Deuteronomy 2:8–23

⁸And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, by the way of the plain from Elath and from Asiongaber, we came to the way that leadeth to the desert of Moab.

⁹And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the Moabites, neither go to battle against them: for I will not give thee any of their land, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot in possession.

¹⁰The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,

¹¹They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims.

¹²The Horrhites also formerly dwelt in Seir: who being driven out and destroyed, the children of Esau dwelt there, as Israel did in the land of his possession, which the Lord gave him.

¹³Then rising up to pass the torrent Zared, we came to it.

¹⁴And the time that we journeyed from Cadesbarne till we passed over the torrent Zared, was thirty-eight years: until all the generation of the men that were fit for war was consumed out of the camp, as the Lord had sworn:

¹⁵For his hand was against them, that they should perish from the midst of the camp.

¹⁶And after all the fighting men were dead,

¹⁷The Lord spoke to me, saying:

¹⁸Thou shalt pass this day the borders of Moab, the city named Ar:

¹⁹And when thou comest nigh the frontiers of the children of Ammon, take heed thou fight not against them, nor once move to battle: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.

²⁰It was accounted a land of giants: and giants formerly dwelt in it, whom the Ammonites call Zomzommims,

²¹A people great and many, and of tall stature, like the Enacims whom the Lord destroyed before their face: and he made them to dwell in their stead,

²²As he had done in favour of the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, destroying the Horrhites, and delivering their land to them, which they possess to this day.

²³The Hevites also, that dwelt in Haserim as far as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappadocians: who came out of Cappadocia, and destroyed them and dwelt in their stead.