9. And the Lord said to me: 'You should not fight against the Moabites, nor should you go to battle against them. For I will not give to you anything from their land, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.'
10. The Emim were the first of its inhabitants, a people great and strong, and of such great height, like the race of the Anakim.
11. They were considered to be like giants, and they were like the sons of the Anakim. And, indeed, the Moabites call them: the Emim.
12. The Horites also formerly lived at Seir. When these had been driven out and destroyed, the sons of Esau lived there, just as Israel did in the land of his possession, which the Lord gave to him.
13. Then, rising up so as to cross over the torrent Zered, we arrived at the place.
14. Then, from the time that we advanced from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the torrent Zered, there were thirty-eight years, until the entire generation of the men who were fit for war had been consumed out of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn.
15. For his hand was against them, so that they would pass away from the midst of the camp.
16. Then, after all the fighting men had fallen,