Deuteronomy 2
New American Standard Bible 1995
Wanderings in the Wilderness
2 “(A)Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the [a]Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and circled (B)Mount Seir for many days. 2 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, 3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north, 4 (C)and command the people, saying, “You will pass through the (D)territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and (E)they will be afraid of you. So be very careful; 5 do not [b]provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a [c]footstep (F)because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6 You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink. 7 For the Lord your God has blessed you in all [d]that you have done; He has known your [e]wanderings through this (G)great wilderness. These (H)forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’
8 “So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the (I)Arabah road, away from Elath and (J)from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of [f]their land as a possession, because I have given (K)Ar to (L)the sons of Lot as a possession.’ 10 (The (M)Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. 11 Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as (N)Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 (O)The Horites formerly lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, (P)just as Israel did to the land of [g]their possession which the Lord gave to them.) 13 ‘Now arise and cross over the [h]brook Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the [i]brook Zered. 14 Now the [j]time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the [k]brook Zered was (Q)thirty-eight years, until (R)all the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, as (S)the Lord had sworn to them. 15 (T)Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from within the camp until they all perished.
16 “So it came about when (U)all the men of war had finally perished from among the people, 17 that the Lord spoke to me, saying, 18 ‘Today you shall cross over (V)Ar, the border of Moab. 19 When you come opposite the (W)sons of Ammon, do not harass them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to (X)the sons of Lot as a possession.’ 20 (It is also regarded as the land of the (Y)Rephaim, for Rephaim formerly lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin, 21 a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim, but the Lord destroyed them before them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place, 22 just as He did for the sons of Esau, who (Z)live in Seir, when He destroyed (AA)the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day. 23 And the (AB)Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the [l](AC)Caphtorim who came from [m](AD)Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.) 24 ‘Arise, set out, and pass through the [n](AE)valley of Arnon. Look! I have given Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land into your hand; begin to take possession and contend with him in battle. 25 This day I will begin to put (AF)the dread and fear of you [o]upon the peoples [p]everywhere under the heavens, who, when they hear the report of you, (AG)will tremble and be in anguish because of you.’
26 “(AH)So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 ‘Let me pass through your land, I will [q]travel only on the highway; I will not turn aside to the right or to the left. 28 You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, (AI)only let me pass through on [r]foot, 29 just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in (AJ)Ar did for me, until I cross over the Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving to us.’ 30 But (AK)Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass [s]through his land; for the (AL)Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today. 31 The Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land [t]over to you. Begin to [u]occupy, that you may possess his land.’
32 “Then Sihon [v]with all his people came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz. 33 (AM)The Lord our God delivered him [w]over to us, and we [x](AN)defeated him with his sons and all his people. 34 So we captured all his cities at that time and [y](AO)utterly destroyed [z]the men, women and children of every city. We left no survivor. 35 We took (AP)only the animals as our booty and the spoil of the cities which we had captured. 36 From (AQ)Aroer which is on the edge of the [aa]valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the [ab]valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too high for us; the Lord our God delivered all [ac]over to us. 37 (AR)Only you did not go near to the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the [ad]river (AS)Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the Lord our God had commanded us.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 2:1 Lit Sea of Reeds
- Deuteronomy 2:5 Or engage in strife with
- Deuteronomy 2:5 Lit treading of a sole of a foot
- Deuteronomy 2:7 Lit the work of your hand
- Deuteronomy 2:7 Lit goings
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Lit his
- Deuteronomy 2:12 Lit his
- Deuteronomy 2:13 Or wadi
- Deuteronomy 2:13 Or wadi
- Deuteronomy 2:14 Lit days in which we went
- Deuteronomy 2:14 Or wadi
- Deuteronomy 2:23 I.e. Philistines
- Deuteronomy 2:23 I.e. Crete
- Deuteronomy 2:24 Or wadi
- Deuteronomy 2:25 Lit in front of
- Deuteronomy 2:25 Lit under all the heavens
- Deuteronomy 2:27 Lit go by the way
- Deuteronomy 2:28 Lit my feet
- Deuteronomy 2:30 Lit by him
- Deuteronomy 2:31 Lit before you
- Deuteronomy 2:31 Lit possess
- Deuteronomy 2:32 Lit he and
- Deuteronomy 2:33 Lit before us
- Deuteronomy 2:33 Lit smote
- Deuteronomy 2:34 Or put under the ban
- Deuteronomy 2:34 Lit every city of man...
