⁴ Give the people these orders:^(A) ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau,^(B) who live in Seir.^(C) They will be afraid^(D) of you, but be very careful. ⁵ Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own.^{(E) 6} You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”

⁷ The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched^(F) over your journey through this vast wilderness.^(G) These forty years^(H) the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.^(I)

⁸ So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from^(J) the Arabah^(K) road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber,^(L) and traveled along the desert road of Moab.^(M)

⁹ 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^(N) to the descendants of Lot^(O) as a possession.”