Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Deuteronomy
Chapter 2
1. THEN we
turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red
sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
2. And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
3. Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
4. And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast
of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they
shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
5. Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not
so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for
a possession.
6. Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall
also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
7. For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand:
he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years
the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
8. And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which
dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from E-zi-on-ga-ber,
we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9. And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend
with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a
possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a
possession.
10. The E-mims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,
and tall, as the An-a-kims;
11. Which also were accounted giants, as the An-a-kims; but the Moabites
call them E-mims.
12. The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau
succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt
in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the
LORD gave unto them.
13. Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we
went over the brook Zered.
14. And the space in which we came from Kadesh-bar-ne-a, until we were
come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the
generations of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as
the LORD sware unto them.
15. For indeed the hand of the LORD Was against them, to destroy them
from among the host, until they were consumed.
16. So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead
from among the people,
17. That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
18. Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
19. And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,
distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the
land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it
unto the children of Lot for a possession.
20. (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in
old time; and the Ammonites call them Zam-zum-mims;
21. A people great, and many, and tall, as the An-a-kims; but the LORD
destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their
stead:
22. As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he
destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and
dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
23. And the Avims which dwelt in Ha-ze-rim, even unto Azzah, the Caph-to-rims,
which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their
stead.)
24. Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon:
behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon,
and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
25. This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee
upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report
of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
26. And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Ke-de-moth unto Sihon
king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
27. Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I
will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
28. Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water
for money, that I may drink; only I will pass through on my feet;
29. (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which
dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land
which the LORD our God giveth us.
30. But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD
thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might
deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
31. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and
his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his
land.
32. Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at
Jahaz.
33. And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and
his sons, and all his people.
34. And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the
men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to
remain:
35. Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of
the cities which we took.
36. From A-ro-er, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from
the city that is by the river, even unto Gil-e-ad, there was not one
city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
37. Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor
unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the
mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
Mar. 7 Daily reading schedule.. go to chapter 3
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