Deuteronomy 2:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸We went past the territory that belonged to our relatives, the descendants of Esau.^[a] We followed Arabah Road that starts in the south at Elath and Ezion-Geber, then we turned onto the desert road that leads to Moab.

⁹^(A) The Lord told me, “Don't try to start a war with Moab. Leave them alone, because I gave the land of Ar^[b] to them,^[c] and I will not let you have any of it.”

Tribes That Lived near Canaan

¹⁰Before the Lord gave the Moabites their land, a large and powerful tribe lived there. They were the Emim, and they were as tall as the Anakim.

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Footnotes

2.8 We went past … Esau: According to Numbers 20.14-21, the king of Edom did not let the Israelites go through his land.
2.9 Ar: One of the main cities of Moab (see Numbers 21.28); sometimes it may have stood for the whole territory of Moab.
2.9 them: The Hebrew text has “the descendants of Lot”; the nation of Moab descended from Moab, who was the son of Lot, the nephew of Abraham.