Book 05 : DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 002
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And the LORD spake unto me, saying
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Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you
northward
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and
many, and tall, as the Anakims
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Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the
Moabites called them Emims
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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
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Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we
went over the brook Zered
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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
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For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy
them from among the host, until they were consumed
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So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and
dead from among the people
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That the LORD spake unto me, saying
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Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day
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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
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(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt
therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto
Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying
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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
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to
fight at Jahaz
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And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote
him, and his sons, and all his people
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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
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Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the
spoil of the cities which we took
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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
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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
Book 05 : DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 002
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