9. And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the Moabites, neither go to battle against them: for I will not give thee any of their land, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot in possession.
10. The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,
11. They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims.
12. The Horrhites also formerly dwelt in Seir: who being driven out and destroyed, the children of Esau dwelt there, as Israel did in the land of his possession, which the Lord gave him.
13. Then rising up to pass the torrent Zared, we came to it.
14. And the time that we journeyed from Cadesbarne till we passed over the torrent Zared, was thirty-eight years: until all the generation of the men that were fit for war was consumed out of the camp, as the Lord had sworn:
15. For his hand was against them, that they should perish from the midst of the camp.
16. And after all the fighting men were dead,
17. The Lord spoke to me, saying:
18. Thou shalt pass this day the borders of Moab, the city named Ar:
19. And when thou comest nigh the frontiers of the children of Ammon, take heed thou fight not against them, nor once move to battle: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.