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Deuteronomy 2 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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Wanderings in the Wilderness

2 “(A)Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way of the [a]Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we circled (B)Mount Seir for many days. 2 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, 3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north, 4 (C)and command the people, saying, “You are going to pass through the (D)territory of your brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir; and (E)they will be afraid of you. So be very careful; 5 do not [b]provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even as much as a [c]footprint, (F)because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6 You are to buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink. 7 For the Lord your God has blessed you in all [d]that you have done; He has known your [e]wandering through this (G)great wilderness. These (H)forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked anything.”’

8 “So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the (I)Arabah road, away from Elath and (J)Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not attack Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of [f]their land as a possession, because I have given (K)Ar to (L)the sons of Lot as a possession.’ 10 (The (M)Emim lived there previously, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. 11 Like the Anakim, they too are regarded as (N)Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 (O)The Horites previously lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before [g]them, and settled in their place; (P)just as Israel did to the land of [h]their possession which the Lord gave them.) 13 ‘Now arise and cross over the [i]Wadi Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the [j]Wadi Zered. 14 Now the [k]time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the [l]Wadi Zered was (Q)thirty-eight years, until (R)all the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, just as (S)the Lord had sworn to them. 15 (T)Indeed, the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from within the camp until they all perished.

16 “So it came about, when (U)all the men of war had finally perished from among the people, 17 that the Lord spoke to me, saying, 18 ‘Today you shall cross over (V)Ar, the border of Moab. 19 When you come opposite the (W)sons of Ammon, do not attack them nor provoke 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 (X)the sons of Lot as a possession.’ 20 (It is also regarded as the land of the (Y)Rephaim, because the Rephaim previously lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin, 21 a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim; but the Lord destroyed them before [m]them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place, 22 just as He did for the sons of Esau, who (Z)live in Seir, when He destroyed (AA)the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place, where they remain even to this day. 23 And as for the (AB)Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the [n](AC)Caphtorim, who came from [o](AD)Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.) 24 ‘Arise, set out, and pass through the [p](AE)Valley of Arnon. Look! I have handed over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; start taking possession and plunge into battle with him. 25 This day I will begin to put (AF)the dread and fear of you upon the faces of [q]people everywhere, [r]who, when they hear the news of you, (AG)will tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

26 “(AH)So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 ‘Let me pass through your land; I will [s]travel only on the road. I will not turn aside to the right or to the left. 28 You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, (AI)only let me pass through on [t]foot, 29 just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in (AJ)Ar did for me, until I cross over the Jordan into the land that the Lord our God is giving us.’ 30 But (AK)Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass [u]through his land; for the (AL)Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to hand him over to you, as he is today. 31 And the Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to turn Sihon and his land over [v]to you. Begin taking possession, so that you may possess his land.’

32 “Then Sihon came out [w]with all his people to meet us in battle at Jahaz. 33 And (AM)the Lord our God turned him over [x]to us, and we [y](AN)defeated him with his sons and all his people. 34 So we captured all his cities at that time and [z](AO)utterly destroyed [aa]the men, women, and children of every city. We left no survivor. 35 We took (AP)only the animals as our plunder, and the spoils of the cities which we had captured. 36 From (AQ)Aroer which is on the edge of the [ab]Valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the [ac]valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too [ad]high for us; the Lord our God turned it all over [ae]to us. 37 (AR)Only you did not go near the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the [af]river (AS)Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the Lord our God had commanded us to avoid.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 2:1 Lit Sea of Reeds
  2. Deuteronomy 2:5 Or engage in strife with
  3. Deuteronomy 2:5 Lit treading of a sole of a foot
  4. Deuteronomy 2:7 Lit the work of your hand
  5. Deuteronomy 2:7 Lit going
  6. Deuteronomy 2:9 Lit his
  7. Deuteronomy 2:12 I.e., the sons of Esau
  8. Deuteronomy 2:12 Lit his
  9. Deuteronomy 2:13 I.e., dry stream bed, except in the rainy season
  10. Deuteronomy 2:13 I.e., dry stream bed, except in the rainy season
  11. Deuteronomy 2:14 Lit days in which we went
  12. Deuteronomy 2:14 See note v 13
  13. Deuteronomy 2:21 I.e., the Ammonites
  14. Deuteronomy 2:23 I.e., Philistines
  15. Deuteronomy 2:23 I.e., Crete
  16. Deuteronomy 2:24 Or wadi
  17. Deuteronomy 2:25 Lit peoples under all the heavens
  18. Deuteronomy 2:25 Lit who will hear...and tremble
  19. Deuteronomy 2:27 Lit go on the road, on the road
  20. Deuteronomy 2:28 Lit my feet
  21. Deuteronomy 2:30 Lit by him
  22. Deuteronomy 2:31 Lit before you
  23. Deuteronomy 2:32 Lit he and
  24. Deuteronomy 2:33 Lit before us
  25. Deuteronomy 2:33 Lit struck
  26. Deuteronomy 2:34 Or put under the ban
  27. Deuteronomy 2:34 Lit every city of men...
  28. Deuteronomy 2:36 Or wadi
  29. Deuteronomy 2:36 Or wadi
  30. Deuteronomy 2:36 Or strong
  31. Deuteronomy 2:36 Lit before us
  32. Deuteronomy 2:37 Or wadi

