Verse 28

Deuteronomy 2:28

New Living Translation

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28 Sell us food to eat and water to drink, and we will pay for it. All we want is permission to pass through your land.<br>

Original Language Text

hebrew

אֹ֣כֶל בַּ/כֶּ֤סֶף תַּשְׁבִּרֵ֨/נִי֙ וְ/אָכַ֔לְתִּי וּ/מַ֛יִם בַּ/כֶּ֥סֶף תִּתֶּן לִ֖/י וְ/שָׁתִ֑יתִי רַ֖ק אֶעְבְּרָ֥ה בְ/רַגְלָֽ/י

English Translation

"Food with money you will give me and I will eat, and water with money you will give me and I will drink; only let me pass through on foot."

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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. Focus ↗

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...

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 ↗

Verse Information

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

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