A   Then we ^note tourned oure face, ∧ toke oure iourney into þe; wyldernesse euen by the waye of the read see as the Lorde spake vnto me. And we compassed mount Seir a longe tyme. And the Lord spake vnto me, sayinge: Ye haue c&obar;passed thys mountayne longe ynough, tourne you northward. And warne thou the people sayinge: Ye shall go thorowe the coast of youre brethren the chyldren of Esau whyche dwell in Seir, ∧ they shalbe afrayed of you: Take ye good hede vnto your selues therfore. Ye shall not prouoke them, for I wyll not geue you of their lande, no not so moche as a fote bredth ^note because I haue geuen mounte Seir vnto Esau to possesse ye shall bye meat of th&ebar; for money to eate, and ye shall procure water of them for money to drynke. For the Lord thy God hath blessed the in all the workes of thy hande. B   He knewe thy entrynge into this greate wyldernesse this .xl. yeres, and the Lorde thy God hath bene with þe;, so that thou hast lacked nothynge.

And when we were departed from oure brethren the chyldren of Esau whych dwelt in Seir, the playne waye from Elath ∧ from Ezion Gaber, we turned ∧ went by þe; waye of the wyldernesse of Moab. And the Lorde sayde vnto me: ^note Thou shalt not fyght agaynst the Moabites, nether prouoke th&ebar; to battell, for I wyll not geue the of their lande to possesse: because I haue geu&ebar; Ar vnto the children of Loth to possesse. The terrible people the ^note Emims dwelt therin in tymes past, a people great, many ∧ tall, as the Enakims: whych also were taken for giauntes as the Enakims: wh&obar; the Moabites call Emims. The Horims dwelt in Seir before tyme, whose possessyon the chyldren of Esau occupyed, and destroyed th&ebar; before them, C   ∧ dwelt in their stead: as Israel dyd vnto the l&abar;de of his possessi&obar;, which þe; Lorde gaue th&ebar;. Nowe ryse vp (sayd I) ∧ get you ouer the ryuer Zared: ∧ we w&ebar;t ouer the ryuer Zared. The space in whych we came from Cades barne vntyll we were come ouer the ryuer Zared, was xxxviii. yeres: vntyll all the generacyon of þe; men of warre were wasted out fr&obar; amonge the host, as the Lorde sware vnto th&ebar;. ^noteFor in dede the hande of the Lorde was agaynst them, to destroye them from am&obar;ge the host, tyll they were consumed.

D   And so it came to passe, that all the m&ebar; of warre were consumed and deed from amonge the people. And the Lorde spake vnto me, sayinge: Thou shalt go thorow Ar the coast of Moab thys daye: and whan thou c&obar;mest nye vnto the chyldren of Ammon, thou shalt not laye sege vnto them, ner moue warre agaynst th&ebar;. For I wyll not geue the of þe; l&abar;de of the chyldren of Ammon a possessyon, but I haue geuen it vnto the chyldren of Loth to possesse. That also is tak&ebar; for a land of gia&ubar;tes, and giauntes dwelt therin in olde tyme, whom the Ammonites call Z&abar;zumims. ^noteA people that was great, many, ∧ talle, as the

what victories Israel had Enakims. But the Lord destroyed them before them, ∧ they succeaded th&ebar; in the inheritaunce ∧ dwelt in theyr steade: as he dyd for the children of ^note Esau, which dwell in Seir: whan he destroyed the Horyms before them they conquered theyr possessyon, and dwelt in theyr steade vnto this daye. And þe; Auims which dwelt in Hazarim euen vnto Aza, the Caphthoryms which came out of Caphthor destroyed them, and dwelt in theyr steade.

E   Ryse ye vp therfore, and take youre iourney ouer the ryuer Arnon. Beholde, ^note I haue geuen into thy hande Sehon the Amorite kyng of Hesbon, and his lande. Go to therfore and conquere, and prouoke hym to battell. This daye wyll I begynne to sende the feare and dreade of the, vpon all naci&obar;s that are vnder all the heauen: so that they whych heare speake of the, shall tremble and quake before the.

And so I sent messengers out of the wyldernesse of kedemoth vnto Sehon kynge of Hesbon, with wordes of peace, sayinge: ^note I wyll go thorowe thy lande. I wyll go al&obar;ge by the hye waye: I wyll nether turne vnto þe; ryghte hande nor to the lefte. F   Thou shalt sell me meate for money for to eate, and geue me drinke for money for to drinke. Onely gra&ubar;t me, that I maye go thorowe on my fote (as the chyldren of Esau which dwell in Seir, ∧ the Moabites whych dwell in Ar, dyd vnto me) vntyll I be come ouer Iordan, into þe; lande which the Lorde oure God geueth vs.

But Sehon the kynge of Hesbon wolde not let vs passe by him, for the Lord thy God hardened his sprete, ∧ made his herte tough, because he wolde delyuer him into thy h&abar;de, as it is come to passe thys daye.

And the Lorde sayde vnto me: beholde, I haue begonne to set Seh&obar; and his lande before the: go to and conquere, and possesse his lande. ^noteThen both Sehon ∧ all hys people came out agaynst vs to fyght at Iaza. And the Lorde set him before vs, G   ∧ we smote him and hys sonnes and all hys people.

And we toke all his cyties þe; same ceason, and slue the men, wemen and chyldren of all the cyties, and let nothynge remayne, saue þe; catell onely we caught vnto oure selues, and the spoyle of the cyties which we toke, from Aroer which is by the brinke of the ryuer of Arn&obar;, ∧ fr&obar; the cytie that is in the ryuer, vnto Gilead: there was not one cytie to str&obar;ge for vs. The Lorde oure God delyuered all vnto vs: onely vnto þe; lande of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor vnto euery place of the ryuer Iabock, nor vnto the cyties in the mo&ubar;taynes, nor vnto whatsoeuer the Lorde oure God forbade vs.

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