2:1 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.
2:2 And the Lord said to me,
2:3 Ye have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward the
north.
2:4 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.
2:5 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.
2:6 Buy food of them for money and eat, and ye shall receive water of them
by measure for money, and drink.
2:7 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.
2:8 And we passed by our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir,
by the way of Araba from Aelon and from Gesion Gaber; and we turned and
passed by the way of the desert of Moab.
2:9 And the Lord said to me, Do not ye quarrel with the Moabites, and do not
engage in war with them; for I will not give you of their land for an
inheritance, for I have given Aroer to the children of Lot to inherit.
2:10 Formerly the Ommin dwelt in it, a great and numerous nation and
powerful, like the Enakim.
2:11 These also shall be accounted Raphain like the Enakim; and the Moabites
call them Ommin.
2:12 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.
2:13 Now then, arise ye, [said I], and depart, and cross the valley of Zaret.
2:14 And the days in which we traveled 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.
2:15 And the hand of the Lord was upon them to destroy them out of the midst
of the camp, until they were consumed.
2:16 And it came to pass when all the men of war dying out of the midst of
the people had fallen,
2:17 that the Lord spoke to me, saying,
2:18 Thou shalt pass over this day the borders of Moab to Aroer;
2:19 and ye shall draw nigh to the children of Amman: do not quarrel with
them, nor wage war with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the
children of Amman for an inheritance, because I have given it to the
children of Lot for an inheritance.
2:20 It shall be accounted a land of Raphain, for the Raphain dwelt there
before, and the Ammanites call them Zochommin.
2:21 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.
2:22 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.
2:23 And the Evites who dwell in Asedoth to Gaza, and the Cappadocians who
came out of Cappadocia, destroyed them, and dwelt in their room.
2:24 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.
2:25 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.
2:26 And I sent ambassadors from the wilderness of Kedamoth to Seon king of
Esebon with peaceable words, saying,
2:27 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.
2:28 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:
2:29 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.
2:30 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.
2:31 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.
2:32 And Seon the king of Esebon came forth to meet us, he and all his
people to war at Jassa.
2:33 And the Lord our God delivered him before our face, and we smote him,
and his sons, and all his people.
2:34 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.
2:35 Only we took the cattle captive, and took the spoil of the cities.
2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the brook of Arnon, and the city
wich 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.
2:37 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. |
2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey
into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me:
and we compassed mount Seir many days.
2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
2:3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of
your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be
afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so
much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a
possession.
2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also
buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he
knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the
LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which
dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber,
we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress 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 Ar unto the children of Lot for a
possession.
2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and
tall, as the Anakims;
2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites
called them Emims.
2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau
succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in
their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD
gave unto them.
2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over
the brook Zered.
2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come
over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation
of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware
unto them.
2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from
among the host, until they were consumed.
2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from
among the people,
2:17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress
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.
2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old
time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
2:21 A 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:
2:22 As he 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:
2:23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims,
which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
2:24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I
have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land:
begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
2:25 This day 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.
2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king
of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
2:27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will
neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
2:28 Thou 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;
2:29 (As the 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.
2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD
thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might
deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his
land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at
Jahaz.
2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his
sons, and all his people.
2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men,
and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the
cities which we took.
2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the
city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too
strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
2:37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto
any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor
unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbade us. |