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So we went on. We passed the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They have the same ancestors that we have. We left the road through the Jordan Valley that goes from Elath and Ezion-Geber. Instead, we travelled on the road through the Moab desert.

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not make the people of Moab angry. Do not start a fight against them. I will not give any part of their land to you. I have given Ar to Lot's descendants to be their city.’[a]

10 (Some people called the Emites once lived there. There were many of them and they were as strong and tall as the Anakites.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Lot was a nephew of Abraham. Lot's descendants were the Moabites and the Ammonites. We can read about Lot in Genesis 12:4-5.

So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from(A) the Arabah(B) road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber,(C) and traveled along the desert road of Moab.(D)

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar(E) to the descendants of Lot(F) as a possession.”

10 (The Emites(G) used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.(H)

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