Deuteronomy 2:4–9

⁴And command the people, saying, ^d“You are about to pass through the territory of ^eyour brethren, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore watch yourselves carefully. ⁵Do not meddle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep, ^fbecause I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. ⁶You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.

⁷“For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your ²trudging through this great wilderness. ^gThese forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’

⁸“And when we passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of the plain, away from ^hElath and Ezion Geber, we ⁱturned and passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab. ⁹Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given ^jAr to ^kthe descendants of Lot as a possession.’ ”