Cross references

  1. Deuteronomy 2:1 : Num 21:4
  2. Deuteronomy 2:1 : Deut 1:2
  3. Deuteronomy 2:4 : Num 20:14-21
  4. Deuteronomy 2:4 : Gen 36:8
  5. Deuteronomy 2:4 : Ex 15:15, 16
  6. Deuteronomy 2:5 : Gen 36:8; Josh 24:4
  7. Deuteronomy 2:7 : Deut 1:19
  8. Deuteronomy 2:7 : Num 14:33, 34; 32:13; Deut 2:14
  9. Deuteronomy 2:8 : Deut 1:1
  10. Deuteronomy 2:8 : Num 33:35; 1 Kin 9:26
  11. Deuteronomy 2:9 : Num 21:15, 28; Deut 2:18, 29
  12. Deuteronomy 2:9 : Gen 19:36, 37
  13. Deuteronomy 2:10 : Gen 14:5
  14. Deuteronomy 2:11 : Gen 14:5; Deut 2:20
  15. Deuteronomy 2:12 : Gen 36:20; Deut 2:22
  16. Deuteronomy 2:12 : Num 21:25, 35
  17. Deuteronomy 2:14 : Deut 2:7
  18. Deuteronomy 2:14 : Num 14:29-35; 26:64, 65; Ps 106:26; 1 Cor 10:5
  19. Deuteronomy 2:14 : Deut 1:34, 35
  20. Deuteronomy 2:15 : Jude 5
  21. Deuteronomy 2:16 : Deut 2:14
  22. Deuteronomy 2:18 : Deut 2:9
  23. Deuteronomy 2:19 : Gen 19:38
  24. Deuteronomy 2:19 : Deut 2:9
  25. Deuteronomy 2:20 : Deut 2:11
  26. Deuteronomy 2:22 : Gen 36:8; Deut 2:5
  27. Deuteronomy 2:22 : Deut 2:12
  28. Deuteronomy 2:23 : Josh 13:3
  29. Deuteronomy 2:23 : Gen 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12
  30. Deuteronomy 2:23 : Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7
  31. Deuteronomy 2:24 : Num 21:13, 14; Judg 11:18
  32. Deuteronomy 2:25 : Ex 23:27; Deut 11:25; Josh 2:9
  33. Deuteronomy 2:25 : Ex 15:14-16
  34. Deuteronomy 2:26 : Num 21:21-32; Deut 1:4; Judg 11:19-21
  35. Deuteronomy 2:28 : Num 20:19
  36. Deuteronomy 2:29 : Deut 2:9
  37. Deuteronomy 2:30 : Num 21:23
  38. Deuteronomy 2:30 : Ex 4:21; Josh 11:20
  39. Deuteronomy 2:33 : Ex 23:31; Deut 7:2
  40. Deuteronomy 2:33 : Deut 29:7
  41. Deuteronomy 2:34 : Deut 3:6; 7:2
  42. Deuteronomy 2:35 : Deut 3:7
  43. Deuteronomy 2:36 : Deut 3:12; 4:48; Josh 12:2; 13:9
  44. Deuteronomy 2:37 : Deut 2:19
  45. Deuteronomy 2:37 : Gen 32:22; Num 21:24; Deut 3:16

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