Deuteronomy 2:4–9

Give the people these orders:^d ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau,^e who live in Seir.^f They will be afraid^g of you, but be very careful. Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own.^h You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’ ”

The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watchedⁱ over your journey through this vast wilderness.^j These forty years^k the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.^l

So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from^m the Arabahⁿ road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber,^o and traveled along the desert road of Moab.^p

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar^q to the descendants of Lot^r as a possession.”