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and command the people, saying, "You will pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be verycareful;
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"For the LORD your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through thisgreatwilderness. Thesefortyyears the LORD your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing."'
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"So we passedbeyond* our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabahroad, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passedthrough by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
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"Then the LORDsaid to me, 'Do not harassMoab, norprovoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have givenAr to the sons of Lot as a possession.
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The Horitesformerlylived in Seir, but the sons of Esaudispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, just as Israeldid to the land of their possessionwhich the LORDgave to them.)
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"Now the time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barneauntil* we crossedover the brookZered was thirty-eight*years, untilall the generation of the men of warperished from within the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
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'Today you shall crossoverAr, the border of Moab.
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'When you comeopposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass them norprovoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.'
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just as He did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their placeeven to thisday.
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'Arise, set out, and passthrough the valley of Arnon. Look! I have givenSihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land into your hand; begin to takepossession and contend with him in battle.
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'Thisday I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peopleseverywhereunder the heavens, who, when they hear the report of you, will tremble and be in anguishbecause* of you.'
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just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ardid for me, until* I crossover the Jordan into the landwhich the LORD our God is giving to us.'
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"But Sihonking of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land; for the LORD your Godhardened his spirit and made his heartobstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today.
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"From Aroerwhich is on the edge of the valley of Arnon and from the citywhich is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was nocity that was toohigh for us; the LORD our Goddeliveredallover to us.
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"Only you did not gonear to the land of the sons of Ammon, allalong the riverJabbok and the cities of the hillcountry, and wherever* the LORD our God had commanded us.