^{1 Ref} Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we compassed Mount Seir many days.

² Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

^{3 Ref} You have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

^{4 Ref} Command you the people, saying, You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;

^{5 Ref} don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

^{6 Ref} You shall purchase food of them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.

^{7 Ref} For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

^{8 Ref} So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.