 Remembering Israel’s Wanderings 1“Then we turned around and
headed back across the wilderness toward the Red Sea,#  Hebrew
sea of reeds. just as the Lord had instructed me, and we
wandered around in the region of Mount Seir for a long time.
2“Then at last the Lord said to me, 3‘You have been wandering
around in this hill country long enough; turn to the north.
4Give these orders to the people: “You will pass through the
country belonging to your relatives the Edomites, the
descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. The Edomites will feel
threatened, so be careful. 5Do not bother them, for I have given
them all the hill country around Mount Seir as their property,
and I will not give you even one square foot of their land. 6If
you need food to eat or water to drink, pay them for it. 7For
the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done.
He has watched your every step through this great wilderness.
During these forty years, the Lord your God has been with you,
and you have lacked nothing.”’ “Then as w