- Deuteronomy 2:2
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹר׃
Then GOD said to me:
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִי לְמֵימַר׃
Adonoy said to me to say,
- Deuteronomy 2:3
רַב־לָכֶם סֹב אֶת־הָהָר הַזֶּה פְּנוּ לָכֶם צָפֹנָה׃
You have been skirting this hill country long enough; now turn north.
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סַגִּי לְכוֹן דְּאַקֵּיפְתּוּן יָת טוּרָא הָדֵין אִתְפְּנוֹ לְכוֹן לְצִפּוּנָא׃
‘‘Enough of you circling this mountain! Turn yourselves northward.
- Deuteronomy 2:4
וְאֶת־הָעָם צַו לֵאמֹר אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים בִּגְבוּל אֲחֵיכֶם בְּנֵי־עֵשָׂו הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּשֵׂעִיר וְיִירְאוּ מִכֶּם וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּם מְאֹד׃
And charge the people as follows: You will be passing through the territory of your kin, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. Though they will be afraid of you, be very careful
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וְיָת עַמָּא פַּקֵּיד לְמֵימַר אַתּוּן עָבְרִין בִּתְחוּם אֲחֵיכוֹן בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו דְּיָתְבִין בְּשֵׂעִיר וְיִדְחֲלוּן מִנְּכוֹן וְתִסְתַּמְרוּן לַחְדָּא׃
And command the people as follows, ‘‘You are crossing into the border of your brothers, the descendants of Eisov who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be extrememly cautious.
- Deuteronomy 2:5
אַל־תִּתְגָּרוּ בָם כִּי לֹא־אֶתֵּן לָכֶם מֵאַרְצָם עַד מִדְרַךְ כַּף־רָגֶל כִּי־יְרֻשָּׁה לְעֵשָׂו נָתַתִּי אֶת־הַר שֵׂעִיר׃
not to provoke them. For I will not give you of their land so much as a foot can tread on; I have given the hill country of Seir as a possession to Esau.
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לָא תִתְגָּרַן בְּהוֹן אֲרֵי לָא אֶתֵּין לְכוֹן מֵאֲרַעְהוֹן עַד מִדְרַךְ פַּרְסַת רְגַל אֲרֵי יְרוּתָּא לְעֵשָׂו יְהַבִית יָת טוּרָא דְּשֵׂעִיר׃
Do not incite them. For I will not give you of their land as much as a footstep, because for Eisov’s inheritance have I designated Mount Seir.
- Deuteronomy 2:6
אֹכֶל תִּשְׁבְּרוּ מֵאִתָּם בַּכֶּסֶף וַאֲכַלְתֶּם וְגַם־מַיִם תִּכְרוּ מֵאִתָּם בַּכֶּסֶף וּשְׁתִיתֶם׃
What food you eat you shall obtain from them for money; even the water you drink you shall procure from them for money.
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עֲבוּרָא תִּזְבְּנוּן מִנְּהוֹן בְּכַסְפָּא וְתֵיכְלוּן וְאַף מַיָּא תִּזְבְּנוּן מִנְּהוֹן בְּכַסְפָּא וְתִשְׁתּוֹן׃
Food are you to buy from them with money and eat [it]; also water are you to purchase from them with money and drink [it.]
- Deuteronomy 2:7
כִּי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בֵּרַכְךָ בְּכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶךָ יָדַע לֶכְתְּךָ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּר הַגָּדֹל הַזֶּה זֶה ׀ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עִמָּךְ לֹא חָסַרְתָּ דָּבָר׃
Indeed, the ETERNAL your God has blessed you in all your undertakings, watching over your wanderings through this great wilderness; the ETERNAL your God has been with you these past forty years: you have lacked nothing.
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אֲרֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בָּרְכָךְ בְּכֹל עוּבָדֵי יְדָךְ סוֹפֵיק לָךְ צוּרְכָּךְ בִּמְהָכָךְ יָת מַדְבְּרָא רַבָּא הָדֵין דְּנָן אַרְבְּעִין שְׁנִין מֵימְרָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּסַעֲדָךְ לָא חֲסַרְתָּא מִדָּעַם׃
For Adonoy, your God, has blessed you in all your handiwork; He has been intimately concerned with your [given you sufficient for your needs for] traversing this great wilderness. It is now forty years [that] [the word of] Adonoy, your God, is accompanying you [has aided you]; you have lacked nothing.’’
