Deuteronomy 2:1-8

The Wilderness Years

1 “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea a as the  Lord told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir. 2 Then the  Lord said to me, 3 ‘You have been traveling around this mountain country b long enough. Turn northward 4 and command the people, “You are about to pass through the territory of c your brothers, the people of Esau, d who live in Seir; and e they will be afraid of you. So be very careful. 5 Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because f I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6  g You shall purchase 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 hands. h He knows your going through this great wilderness. i These forty years the  Lord your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.”’ 8 So j we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from k the Arabah road from l Elath and m Ezion-geber.

“And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
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