1 GLT And we turned and journeyed into the wilderness on the way to the Sea of Reeds, as Yahweh had spoken to me. And we went around 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 GLT And Yahweh spoke to me, saying, BSB BSB: At this time the LORD said to me,
3 GLT ‘Too long you have been going around this mountain. Turn yourselves northward. BSB BSB: “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
4 GLT And command the people, saying,“You will be crossing the border of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who live in Seir. And they will be afraid of you. And you shall be exceedingly on guard. 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 GLT You shall not fight them, for I will not give to you from their land,{ even} as{ little} as a step of the sole of a foot, for I have given Mount Seir to Esau{ as} a possession. 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 GLT You will buy food from them with money, and you will eat. And also, you will purchase water from them with money, and you will drink. BSB BSB: You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
7 GLT For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These 40 years Yahweh your God{ has been} with you. You have not lacked a 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 GLT And we passed by beyond our brothers, the sons of Esau who live in Seir, from the Arabah road, from Elath and from Ezion Geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness 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 GLT (The Emites lived there previously, a people great and numerous and tall as the Anakites. BSB BSB: (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
11 GLT They{ are} also considered Raphaites, like the Anakites; but the Moabites call them Emites. BSB BSB: Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
12 GLT And the Horites lived in Seir previously, and the sons of Esau dispossessed them. And they destroyed them from their faces and lived in their place, like Israel did to the land of his possession that Yahweh 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 GLT “‘Now rise up and cross yourselves the brook Zered.’ And we crossed the brook Zered. BSB BSB: “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
14 GLT And the days which we came from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the brook Zered{ were} 38 years, until all the generation of the men of war were finished from among the camp, as Yahweh had sworn 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 GLT And also, the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them from among the camp until they came to an end. BSB BSB: Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
16 GLT And it happened, when all the men of war came to an end, dying from among the people, BSB BSB: Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,
17 GLT then Yahweh spoke to me, saying, BSB BSB: the LORD said to me,
18 GLT ‘You are passing over today the border of Moab, Ar. BSB BSB: “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
20 GLT (Also,{ it} is regarded as a land of the Raphaites. The Raphaites lived there previously— but the Ammonites call them Zamzummites— BSB BSB: (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
21 GLT a people great and numerous and tall as the Anakites. But Yahweh destroyed them before their faces, and they dispossessed them and lived in their place, 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 GLT just as he did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before their faces, and they dispossessed them and have lived in their place 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.
24 GLT “‘Rise up, journey, and pass through the Valley of Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess{ it}, and fight against him in battle. 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 GLT This day I will begin to put the fear of you and the terror of you on the faces of the peoples under all the heavens, that they might hear a report of you and might quake and tremble from your face.’ 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 GLT And I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon, king of Heshbon,{ with} words of peace, saying, BSB BSB: So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,
27 GLT ‘I will pass through your land on the road. On the road I will go. I will not turn right or 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 GLT You will sell me food for money, and I will eat. And give to me water for money, and I will drink. Only let me pass 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 GLT as the sons of Esau who live in Seir, and the Moabites who live in Ar, did for me, until I cross the Jordan into the land that Yahweh our God is giving to 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 GLT But Sihon, king of Heshbon, was not willing to let us pass by him, for Yahweh your God had hardened his spirit and strengthened his heart in order to give him into your hand, as 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 GLT And Yahweh said to me,‘Look, I have begun giving before your face Sihon and his land. Begin, possess, to possess 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 GLT And Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to the battle at Jahaz. BSB BSB: So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.
33 GLT And Yahweh our God gave him before our faces, and we struck him down and his son 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 GLT And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city— men and the women and the children; we left no survivor. 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 GLT We only plundered the cattle for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities that we had captured. BSB BSB: We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.
36 GLT From Aroer, which{ is} on the lip of the Valley of Arnon, and{ from} the city that{ is} in the valley, and as far as Gilead, there was not a city that{ was} too high for us. Yahweh our God gave the whole before our faces. 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 GLT { It was} only to the land of the sons of Ammon that you did not approach, all the hand of the Jabbok River, and the cities of the hill{ country}— and all Yahweh our God had commanded. 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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