Deuteronomy 2:1-7
Wanderings in the Wilderness
1 “(A)Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the (a)Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and circled (B)Mount Seir for many days.
2 And the Lord spoke to me, saying,
3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north,
4 (C)and command the people, saying, “You will pass through the (D)territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and (E)they will be afraid of you. So be very careful;
5 do not (b)provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a (c)footstep (F)because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
6 You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.
7 For the Lord your God has blessed you in all (d)that you have done; He has known your (e)wanderings through this (G)great wilderness. These (H)forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’
Footnotes:
a.
Deuteronomy 2:1: ['Lit ', Sea of Reeds]
b.
Deuteronomy 2:5: ['Or ', engage in strife with]
c.
Deuteronomy 2:5: ['Lit ', treading of a sole of a foot]
d.
Deuteronomy 2:7: ['Lit ', the work of your hand]
e.
Deuteronomy 2:7: ['Lit ', goings]