1. We spent many years wandering around outside the hill country of Seir,
2. until the Lord said:Moses,
3. Israel has wandered in these hills long enough. Turn and go north.
4. And give the people these orders: “Be very careful, because you will soon go through the land that belongs to your relatives, the descendants of Esau. They are afraid of you,
5. but don't start a war with them. I have given them the hill country of Seir, so I won't give any of it to you, not even enough to set a foot on.