1 we finally turned and went into the desert, on the road to the Gulf of Aqaba, as the Lord had commanded, and we spent a long time wandering about in the hill country of Edom.
2 “Then the Lord told me 3 that we had spent enough time wandering about in those hills and that we should go north. 4 He told me to give you the following instructions: ‘You are about to go through the hill country of Edom, the territory of your distant relatives, the descendants of Esau. They will be afraid of you, 5 but you must not start a war with them, because I am not going to give you so much as a square foot of their land. I have given Edom to Esau's descendants. 6 You may buy food and water from them.’
7 “Remember how the Lord your God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He has taken care of you as you wandered through this vast desert. He has been with you these forty years, and you have had everything you needed.
8 “So we moved on and left the road that goes from the towns of Elath and Eziongeber to the Dead Sea, and we turned northeast toward Moab. 9 The Lord said to me, ‘Don't trouble the people of Moab, the descendants of Lot, or start a war against them. I have given them the city of Ar, and I am not going to give you any of their land.’”
( 10 A mighty race of giants called the Emim used to live in Ar. They were as tall as the Anakim, another race of giants. 11 Like the Anakim they were also known as Rephaim; but the Moabites called them Emim. 12 The Horites used to live in Edom, but the descendants of Esau chased them out, destroyed their nation, and settled there themselves, just as the Israelites later chased their enemies out of the land that the Lord gave them.)
13 “Then we crossed the Zered River as the Lord told us to do. 14 This was thirty-eight years after we had left Kadesh Barnea. All the fighting men of that generation had died, as the Lord had said they would. 15 The Lord kept on opposing them until he had destroyed them all.
16 “After they had all died, 17 the Lord said to us, 18 ‘Today you are to pass through the territory of Moab by way of Ar. 19 You will then be near the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. Don't trouble them or start a war against them, because I am not going to give you any of the land that I have given them.’”
( 20 This territory is also known as the land of the Rephaim, the name of the people who used to live there; the Ammonites called them Zamzummim. 21 They were as tall as the Anakim. There were many of them, and they were a mighty race. But the Lord destroyed them, so that the Ammonites took over their land and settled there. 22 The Lord had done the same thing for the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, who live in the hill country of Edom. He destroyed the Horites, so that the Edomites took over their land and settled there, where they still live. 23 The land along the Mediterranean coast had been settled by people from the island of Crete. They had destroyed the Avvim, the original inhabitants, and had taken over all their land as far south as the city of Gaza.)
24 “After we had passed through Moab, the Lord told us, ‘Now, start out and cross the Arnon River. I am placing in your power Sihon, the Amorite king of Heshbon, along with his land. Attack him, and begin occupying his land. 25 From today on I will make people everywhere afraid of you. Everyone will tremble with fear at the mention of your name.’
Israel Defeats King Sihon
(Numbers 21.21-30)26 “Then I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to King Sihon of Heshbon with the following offer of peace: 27 ‘Let us pass through your country. We will go straight through and not leave the road. 28 We will pay for the food we eat and the water we drink. All we want to do is to pass through your country, 29 until we cross the Jordan River into the land that the Lord our God is giving us. The descendants of Esau, who live in Edom, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, allowed us to pass through their territory.’
30 “But King Sihon would not let us pass through his country. The Lord your God had made him stubborn and rebellious, so that we could defeat him and take his territory, which we still occupy.
31 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Look, I have made King Sihon and his land helpless before you; take his land and occupy it.’ 32 Sihon came out with all his men to fight us near the town of Jahaz, 33 but the Lord our God put him in our power, and we killed him, his sons, and all his men. 34 At the same time we captured and destroyed every town, and put everyone to death, men, women, and children. We left no survivors. 35 We took the livestock and plundered the towns. 36 The Lord our God let us capture all the towns from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and the city in the middle of that valley, all the way to Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us. 37 But we did not go near the territory of the Ammonites or to the banks of the Jabbok River or to the towns of the hill country or to any other place where the Lord our God had commanded us not to go.
Klejojumu gadi tuksnesī
1 Tad mēs gājām un pa tuksnesi devāmies ceļā uz Niedru jūru, kā Kungs man bija teicis, un ilgu laiku klejojām ap Seīra kalniem.
2 Un Kungs man teica: 3 gana jums klīst ap šiem kalniem! Dodieties uz ziemeļiem! 4 Pavēli tautai: jūs iesiet cauri savu brāļu, Ēsava dēlu, robežām, kur tie mīt Seīrā, un tie baidīsies no jums. Bet lūkojiet, 5 ka jūs necīnāties ar tiem, jo no viņu zemēm es jums nedošu pat ne pēdu, jo Seīra kalnus es esmu devis īpašumā Edomam. 6 Ēdienu no tiem pērciet par sudrabu un ēdiet, un ūdeni no tiem pērciet par sudrabu un dzeriet. 7 Jo Kungs, tavs Dievs, ir svētījis tevi, viņš zina visu, ko tu darīji, kā tu gāji cauri šim lielajam tuksnesim. Visus šos četrdesmit gadus Kungs, tavs Dievs, bija ar tevi – tev nekā netrūka.
