⁴and instruct^d the people, saying,^e “You are about to cross through the territory of your brothers, the descendants^f of Esau, who are living in Seir; they will be afraid of you, and so be very careful. ⁵Do not get involved in battle^g with them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot’s breadth^h of it; since I have given Mount Seir as a possession for Esau. ⁶You shall buy food from them so that you may eat; and also you shall purchase water from them with money so that you may drink. ⁷The fact of the matter is, Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work you have done;ⁱ he knows your travels^j with respect to this great wilderness; forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.” ’ ⁸And so we passed by our brothers, the descendants^k of Esau, who live in Seir, past the road of the Arabah,^l from Elath and Ezion Geber, and we turned and traveled along the route of the desert^m of Moab.

⁹And Yahweh said to me, ‘You shall not attack Moab, and you shall not engage in warⁿ with them, for I will not give you any of his land as a possession; I have given Ar to the descendants^o of Lot as a possession.’

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Footnotes

dOr “command”
eLiterally “to say”
fOr “sons”
gOr “provoke”
hLiterally “a sole’s foot of space”
iLiterally “the work of your hand”
jLiterally “your journeying”
kOr “sons”
lOr “Jordan Valley” since the Arabah is an extension of it
mOr “wilderness”
nOr “battle”
oOr “sons”