Wanderings in the Wilderness 1 Brenton And we turned and departed into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we compassed mount Seir many days. BSB BSB: Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
2 Brenton And the Lord said to me, BSB BSB: At this time the LORD said to me,
3 Brenton Ye have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward the north. BSB BSB: “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
4 Brenton And charge the people, saying, Ye are going through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall fear you, and dread you greatly. BSB BSB: and command the people: ‘You will pass 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.
5 Brenton Do not engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance. BSB BSB: Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
6 Brenton Buy food of them for money and eat, and ye shall receive water of them by measure for money, and drink. BSB BSB: You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
7 Brenton For the Lord our God has blessed thee in every work of thy hands. Consider how thou wentest through that great and terrible wilderness: behold, the Lord thy God has been with thee forty years; thou didst not lack any thing. BSB BSB: Indeed, the LORD your God 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 Brenton And we passed by our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the way of Araba from Ælon and from Gesion Gaber; and we turned and passed by the way of the desert of Moab. BSB BSB: So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
10 Brenton Formerly the Ommin dwelt in it, a great and numerous nation and powerful, like the Enakim. BSB BSB: (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
11 Brenton These also shall be accounted Raphain like the Enakim; and the Moabites call them Ommin. BSB BSB: Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
12 Brenton And the Chorrhite dwelt in Seir before, and the sons of Esau destroyed them, and utterly consumed them from before them; and they dwelt in their place, as Israel did to the land of his inheritance, which the Lord gave to them. BSB BSB: The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
13 Brenton Now then, arise ye, said I , and depart, and cross the valley of Zaret. BSB BSB: “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
14 Brenton And the days in which we travelled from Cades Barne till we crossed the valley of Zaret, were thirty and eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war failed, dying out of the camp, as the Lord God sware to them. BSB BSB: The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
15 Brenton And the hand of the Lord was upon them to destroy them out of the midst of the camp, until they were consumed. BSB BSB: Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
16 Brenton And it came to pass when all the men of war dying out of the midst of the people had fallen, BSB BSB: Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,
17 Brenton that the Lord spoke to me, saying, BSB BSB: the LORD said to me,
18 Brenton Thou shalt pass over this day the borders of Moab to Aroer; BSB BSB: “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
20 Brenton It shall be accounted a land of Raphain, for the Raphain dwelt there before, and the Ammanites call them Zochommin. BSB BSB: (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
21 Brenton A great nation and populous, and mightier than you, as also the Enakim: yet the Lord destroyed them from before them, and they inherited their land , and they dwelt there instead of them until this day. BSB BSB: They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
22 Brenton As they did to the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, even as they destroyed the Chorrhite from before them, and inherited their country, and dwelt therein instead of them until this day. BSB BSB: just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
The Defeat of Sihon (Numbers 21:21–30)
24 Brenton Now then arise and depart, and pass over the valley of Arnon: behold, I have delivered into thy hands Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land: begin to inherit it : engage in war with him this day. BSB BSB: “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
25 Brenton Begin to put thy terror and thy fear on the face of all the nations under heaven, who shall be troubled when they have heard thy name, and shall be in anguish before thee. BSB BSB: This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
26 Brenton And I sent ambassadors from the wilderness of Kedamoth to Seon king of Esebon with peaceable words, saying, BSB BSB: So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,
27 Brenton I will pass through thy land: I will go by the road, I will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. BSB BSB: “Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.
28 Brenton Thou shalt give me food for money, and I will eat; and thou shalt give me water for money, and I will drink; I will only go through on my feet: BSB BSB: You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,
29 Brenton as the sons of Esau did to me, who dwelt in Seir, and the Moabites who dwelt in Aroer, until I shall have passed Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives us. BSB BSB: just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
30 Brenton And Seon king of Esebon would not that we should pass by him, because the Lord our God hardened his spirit, and made his heart stubborn, that he might be delivered into thy hands, as on this day. BSB BSB: But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
31 Brenton And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver before thee Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land, and do thou begin to inherit his land. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”
32 Brenton And Seon the king of Esebon came forth to meet us, he and all his people to war at Jassa. BSB BSB: So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.
33 Brenton And the Lord our God delivered him before our face, and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. BSB BSB: And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
34 Brenton And we took possession of all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed every city in succession, and their wives, and their children; we left no living prey. BSB BSB: At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
35 Brenton Only we took the cattle captive, and took the spoil of the cities. BSB BSB: We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.
36 Brenton From Aroer, which is by the brink of the brook of Arnon, and the city which is in the valley, and as far as the mount of Galaad; there was not a city which escaped us: the Lord our God delivered all of them into our hands. BSB BSB: From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
37 Brenton Only we did not draw near to the children of Amman, even all the parts bordering on the brook Jaboc, and the cities in the mountain country, as the Lord our God charged us. BSB BSB: But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
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