Deuteronomy 2:1-8 (New Revised Standard)
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we journeyed back into the wilderness, in the direction of the Red Sea, a as the Lord had told me and skirted Mount Seir for many days.
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Then the Lord said to me:
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"You have been skirting this hill country long enough. Head north,
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and charge the people as follows: You are about to pass through the territory of your kindred, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so, be very careful
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not to engage in battle with them, for I will not give you even so much as a foot's length of their land, since I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
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You shall purchase food from them for money, so that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them for money, so that you may drink.
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Surely the Lord your God has blessed you in all your undertakings; he knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing."
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So we passed by our kin, the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, leaving behind the route of the Arabah, and leaving behind Elath and Ezion-geber. When we had headed out along the route of the wilderness of Moab,
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