8 Un mēs pagājām garām saviem brāļiem, Ēsava dēliem, kas dzīvoja Seīrā, pa ceļu no Ēlatas un Ecjon-Geberas uz klajumiem, un mēs pagriezāmies un devāmies uz Moāba tuksnesi. 9 Un Kungs man teica: nenaidojies ar Moābu un necīnies ar to karā, jo no viņa zemes es tev neko nedošu par īpašumu, Āru es esmu devis par īpašumu Lata dēliem. 10 Tur iepriekš dzīvoja emieši – liela un kupla tauta, tie bija gari kā anākieši. 11 Tāpat kā anākiešus tos uzskatīja par milžiem, bet moābieši tos sauca par emiešiem. 12 Seīrā agrāk dzīvoja horieši, bet Ēsava dēli viņus padzina, iznīcināja un apmetās viņu vietā, tāpat kā Israēls darīja ar savu īpašuma zemi, ko Kungs tam deva. 13 Tagad celieties un dodieties pāri Zeredas upei! Un mēs pārcēlāmies pār Zeredas upi. 14 Laiks no tā brīža, kad mēs devāmies ceļā no Kādēš-Barnēas, līdz kamēr pārcēlāmies Zeredas upei, bija trīsdesmit astoņi gadi – no nometnes bija iznīkusi visa paaudze, kas toreiz bija karotāji, kā Kungs tiem bija zvērējis. 15 Tiešām, Kunga roka bija pret tiem, lai izdeldētu tos no nometnes, līdz tie pavisam iznīka.
16 Un, kad bija pagalam visi karotāji, kad tie no tautas bija iznīkuši, 17 tad Kungs runāja uz mani, sacīdams: 18 šodien pie Āras tev jāpāriet Moāba robeža! 19 Un, kad tu tuvosies Amona dēliem, tad nenaidojies un nekaro ar tiem, jo no Amona dēlu zemes es tev īpašumu nedošu, to es esmu devis īpašumā Lata dēliem. 20 Tā ir zināma arī kā milžu zeme, tur agrāk dzīvoja milži, bet amonieši tos sauca par tarkšķiem. 21 Tā bija liela un stipra tauta – stalti kā anākieši, bet Kungs tos iznīcināja amoniešu priekšā, viņi tos padzina un apmetās to vietā, 22 tāpat viņš darīja Ēsava dēliem, kas dzīvoja Seīrā, kad viņš iznīcināja to priekšā horiešus, un tie padzina viņus un apmetās viņu vietā. 23 Un aviešus, kas mita ciematos līdz Gazai, iznīcināja kaftorieši, kas atnāca no Kaftoras un apmetās viņu vietā. 24 Celies, dodies ceļā un celies pār Arnonas upi! Redzi, es esmu atdevis tev amorieti, Hešbonas ķēniņu Sīhonu, un viņa zemi – nevilcinies gūt īpašumu, cīnies ar viņu karā! 25 Kopš šodienas es iedvesīšu bailes un briesmas no tevis visām tautām zem debess! Tās dzirdēs par tevi, drebēs un trīcēs!
Ķēniņa Sīhona sakāve
(4Moz 21:21–32)26 No Kedēmotas tuksneša es sūtīju pie Hešbonas ķēniņa Sīhona ar miera vēsti un sacīju: 27 ļauj man iziet cauri tavai zemei – es iešu tikai pa ceļu, nenogriezīšos ne pa labi, ne pa kreisi. 28 Ēdienu tu man pārdosi par sudrabu – tad es ēdīšu, un ūdeni tu man dosi par sudrabu – un es dzeršu, es tikai kājām iziešu cauri, 29 kā man ļāva Ēsava dēli, kas mīt Seīrā, un moābieši, kas mīt Ārā, tad es pār Jardānu došos uz to zemi, ko Kungs, mūsu Dievs, mums dod! 30 Bet Hešbonas ķēniņš Sīhons negribēja laist mūs cauri, jo Kungs, tavs Dievs, bija nocietinājis viņa garu un darījis spītīgu viņa sirdi, lai todien nodotu viņu tavā rokā.
31 Un Kungs man teica: redzi, es nevilcinos dot tev Sīhonu un viņa zemi! Nevilcinies ņemt viņa zemi īpašumā! 32 Un Sīhons iznāca mums pretī – viņš un viss viņa pulks, lai karotu pie Jahacas. 33 Tad Kungs, mūsu Dievs, atdeva viņu mums, un mēs sakāvām viņu, viņa dēlus un visu viņa tautu. 34 Tolaik mēs sagrābām visas viņa pilsētas, mēs apkāvām visus vīrus, sievas un bērnus pilsētā – nepalika neviena! 35 Mēs nolaupījām tikai lopus un to, kas bija laupāms pilsētā, ko bijām sagrābuši. 36 No Aroēras, kas Arnonas upes krastā, līdz tām pilsētām, kas ielejā līdz Gileādai, nebija pilsētas, kas mums būtu nepieejama – tās visas Kungs, mūsu Dievs, atdeva mums! 37 Taču Amona dēlu zemei tu netuvojies – nevienai Jabokas upes pietekai un kalnu pilsētai, nekam, ko Kungs, mūsu Dievs, aizliedzis!
