1We spent many years wandering around outside the hill country of Seir, They are afraid of you, We followed Arabah Road that starts in the south at Elath and Ezion-Geber, then we turned on to the desert road that leads to Moab.
9The LORD told me, “Don't try to start a war with Moab. Leave them alone, because I gave the land of Ar to them, and I will not let you have any of it.”Tribes that lived near Canaan
10Before the LORD gave the Moabites their land, a large and powerful tribe lived there. They were the Emim, and they were as tall as the Anakim.
11The Moabites called them Emim, though others sometimes used the name Rephaim for both the Anakim and the Emim.
12The Horites used to live in Seir, but the Edomites took over that region. They killed many of the Horites and forced the rest of them to leave, just as Israel did to the people in the land that the LORD gave them.
Israel crossed the Zered GorgeMoses said to Israel:13When we came to the Zered Gorge along the southern border of Moab, the LORD told us to cross the gorge into Moab, and we did.
14This was thirty-eight years after we left Kadesh-Barnea, and by that time all the men who had been in the army at Kadesh-Barnea had died, just as the LORD had said they would. them until finally none of them were left.
17Then the LORD told me,
18“Moses, now go past the town of Ar and cross Moab's northern border
19into Ammon. But don't start a war with the Ammonites. I gave them their land, and I won't give any of it to Israel.”More nations that lived near Canaan
20Before the Ammonites conquered the land that the LORD had given them, some of the Rephaim used to live there, although the Ammonites called them Zamzummim.
21The Zamzummim were a large and powerful tribe and were as tall as the Anakim. But the LORD helped the Ammonites, and they killed many of the Zamzummim and forced the rest to leave. Then the Ammonites settled there.
22The LORD helped them as he had helped the Edomites, who killed many of the Horites in Seir and forced the rest to leave before settling there themselves.
23A group called the Avvim used to live in villages as far south as Gaza, but the Philistines killed them and settled on their land.
Israel crossed the Arnon GorgeMoses said:24After we went through Ammon, the LORD told us:
Israel, pack up your possessions, take down your tents, and cross the gorge of the River Arnon. The territory of the Amorite King Sihon of Heshbon lies on the other side of the river, but I now give you his land. So attack and take it!
25Today I will start making all other nations afraid of you. They will tremble with fear when anyone mentions you, and they will be terrified when you appear.
The defeat of King Sihon of Heshbon(Numbers 21.21-30)Moses said to Israel:26After we had crossed the Arnon and had set up camp in the Kedemoth Desert, I sent messengers to King Sihon of Heshbon, telling him that his nation and ours could be at peace. I said:
27Please let Israel go across your country. We will walk straight through, without turning off the road.
28-29You can even sell us food and water, and we will pay with silver. We need to reach the River Jordan and cross it, because the LORD our God is giving us the land on the west side. The Edomites and Moabites have already let us cross their land. Please let us cross your land as well.
30-31But Sihon refused to let us go across his country, because the LORD made him stubborn and eager to fight us. The LORD told me, “I am going to help you defeat Sihon and take his land, so attack him!”
32We met Sihon and his army in battle at Jahaz,
33and the LORD our God helped us defeat them. We killed Sihon, his sons, and everyone else in his army.
34Then we captured and destroyed every town in Sihon's kingdom, killing everyone,
35but keeping the livestock and everything else of value.
36The LORD helped us capture every town from the gorge of the River Arnon north to the boundary of Gilead, including the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge and the town in the middle of the gorge.
37However, we stayed away from all the Ammonite towns, both in the hill country and near the River Jabbok, just as the LORD had commanded.
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