Verse 6

Deuteronomy 2:6

New Living Translation

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6 If you need food to eat or water to drink, pay them for it.

Original Language Text

hebrew

אֹ֣כֶל תִּשְׁבְּר֧וּ מֵֽ/אִתָּ֛/ם בַּ/כֶּ֖סֶף וַ/אֲכַלְתֶּ֑ם וְ/גַם מַ֜יִם תִּכְר֧וּ מֵ/אִתָּ֛/ם בַּ/כֶּ֖סֶף וּ/שְׁתִיתֶֽם

English Translation

You shall buy food with money, and you shall eat; and also water you shall buy with money, and you shall drink.

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Chapter 2 Context

1 “Then we turned around and headed back across the wilderness toward the Red Sea, just as the LORD ha... Focus ↗

2 “Then at last the LORD said to me, Focus ↗

3 ‘You have been wandering around in this hill country long enough; turn to the north. Focus ↗

4 Give these orders to the people: “You will pass through the country belonging to your relatives the... Focus ↗

5 Do not bother them, for I have given them all the hill country around Mount Seir as their property,... Focus ↗

6 If you need food to eat or water to drink, pay them for it.

7 For the LORD your God (Elohim) has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched your ever... Focus ↗

8 “So we bypassed the territory of our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We avoide... Focus ↗

9 the LORD warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I... Focus ↗

10 (A race of giants called the Emites had once lived in the area of Ar. They were as strong and numero... Focus ↗

11 Both the Emites and the Anakites are also known as the Rephaites, though the Moabites call them Emit... Focus ↗

12 In earlier times the Horites had lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the descen... Focus ↗

13 Moses continued, “Then the LORD said to us, ‘Get moving. Cross the Zered Brook.’ So we crossed the b... Focus ↗

14 “Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Ze... Focus ↗

15 The LORD struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community. Focus ↗

16 “When all the men of fighting age had died, Focus ↗

17 the LORD said to me, Focus ↗

18 ‘Today you will cross the border of Moab at Ar Focus ↗

19 and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war w... Focus ↗

20 (That area was once considered the land of the Rephaites, who had lived there, though the Ammonites... Focus ↗

21 They were also as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them so the A... Focus ↗

22 He had done the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, for he destroyed the Horites so... Focus ↗

23 A similar thing happened when the Caphtorites from Crete invaded and destroyed the Avvites, who had... Focus ↗

24 Moses continued, “Then the LORD said, ‘Now get moving! Cross the Arnon Gorge. Look, I will hand over... Focus ↗

25 Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear rep... Focus ↗

26 Moses continued, “From the wilderness of Kedemoth I sent ambassadors to King Sihon of Heshbon with t... Focus ↗

27 ‘Let us travel through your land. We will stay on the main road and won’t turn off into the fields o... Focus ↗

28 Sell us food to eat and water to drink, and we will pay for it. All we want is permission to pass th... Focus ↗

29 The descendants of Esau who live in Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moab... Focus ↗

30 “But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to allow us to pass through, because the LORD your God (Elohim) m... Focus ↗

31 “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Look, I have begun to hand King Sihon and his land over to you. Begin no... Focus ↗

32 “Then King Sihon declared war on us and mobilized his forces at Jahaz. Focus ↗

33 But the LORD our God (Elohim) handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his peopl... Focus ↗

34 We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed everyone — men, women, and children. Not a singl... Focus ↗

35 We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we r... Focus ↗

36 “The LORD our God (Elohim) also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town... Focus ↗

37 However, we avoided the land of the Ammonites all along the Jabbok River and the towns in the hill c... Focus ↗

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Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 2 (37 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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