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Then we turned[H6437], and took our journey[H5265] into the wilderness[H4057] by the way[H1870] of the Red[H5488]sea[H3220], as the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto me: and we compassed[H5437]mount[H2022]Seir[H8165]many[H7227]days[H3117].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H559] unto me, saying[H559],
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Ye have compassed[H5437] this mountain[H2022] long enough[H7227]: turn[H6437] you northward[H6828].
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And command[H6680] thou the people[H5971], saying[H559], Ye are to pass[H5674] through the coast[H1366] of your brethren[H251] the children[H1121] of Esau[H6215], which dwell[H3427] in Seir[H8165]; and they shall be afraid[H3372] of you: take ye good[H3966]heed[H8104] unto yourselves therefore:
5Meddle[H1624] not with them; for I will not give[H5414] you of their land[H776], no, not so much as a foot[H7272]breadth[H4096]; because I have given[H5414]mount[H2022]Seir[H8165] unto Esau[H6215] for a possession[H3425].
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Ye shall buy[H7666]meat[H400] of them for money[H3701], that ye may eat[H398]; and ye shall also buy[H3739]water[H4325] of them for money[H3701], that ye may drink[H8354].
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For the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath blessed[H1288] thee in all the works[H4639] of thy hand[H3027]: he knoweth[H3045] thy walking[H3212] through this great[H1419]wilderness[H4057]: these forty[H705]years[H8141] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath been with thee; thou hast lacked[H2637]nothing[H1697].
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And when we passed[H5674] by from our brethren[H251] the children[H1121] of Esau[H6215], which dwelt[H3427] in Seir[H8165], through the way[H1870] of the plain[H6160] from Elath[H359], and from Eziongaber[H6100], we turned[H6437] and passed[H5674] by the way[H1870] of the wilderness[H4057] of Moab[H4124].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Distress[H6696] not the Moabites[H4124], neither contend[H1624] with them in battle[H4421]: for I will not give[H5414] thee of their land[H776] for a possession[H3425]; because I have given[H5414]Ar[H6144] unto the children[H1121] of Lot[H3876] for a possession[H3425].
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The Emims[H368]dwelt[H3427] therein in times past[H6440], a people[H5971]great[H1419], and many[H7227], and tall[H7311], as the Anakims[H6062];
11Which[H1992] also were accounted[H2803]giants[H7497], as the Anakims[H6062]; but the Moabites[H4125]call[H7121] them Emims[H368].
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The Horims[H2752] also dwelt[H3427] in Seir[H8165]beforetime[H6440]; but the children[H1121] of Esau[H6215]succeeded[H3423] them, when they had destroyed[H8045] them from before[H6440] them, and dwelt[H3427] in their stead; as Israel[H3478]did[H6213] unto the land[H776] of his possession[H3425], which the LORD[H3068]gave[H5414] unto them.
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Now rise up[H6965], said I, and get you over[H5674] the brook[H5158]Zered[H2218]. And we went over[H5674] the brook[H5158]Zered[H2218].
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And the space[H3117] in which we came[H1980] from Kadeshbarnea[H6947], until we were come over[H5674] the brook[H5158]Zered[H2218], was thirty[H7970] and eight[H8083]years[H8141]; until all the generation[H1755] of the men[H582] of war[H4421] were wasted out[H8552] from among[H7130] the host[H4264], as the LORD[H3068]sware[H7650] unto them.
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For indeed the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was against them, to destroy[H2000] them from among[H7130] the host[H4264], until they were consumed[H8552].
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So it came to pass, when all the men[H582] of war[H4421] were consumed[H8552] and dead[H4191] from among[H7130] the people[H5971],
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That the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto me, saying[H559],
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Thou art to pass over[H5674] through Ar[H6144], the coast[H1366] of Moab[H4124], this day[H3117]:
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And when thou comest nigh[H7126] over against[H4136] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], distress[H6696] them not, nor meddle[H1624] with them: for I will not give[H5414] thee of the land[H776] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] any possession[H3425]; because I have given[H5414] it unto the children[H1121] of Lot[H3876] for a possession[H3425].