- Deuteronomy 2:36 Or wadi
- Deuteronomy 2:36 Or wadi
- Deuteronomy 2:36 Lit before us
- Deuteronomy 2:37 Or wadi
Deuteronomy 2
English Standard Version
The Wilderness Years
2 “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, (A)as the Lord told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir. 2 Then the Lord said to me, 3 ‘You have been traveling around this mountain country (B)long enough. Turn northward 4 and command the people, “You are about to pass through the territory of (C)your brothers, the people of Esau, (D)who live in Seir; and (E)they will be afraid of you. So be very careful. 5 Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because (F)I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6 (G)You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink. 7 For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. (H)He knows your going through this great wilderness. (I)These forty years the Lord your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.”’ 8 So (J)we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from (K)the Arabah road from (L)Elath and (M)Ezion-geber.
“And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Lord said to me, (N)‘Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given (O)Ar to (P)the people of Lot for a possession.’ 10 ((Q)The Emim formerly lived there, (R)a people great and many, and tall (S)as the Anakim. 11 Like the Anakim they are also counted as (T)Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 (U)The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the people of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, (V)as Israel did to the land of their possession, which the Lord gave to them.) 13 ‘Now rise up and go over (W)the brook Zered.’ So we went over (X)the brook Zered. 14 And the time from our leaving (Y)Kadesh-barnea until we crossed (Z)the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, (AA)until the entire generation, that is, the men of war, had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. 15 For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.
16 “So as soon as all the men of war had perished and were dead from among the people, 17 the Lord said to me, 18 ‘Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar. 19 And when you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, (AB)do not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to (AC)the sons of Lot for a possession.’ 20 (It is also counted as a land of (AD)Rephaim. Rephaim formerly lived there—but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim— 21 (AE)a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim; but the Lord destroyed them before the Ammonites,[a] and they dispossessed them and settled in their place, 22 as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed (AF)the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day. 23 As for (AG)the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as (AH)Gaza, (AI)the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.) 24 ‘Rise up, set out on your journey and (AJ)go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of (AK)Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and (AL)contend with him in battle. 25 This day I will begin to put (AM)the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.’
The Defeat of King Sihon
26 “So I sent messengers from the wilderness of (AN)Kedemoth to Sihon the king of (AO)Heshbon, (AP)with words of peace, saying, 27 (AQ)‘Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left. 28 (AR)You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot, 29 (AS)as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land that the Lord our God is giving to us.’ 30 But (AT)Sihon the king of (AU)Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the Lord your God (AV)hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day. 31 And the Lord said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’ 32 Then (AW)Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. 33 And (AX)the Lord our God gave him over to us, and (AY)we defeated him and his sons and all his people. 34 And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction[b] every (AZ)city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors. 35 Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities that we captured. 36 (BA)From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from (BB)the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. (BC)The Lord our God gave all into our hands. 37 Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not draw near, that is, to all the banks of the river (BD)Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, whatever the Lord our God had forbidden us.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 2:21 Hebrew them
- Deuteronomy 2:34 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
Deuteronomio 2
La Biblia de las Américas
La providencia del Señor
2 Después nos volvimos y partimos hacia el desierto por el camino del mar Rojo[a](A), como el Señor me había mandado[b], y por muchos días dimos vuelta al[c] monte Seir(B). 2 Y el Señor me habló, diciendo: 3 «Bastantes vueltas habéis dado ya alrededor de este monte. Volveos ahora hacia el norte, 4 y da orden al pueblo, diciendo: “Vais a pasar por el territorio de vuestros hermanos(C), los hijos de Esaú que habitan en Seir(D), y os tendrán miedo(E). Así que tened mucho cuidado; 5 no los provoquéis[d], porque nada de su tierra os daré, ni siquiera la huella de un pie[e], porque a Esaú he dado el monte Seir por posesión(F). 6 Les compraréis con dinero los alimentos para comer, y también con dinero compraréis de ellos agua para beber. 7 Pues el Señor tu Dios te ha bendecido en todo lo que has hecho[f]; Él ha conocido tu peregrinar[g] a través de este inmenso desierto(G). Por[h] cuarenta años(H) el Señor tu Dios ha estado contigo; nada te ha faltado”».
