"You 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. "For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. he knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing."' "And when we passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away form the road of the plain, away from Elath and Ezion Geber, we turned and passed by way of the wilderness of Moab. "Then 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 a s a possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'" (The Emim had dwelt there in times past,a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. They were also regarded as giants, like the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim. The Horites formerly dwelt in Seir, but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their place, just as Israel did to the land of their possession which the LORD gave them.) "'Now rise and cross over the Valley of Zered.' So we crossed over the Valley of Zered. "And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed form the midst of the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them. "For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed. "So it was, when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people, "that the LORD spoke to me, saying: 'This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab. 'And when you come near the people of Ammon, do not harass them or meddle with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'" (That was also regarded as a land of giants; giants formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. But the LORD destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place, just as He had done for the descendants of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They dispossessed them and dwelt in their place, even tot his day. And the Avim, who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza - the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and dwelt in their place.) "'Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him n battle. 'This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.'
"And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 'Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left. 'You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot, 'just as the descendants of Esau who swell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the LORD our God is giving us.' "But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day. "And the LORD said to me, 'See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.' "Then Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz. "And the LORD our God delivered him over to us; so we defeated him, his sons, and all his people. "We took all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining. "We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took. "From Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and from the city that is in the ravine, as far as Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us; the LORD our God delivered all to us. "Only you did not go near the land of the people of Ammon - anywhere along the River Jabbok, or to the cities of the mountains, or wherever the LORD our God had forbidden us.
"Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; and Og king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. "And the LORD said to me, 'Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.' "So the LORD our God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan, with all his people, and we attacked him until he had no survivors remaining. "And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. "All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns. "And we utterly destroyed them as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city. "But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves. "And at that time we took the land form the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon "(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir), "all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.
"And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites. "The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the giants.
"And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 'Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left. 'You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot, 'just as the descendants of Esau who swell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the LORD our God is giving us.' "But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day. "And the LORD said to me, 'See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.' "Then Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz. "And the LORD our God delivered him over to us; so we defeated him, his sons, and all his people. "We took all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining. "We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took. "From Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and from the city that is in the ravine, as far as Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us; the LORD our God delivered all to us. "Only you did not go near the land of the people of Ammon - anywhere along the River Jabbok, or to the cities of the mountains, or wherever the LORD our God had forbidden us.
"Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; and Og king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. "And the LORD said to me, 'Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.' "So the LORD our God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan, with all his people, and we attacked him until he had no survivors remaining. "And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. "All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns. "And we utterly destroyed them as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city. "But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves. "And at that time we took the land form the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon "(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir), "all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.
"And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites. "The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the giants.
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