1. “Then we turned and set out into the wilderness, the way of the Sea of Reeds, as יהוה spoke to me, and we went round Mount Sĕ‛ir, many days.
2. “And יהוה spoke to me, saying,
3. ‘You have gone around this mountain long enough, turn northward.
4. ‘And command the people, saying, “You are about to pass over into the border of your brothers, the descendants of Ěsaw, who live in Sĕ‛ir, and they are afraid of you. So be on your guard.
5. “Do not strive with them, for I do not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep, because I have given Mount Sĕ‛ir to Ěsaw as a possession.
6. “What food you buy from them with silver you shall eat. And also, what water you buy from them with silver you shall drink.