En camino de Cades a Zered
8 Pasamos, pues, de largo a nuestros hermanos, los hijos de Esaú que habitan en Seir, lejos del camino de Arabá(I), lejos de Elat y de Ezión-geber(J). Y nos volvimos, y pasamos por el camino del desierto de Moab. 9 Entonces el Señor me dijo: «No molestes a Moab, ni los provoques a la guerra, porque no te daré nada de su tierra por posesión, pues he dado Ar(K) a los hijos de Lot(L) por posesión. 10 (Antes habitaron allí los emitas(M), un pueblo tan grande, numeroso y alto como los anaceos. 11 Como los anaceos, ellos también son considerados gigantes[i](N), pero los moabitas los llaman emitas. 12 Los horeos habitaron antes en Seir, pero los hijos de Esaú los desalojaron y los destruyeron delante de ellos, y se establecieron[j] en su lugar(O), tal como Israel hizo con la tierra que el Señor les dio en posesión(P).) 13 Levantaos ahora, y cruzad el torrente de Zered». Y cruzamos el torrente de Zered. 14 Y el tiempo que nos llevó para venir[k] de Cades-barnea, hasta que cruzamos el torrente de Zered, fue de treinta y ocho años(Q); hasta que pereció toda la generación de los hombres de guerra de en medio del campamento(R), como el Señor les había jurado(S). 15 Además, la mano del Señor fue contra ellos, para destruirlos de en medio del campamento, hasta que todos perecieron(T).
16 Y aconteció que cuando todos los hombres de guerra habían ya perecido de entre el pueblo(U), 17 el Señor me habló, diciendo: 18 «Tú cruzarás hoy por Ar la frontera de Moab(V). 19 Y cuando llegues frente a los hijos de Amón(W), no los molestes ni los provoques, porque no te daré nada de la tierra de los hijos de Amón en posesión, pues se la he dado a los hijos de Lot por heredad(X)». 20 (Es también conocida como la tierra de los gigantes[l](Y), porque antiguamente habitaban en ella gigantes[m], a los que los amonitas llaman zomzomeos, 21 pueblo grande, numeroso y alto como los anaceos, pero que el Señor destruyó delante de ellos. Y los amonitas los desalojaron y se establecieron en su lugar, 22 tal como Dios hizo con[n] los hijos de Esaú, que habitan en Seir(Z), cuando destruyó a los horeos delante de ellos; y ellos los desalojaron, y se establecieron en su lugar hasta hoy(AA). 23 Y a los aveos que habitaban en aldeas hasta Gaza(AB), los caftoreos[o](AC), que salieron de Caftor[p](AD), los destruyeron y se establecieron en su lugar.) 24 «Levantaos; partid y pasad por el valle[q] del Arnón(AE). Mira, he entregado en tu mano a Sehón amorreo, rey de Hesbón, y a su tierra; comienza a tomar posesión y entra[r] en batalla con él. 25 Hoy comenzaré a infundir[s] el espanto y temor tuyo(AF) entre[t] los pueblos debajo del cielo[u], quienes, al oír tu fama, temblarán y se angustiarán a causa de ti(AG)».
