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 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 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: 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.*2.5 no…: Heb. even to the treading of the sole of the foot 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. 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.

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 Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 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.*2.9 Distress…: or, Use no hostility against Moab 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. 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.*2.12 succeeded: Heb. inherited*2.12 stead: or, room 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.*2.13 brook: or, valley 14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, 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.*2.14 brook: or, valley 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 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. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;*2.20 Zamzummims: also called, Zuzims 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: 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: 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.)

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.*2.24 begin…: Heb. begin, possess 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.

26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 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. 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; 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. 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. 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. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 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:*2.34 the men…: Heb. every city of men, and women, and little ones 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 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: 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 forbad us.

1 "以后，我们照着耶和华吩咐我的，回转过来，沿着往红海的路起程到旷野去；我们在西珥山绕行了很多日子。2 耶和华对我说：3 ‘你们绕行这山的日子已经够了；现在要转向北去。4 你要吩咐人民说："你们的兄弟以扫的子孙，住在西珥，你们现在要经过他们的境界；他们必惧怕你们，所以你们要十分谨慎。5 不要与他们争执；他们的地，连脚掌那么大的一块，我都不给你们，因为我已经把西珥山赐给以扫作产业。6 你们要用银子向他们买食物吃；也要用银子向他们买水喝。7 因为耶和华你的　神，对于你手里所作的一切事，都已经赐福给你；他也知道你怎样走这大旷野；这四十年来，耶和华你们的　神常与你同在，使你毫无缺乏。"’

8 "于是我们离开我们住在西珥的兄弟以扫的子孙，继续前行；沿着亚拉巴的路，到了以拉他和以旬．迦别，然后转向摩押旷野的路去。9 耶和华对我说：‘你不可敌视摩押人，也不可与他们争战；他们的地我不赐给你作产业，因为我已经把亚珥赐给了罗得的子孙作产业。10 *以前有以米人住在那里，这族人人数众多，身体高大，像亚衲族人一样。11这以米人，像亚衲族人一样，也算为利乏音人；但摩押人称他们为以米人。12以前何利人也住在西珥，但以扫的子孙占领了他们的产业，消灭了他们，住在他们那里，就像以色列在耶和华赐给他们作产业的地上所行的一样。13 现在你们要起来，过撒烈溪。’于是我们过了撒烈溪。14 自从我们离开加低斯．巴尼亚，直到过了撒烈溪的日子，共有三十八年，等到那世代的战士都从营中灭绝为止，正像耶和华向他们所起的誓一样。15 耶和华的手攻击了他们，把他们从营中除灭，直到灭尽为止。

16 "所有战士都从民中死尽以后，17 耶和华就对我说：18 ‘你今天要经过摩押的境界亚珥；19 你走近亚扪人面前的时候，不可敌视他们，也不可与他们争执；亚扪人的地我不赐给你们作产业，因为我已经把那地赐给了罗得的子孙作产业。20 *那地也算为利乏音人的地，以前利乏音人住在那里，但亚扪人称他们为散送冥。21这族人人数众多，身体高大，像亚衲族人一样；但耶和华从亚扪人面前消灭了他们，亚扪人就占领了他们的地业，住在那里，22好象耶和华从前为住在西珥的以扫的子孙所作的一样，就是把何利人从他们面前消灭，他们就占领了他们的地业，住在他们那里，直到今日。23还有亚卫人，原先住在迦萨附近的各村庄里，有从迦斐托出来的迦斐托人把他们消灭了，住在他们那里。24 现在你要起来，出发，过亚嫩谷；看哪，我已经把亚摩利人希实本王西宏和他的土地，交在你的手里了；你要开始占领那地作产业，与他争战。25 就在今天，我要使天下万民听见你的消息都惊慌惧怕，而且因你的缘故发抖疼痛。’

26 "我从基底莫的旷野，派使者到希实本王西宏那里去，用和平的话说：27 ‘求你让我从你的地经过；我只走大道，不偏左也不偏右。28 你可以按着价钱把食物卖给我吃，也可以按着价钱把水卖给我喝；只要让我步行过去就是了；29 好象住在西珥的以扫子孙，和住在亚珥的摩押人待我一样，等我过约旦河，进到耶和华我们的　神赐给我们的地去。’30 但是希实本王西宏不肯让我们从他那里经过，因为耶和华我们的　神使他的心意顽固，使他的心刚硬，为要把他交在你的手里，像今日一样。31 耶和华对我说：‘看哪，我已经把西宏和他的地交给你了，你可以占领他的地作产业。’

32 "那时西宏和他所有的人民都出来，攻击我们，在雅杂与我们作战。33 耶和华我们的　神把他交给了我们，我们就把他、他的儿子们和他所有的人民都击杀了。34 那时我们夺取了他所有的城邑，把每一座城，连男带女，以及小孩子都全部毁灭，没有留下一个存活的；35 只留下我们掠为己有的牲畜，和我们夺取城邑所得的战利品。36 从亚嫩谷旁边的亚罗珥和谷中的城，直到基列，没有一座城太高，是我们不能攻下的；耶和华我们的　神把这一切都交给我们了。37 只有亚扪人的地，雅博河一带的地方，和山地的城市，以及耶和华我们的　神吩咐我们不可去的地方，我们都没有走近。"