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that the Lord spoke to me, saying:
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'This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab.
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And when you come near the people of Ammon, do not harass them or meddle 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 the descendants of Lot as a possession.' "
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(That was also regarded as a land of giants; giants formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
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a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place,
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just as He had done for the descendants of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They dispossessed them and dwelt in their place, even to this day.
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And the Avim, who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza--the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and dwelt in their place.)
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" 'Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle.
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This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.'
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"And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
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'Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left.