- Deuteronomy 2:8
וַנַּעֲבֹר מֵאֵת אַחֵינוּ בְנֵי־עֵשָׂו הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּשֵׂעִיר מִדֶּרֶךְ הָעֲרָבָה מֵאֵילַת וּמֵעֶצְיֹן גָּבֶר וַנֵּפֶן וַנַּעֲבֹר דֶּרֶךְ מִדְבַּר מוֹאָב׃
We then moved on, away from our kin, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the road of the Arabah, away from Elath and Ezion-geber; and we marched on in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
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וַעֲבַרְנָא מִלְּוָת אֲחַנָא בְנֵי עֵשָׂו דְּיָתְבִין בְּשֵׂעִיר מֵאוֹרַח מֵישְׁרָא מֵאֵילַת וּמֵעֶצְיוֹן גָּבֶר וְאִתְפְּנִינָא וַעֲבַרְנָא אוֹרַח מַדְבְּרָא דְּמוֹאָב׃
We passed over from our brothers, the descendants of Eisov, who live in Seir, from the Arava road, from Eilas and from Etzyon-Gover. We turned and passed over by way of the wilderness of Moav.
- Deuteronomy 2:9
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֵלַי אַל־תָּצַר אֶת־מוֹאָב וְאַל־תִּתְגָּר בָּם מִלְחָמָה כִּי לֹא־אֶתֵּן לְךָ מֵאַרְצוֹ יְרֻשָּׁה כִּי לִבְנֵי־לוֹט נָתַתִּי אֶת־עָר יְרֻשָּׁה׃
And GOD said to me: Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war. For I will not give you any of their land as a possession; I have assigned Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.—
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִי לָא תְצוּר עַל מוֹאֲבָאֵי וְלָא תִתְגָּרֵי לְמֶעֱבַד עִמְּהוֹן קְרָב אֲרֵי לָא אֶתֵּין לָךְ מֵאֲרַעְהוֹן יְרוּתָּא אֲרֵי לִבְנֵי לוֹט יְהַבִית יָת לְחָיַת יְרוּתָּא׃
Adonoy said to me, ‘‘Do not besiege Moav and do not intimidate them with [to make] war [with them]. For I will not give you [any] of his land as inheritance, for to Lot’s descendants have I given Or [Lechoyas] as inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 2:10
הָאֵמִים לְפָנִים יָשְׁבוּ בָהּ עַם גָּדוֹל וְרַב וָרָם כָּעֲנָקִים׃
It was formerly inhabited by the Emim, a people great and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.
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אֵימְתָנֵי מִלְּקַדְמִין יְתִיבוּ בַהּ עַם רַב וְסַגִּי וְתַקִּיף כְּגִבָּרַיָּא׃
The Eimim originally lived there—a people great and numerous and powerful like the Anokim [giants].
- Deuteronomy 2:11
רְפָאִים יֵחָשְׁבוּ אַף־הֵם כָּעֲנָקִים וְהַמֹּאָבִים יִקְרְאוּ לָהֶם אֵמִים׃
Like the Anakites, they are counted as Rephaim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
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גִּבָּרַיָּא מִתְחַשְׁבִין אַף אִנּוּן כְּגִבָּרַיָּא וּמוֹאֲבָאֵי קָרַן לְהוֹן אֵימְתָנֵי׃
They, too, were considered Refaim [giants] like the Anokim [giants]; the Moabites called them Eimim.
- Deuteronomy 2:12
וּבְשֵׂעִיר יָשְׁבוּ הַחֹרִים לְפָנִים וּבְנֵי עֵשָׂו יִירָשׁוּם וַיַּשְׁמִידוּם מִפְּנֵיהֶם וַיֵּשְׁבוּ תַּחְתָּם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֶרֶץ יְרֻשָּׁתוֹ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן יְהֹוָה לָהֶם׃
Similarly, Seir was formerly inhabited by the Horites; but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them, wiping them out and settling in their place, just as Israel did in the land they were to possess, which GOD had given to them.—
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וּבְשֵׂעִיר יְתִיבוּ חוֹרָאֵי מִלְּקַדְמִין וּבְנֵי עֵשָׂו תָּרִיכוּנוּן וְשֵׁיצִיאוּנוּן מִן קֳדָמֵיהוֹן וִיתִיבוּ בַּאֲתַרְהוֹן כְּמָא דַּעֲבַד יִשְׂרָאֵל לַאֲרַע יְרוּתְּתֵיהּ דִּיהַב יְיָ לְהוֹן׃
And in Seir lived the Chorim originally, but the descendants of Eisov inherited them and drove them out [to make room] for themselves and settled in their stead [places], as Yisroel will have done to the land of its inheritance that Adonoy has given them.
- Deuteronomy 2:13
עַתָּה קֻמוּ וְעִבְרוּ לָכֶם אֶת־נַחַל זָרֶד וַנַּעֲבֹר אֶת־נַחַל זָרֶד׃
Up now! Cross the wadi Zered! So we crossed the wadi Zered.
