Deuteronomy 2:4–9

⁴And command thou the people, saying, ^cYe are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, ^dwhich dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: ^5emeddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; ^dbecause I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. ⁶Ye 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. ⁷For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: ^fthese forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. ^8gAnd when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from ^hElath, and from ⁱEzion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. ⁹And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither ^econtend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given ^jAr unto ^kthe children of Lot for a possession.