Deuteronomy 2:13–37
13 So now arise and cross over the wadit of Zered yourselves; and so we crossed the wadiu of Zered. 14 Now the ⌊length of time⌋v that we had traveled from Kadesh Barnea until the time when we crossed the wadiw of Zered was thirty-eight years, until the perishing of all of that generation; that is, the men of war from the midst of the camp as Yahweh had sworn to them. 15 The hand of Yahweh was against them to root them out from the midst of the camp until they perished completely.
16 “⌊And then⌋x when all the men of wary ⌊had died⌋z from among the people, 17 Yahweh spoke to me, ⌊saying⌋,a 18 ‘You are about to cross over the boundary of Moab ⌊today⌋b at Ar. 19 When you approach ⌊the border of⌋c the ⌊Ammonites⌋,d you shall not harass them, and you shall not get involved in battle with them, for I have not given the land of ⌊the Ammonites⌋e to you as a possession; because I have given it to the descendantsf of Lot as a possession. 20 (It is also considered the land of Rephaim; Rephaim lived in it ⌊previously⌋,g and the Ammonites called them Zamzummim, 21 a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakites; Yahweh destroyed them from before them,h and they dispossessed them and settled in place of them, 22 just as he did for the descendantsi of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from ⌊before them⌋j and dispossessed them, and then they settled in theirk place up to this day. 23 And also the Avvites, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, and the Caphtorim, who came out from Caphtor, destroyed them and then settled in their place. 24 Arise,l set out and cross over the wadim of Arnon. Look! I have given Sihon the Amorite, the king of Heshbon, and his land into your hand; begin to take possession of it, and engage with him in battle. 25 This day I will begin to place ⌊the dread of you⌋n and the fear of you ⌊before⌋o the peoples under all the heavens. They will hear ⌊the report about you⌋,p and so they will shake and tremble ⌊because of you⌋.’ q
26 “So I sent messengers from the wildernessr of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon; I sent terms of peace, ⌊saying⌋,s 27 ‘Let me cross through your land and ⌊only along the road⌋t I will go; I will not turn aside to the right or to the left. 28 Food for money you shall sell me, so that I may eat, and water for money you will give to me, so that I may drink; just let me cross on foot. 29 Just as the descendantsu of Esau did for me, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, until I cross the Jordan into the land that Yahweh our God is giving to us.’ 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing to let us cross through his territory because Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and ⌊made him obstinate⌋v ⌊in order to give him⌋w into your hand, ⌊just as he has now done⌋.x 31 Yahweh said to me, ‘Look! I have begun to give ⌊over to you⌋y Sihon and his land; begin ⌊to take possession of his land⌋.’z 32 Then Sihon and all his people came out to meet us for battle at Jahaz. 33 And so Yahweh our God gave him over ⌊to us⌋,a and we struck him down, and his sonsb and all of his people. 34 So we captured all of his cities at that time, and we destroyed each town of males and the women and the children; we did not leave behind a survivor. 35 We took only the livestock as spoil for ourselves,c and also the booty of the cities that we had captured. 36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadid of Arnon and the city that was in the wadie on up to Gilead, there was not a city that was inaccessible to us; Yahweh our God gave ⌊everything⌋f ⌊to us⌋.g 37 Only the land of ⌊the Ammonites⌋h you did not approach, all along the whole upper region of the Jabbok ⌊River⌋i and the towns of the hill country, according to all that Yahweh our God had instructed.