. Ps. 120.7; 135.11; 136.19. Ju. 11.20-23. Ne. 9.22.
33And mthe LORD our God delivered him before us; and nwe smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
m ch. 7.2. n Nu. 21.24. ch. 29.7.
34And we took all his cities at that time, and outterly destroyed 8the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
8Heb. every city of men, and women, and little ones.
o ch. 20.16-18; 7.2,16. Jos. 11.14. Nu. 21.2. Le. 27.28,29.
35pOnly the cattle we took for a *prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
*prey-booty, spoil.
p Nu. 31.9,11. ch. 20.14. Jos. 8.27; 11.11,14.
36From qAroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there rwas not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
q ch. 3.12; 4.48. Jos. 12.2; 13.9,16. Nu. 21.24; 32.34. 2Sa. 24.5. Is. 17.2. 1Ch. 5.8. r Jos. 1.5. Nu. 13.30; 14.8,9. Ps. 44.3. Ro. 8.31. Is. 41.10,15,16.
37Only sunto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river tJabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, unor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
s v.5,9,19. Ju. 11.15. ch. 3.16. Ge. 32.22. t Nu. 21.24. u ch. 12.32; 4.2; 5.32; 11.32. Mat. 28.20. 1Sa. 15.22.