⁴ Command the people: You are now about to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. Though they are afraid of you, be very careful ⁵ not to come in conflict with them, for I will not give you so much as a foot of their land, since I have already given Esau possession of the highlands of Seir.^(A)

^9 (A)And the Lord said to me, Do not show hostility to the Moabites or engage them in battle, for I will not give you possession of any of their land, since I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.^{(B) 10} (Formerly the Emim lived there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakim;^(C)

¹⁸ You are now about to leave Ar and the territory of Moab behind. ¹⁹ As you come opposite the Ammonites,^(A) do not show hostility or come in conflict with them, for I will not give you possession of any land of the Ammonites, since I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.