Conquista de Sehón
26 (AH)Entonces envié mensajeros desde el desierto de Cademot a Sehón, rey de Hesbón, con palabras de paz, diciendo: 27 «Déjame pasar por tu tierra; iré solamente por el camino, sin apartarme ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda. 28 Me venderás comestibles por dinero para que yo pueda comer, y me darás agua por dinero para que pueda beber; déjame tan solo pasar a pie[v](AI), 29 tal como hicieron conmigo los hijos de Esaú que habitan en Seir, y los moabitas que habitan en Ar(AJ), hasta que cruce el Jordán a la tierra que el Señor nuestro Dios nos da». 30 Pero Sehón, rey de Hesbón, no quiso dejarnos pasar por su tierra[w](AK) porque el Señor tu Dios endureció su espíritu e hizo obstinado su corazón(AL), a fin de entregarlo en tus manos, como lo está hoy. 31 Y el Señor me dijo: «Mira, he comenzado a entregar a Sehón y su tierra en tus manos[x]. Comienza a ocuparla[y] para que poseas la tierra».
32 Entonces Sehón salió con[z] todo su pueblo a encontrarnos en batalla en Jahaza. 33 Y el Señor nuestro Dios lo entregó a[aa] nosotros(AM); y lo derrotamos[ab](AN) a él, a sus hijos y a todo su pueblo. 34 En aquel tiempo tomamos todas sus ciudades, y exterminamos[ac] a hombres, mujeres y niños de cada ciudad[ad](AO). No dejamos ningún sobreviviente. 35 Tomamos solamente como nuestro botín los animales y los despojos de las ciudades que habíamos capturado(AP). 36 Desde Aroer, que está a la orilla del valle del Arnón, y desde la ciudad que está en el valle[ae], aun hasta Galaad(AQ), no hubo ciudad inaccesible[af] para nosotros; el Señor nuestro Dios nos[ag] las entregó todas. 37 Solamente no te acercaste a la tierra de los hijos de Amón(AR), a todo lo largo del arroyo Jaboc(AS), ni a las ciudades del monte, todo lo que el Señor nuestro Dios había prohibido[ah].
Footnotes
- Deuteronomio 2:1 Lit., mar de Cañas
- Deuteronomio 2:1 Lit., hablado
- Deuteronomio 2:1 O, anduvimos alrededor del
- Deuteronomio 2:5 O, entréis en batalla
- Deuteronomio 2:5 Lit., el pisar de la planta de un pie
- Deuteronomio 2:7 Lit., toda la obra de tu mano
- Deuteronomio 2:7 Lit., tus idas
- Deuteronomio 2:7 Lit., Estos
- Deuteronomio 2:11 Heb., refaím
- Deuteronomio 2:12 Lit., habitaron, y así en el resto del cap.
- Deuteronomio 2:14 Lit., Y los días en los cuales fuimos
- Deuteronomio 2:20 Heb., refaím
- Deuteronomio 2:20 Heb., refaím
- Deuteronomio 2:22 Lit., para
- Deuteronomio 2:23 I.e., filisteos
- Deuteronomio 2:23 I.e., Creta
- Deuteronomio 2:24 O, torrente
- Deuteronomio 2:24 Lit., contiende
- Deuteronomio 2:25 Lit., poner
- Deuteronomio 2:25 Lit., delante de
- Deuteronomio 2:25 Lit., debajo de todos los cielos
- Deuteronomio 2:28 Lit., en mis pies
- Deuteronomio 2:30 Lit., junto a él
- Deuteronomio 2:31 Lit., delante de ti
- Deuteronomio 2:31 Lit., poseer
- Deuteronomio 2:32 Lit., él y
- Deuteronomio 2:33 Lit., delante de
- Deuteronomio 2:33 Lit., herimos
- Deuteronomio 2:34 O, dedicamos al anatema
- Deuteronomio 2:34 Lit., toda ciudad de hombres
- Deuteronomio 2:36 O, torrente
- Deuteronomio 2:36 O, fuerte
- Deuteronomio 2:36 Lit., delante de nosotros
- Deuteronomio 2:37 Lit., ordenado
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