Deuteronomy 2:1-7

Christian Standard Bible

Journey past Seir

2 “Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea,^(A) as the Lord had told me, and we traveled around the hill country of Seir for many days. ² The Lord then said to me, ³ ‘You’ve been traveling around this hill country long enough; turn north.^{(B) 4} Command the people: You are about to travel through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so be very careful. ⁵ Don’t provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot of it,^[a] because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.^{(C) 6} You may purchase food from them, so that you may eat, and buy water from them to drink.^{(D) 7} For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands.^(E) He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The Lord your God has been with you these past forty years, and you have lacked nothing.’^(F)