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(That also was accounted[H2803] a land[H776] of giants[H7497]: giants[H7497]dwelt[H3427] therein in old time[H6440]; and the Ammonites[H5984]call[H7121] them Zamzummims[H2157];
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A people[H5971]great[H1419], and many[H7227], and tall[H7311], as the Anakims[H6062]; but the LORD[H3068]destroyed[H8045] them before[H6440] them; and they succeeded[H3423] them, and dwelt[H3427] in their stead:
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As he did[H6213] to the children[H1121] of Esau[H6215], which dwelt[H3427] in Seir[H8165], when he destroyed[H8045] the Horims[H2752] from before[H6440] them; and they succeeded[H3423] them, and dwelt[H3427] in their stead even unto this day[H3117]:
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And the Avims[H5761] which dwelt[H3427] in Hazerim[H2699], even unto Azzah[H5804], the Caphtorims[H3732], which came forth[H3318] out of Caphtor[H3731], destroyed[H8045] them, and dwelt[H3427] in their stead.)
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Rise ye up[H6965], take your journey[H5265], and pass over[H5674] the river[H5158]Arnon[H769]: behold[H7200], I have given[H5414] into thine hand[H3027]Sihon[H5511] the Amorite[H567], king[H4428] of Heshbon[H2809], and his land[H776]: begin[H2490] to possess[H3423] it, and contend[H1624] with him in battle[H4421].
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This day[H3117] will I begin[H2490] to put[H5414] the dread[H6343] of thee[H6440] and the fear[H3374] of thee[H6440] upon the nations[H6440] that are under the whole heaven[H8064], who shall hear[H8085]report[H8088] of thee[H6440], and shall tremble[H7264], and be in anguish[H2342] because of thee[H6440].
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And I sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] out of the wilderness[H4057] of Kedemoth[H6932] unto Sihon[H5511]king[H4428] of Heshbon[H2809] with words[H1697] of peace[H7965], saying[H559],
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Let me pass[H5674] through thy land[H776]: I will go[H3212] along by the high way[H1870], I will neither turn[H5493] unto the right hand[H3225] nor to the left[H8040].
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Thou shalt sell[H7666] me meat[H400] for money[H3701], that I may eat[H398]; and give[H5414] me water[H4325] for money[H3701], that I may drink[H8354]: only I will pass through[H5674] on my feet[H7272];
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(As the children[H1121] of Esau[H6215] which dwell[H3427] in Seir[H8165], and the Moabites[H4125] which dwell[H3427] in Ar[H6144], did[H6213] unto me;) until I shall pass over[H5674]Jordan[H3383] into the land[H776] which the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]giveth[H5414] us.
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But Sihon[H5511]king[H4428] of Heshbon[H2809]would[H14] not let us pass[H5674] by him: for the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]hardened[H7185] his spirit[H7307], and made his heart[H3824]obstinate[H553], that he might deliver[H5414] him into thy hand[H3027], as appeareth this day[H3117].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Behold[H7200], I have begun[H2490] to give[H5414]Sihon[H5511] and his land[H776]before[H6440] thee: begin[H2490] to possess[H3423], that thou mayest inherit[H3423] his land[H776].
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Then Sihon[H5511] came out[H3318]against[H7125] us, he and all his people[H5971], to fight[H4421] at Jahaz[H3096].
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And the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]delivered[H5414] him before[H6440] us; and we smote[H5221] him, and his sons[H1121], and all his people[H5971].
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And we took[H3920] all his cities[H5892] at that time[H6256], and utterly destroyed[H2763] the men[H4962], and the women[H802], and the little ones[H2945], of every city[H5892], we left[H7604] none to remain[H8300]:
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Only the cattle[H929] we took[H3920] for a prey[H962] unto ourselves, and the spoil[H7998] of the cities[H5892] which we took[H3920].
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From Aroer[H6177], which is by the brink[H8193] of the river[H5158] of Arnon[H769], and from the city[H5892] that is by the river[H5158], even unto Gilead[H1568], there was not one city[H7151] too strong[H7682] for us[H6440]: the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]delivered[H5414] all unto us[H6440]:
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Only unto the land[H776] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] thou camest[H7126] not, nor unto any place[H3027] of the river[H5158]Jabbok[H2999], nor unto the cities[H5892] in the mountains[H2022], nor unto whatsoever the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]forbad[H6680] us.