A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy.

Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the

Lord told me.

And for many days we traveled around Mount Seer.

Then the Lord said to me, You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough.

Turn northward and command the people.

You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the people of Esau, who live

in Sa'er, and they will be afraid of you.

So be very careful.

Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for

the soul of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Sa'er to Esau as a possession.

You shall purchase food from them with money that you may eat, and you shall also buy water

from them with money that you may drink. and you shall also buy water from them with money that you

may drink.

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands.

He knows you're going through this great wilderness.

These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, you have lacked nothing.

So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau,

who live in Sa'er, away from the Araba road from Elat and Eziungibir, and we turned and went

in the direction of the wilderness of Moab. And the Lord said to me, Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle,

for I will not give you any of their land for a possession,

because I have given R to the people of Lott for a possession.

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