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כְּעַן קוּמוּ וַעֲבַרוּ לְכוֹן יָת נַחְלָא דְּזָרֶד וַעֲבַרְנָא יָת נַחְלָא דְּזָרֶד׃
Now, arise and cross for yourselves Wadi Zered.’’ And we crossed Wadi Zered.
- Deuteronomy 2:14
וְהַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־הָלַכְנוּ ׀ מִקָּדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ עַד אֲשֶׁר־עָבַרְנוּ אֶת־נַחַל זֶרֶד שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה עַד־תֹּם כׇּל־הַדּוֹר אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה מִקֶּרֶב הַמַּחֲנֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהֹוָה לָהֶם׃
The time that we spent in travel from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, until that whole generation of warriors had perished from the camp, as GOD had sworn concerning them.
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וְיוֹמַיָּא דְּהַלֵּיכְנָא מֵרְקַם גֵּיאָה עַד דַּעֲבַרְנָא יָת נַחְלָא דְּזֶרֶד תְּלָתִין וְתַמְנֵי שְׁנִין עַד דְּסָף כָּל דָּרָא גּוּבְרֵי מְגִיחֵי קְרָבָא מִגּוֹ מַשְׁרִיתָא כְּמָא דְּקַיֵּים יְיָ לְהוֹן׃
The time that [it took] us to go from Kadeish Barnei’a [Rekam Geyah] until we crossed Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, until the end of the entire generation, the men of war, from within the camp, as Adonoy had sworn about them.
- Deuteronomy 2:15
וְגַם יַד־יְהֹוָה הָיְתָה בָּם לְהֻמָּם מִקֶּרֶב הַמַּחֲנֶה עַד תֻּמָּם׃
Indeed, GOD’s hand struck them, to root them out from the camp until they were finished off.
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וְאַף מַחָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ הֲוָת בְּהוֹן לְשֵׁיצָיוּתְהוֹן מִגּוֹ מַשְׁרִיתָא עַד דִּשְׁלִימוּ׃
[From before] Adonoy’s plague, too, attacked them to rout [destroy] them from within the camp, until their end.
- Deuteronomy 2:16
וַיְהִי כַאֲשֶׁר־תַּמּוּ כׇּל־אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה לָמוּת מִקֶּרֶב הָעָם׃
When all the warriors among the people had died off,
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וַהֲוָה כַּד שְׁלִימוּ כָּל גּוּבְרֵי מְגִיחֵי קְרָבָא לִמְמָת מִגּוֹ עַמָּא׃
When they had finished—all the men of war—to die out from among the people;
- Deuteronomy 2:17
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹר׃
GOD spoke to me, saying:
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וּמַלֵּיל יְיָ לִי לְמֵימַר׃
Adonoy addressed me, to say,
- Deuteronomy 2:18
אַתָּה עֹבֵר הַיּוֹם אֶת־גְּבוּל מוֹאָב אֶת־עָר׃
You are now passing through the territory of Moab, through Ar.
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אַתְּ עָבַר יוֹמָא דֵין יָת תְּחוּם מוֹאָב יָת לְחָיַת׃
‘‘You are today crossing the border of Moav—at ‘Or [Lechoyas].
- Deuteronomy 2:19
וְקָרַבְתָּ מוּל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן אַל־תְּצֻרֵם וְאַל־תִּתְגָּר בָּם כִּי לֹא־אֶתֵּן מֵאֶרֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּוֹן לְךָ יְרֻשָּׁה כִּי לִבְנֵי־לוֹט נְתַתִּיהָ יְרֻשָּׁה׃
You will then be close to the Ammonites; do not harass them or start a fight with them. For I will not give any part of the land of the Ammonites to you as a possession; I have assigned it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.—
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וְתִתְקָרַב לָקֳבֵיל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן לָא תְצוּר עֲלֵיהוֹן וְלָא תִתְגָּרֵי לְמֶעֱבַד עִמְּהוֹן קְרָב אֲרֵי לָא אֶתֵּין מֵאֲרַע בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן לָךְ יְרוּתָּא אֲרֵי לִבְנֵי לוֹט יְהַבְתַּהּ יְרוּתָּא׃
When you approach [the area] facing the descendants of Ammon, do not besiege [make war with] them and do not intimidate them, for I will not give you of the land of the descendants of Ammon an inheritance, because to the descendants of Lot have I given it as an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 2:20
אֶרֶץ־רְפָאִים תֵּחָשֵׁב אַף־הִוא רְפָאִים יָשְׁבוּ־בָהּ לְפָנִים וְהָעַמֹּנִים יִקְרְאוּ לָהֶם זַמְזֻמִּים׃
It, too, is counted as Rephaim country. It was formerly inhabited by Rephaim, whom the Ammonites call Zamzummim,
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אֲרַע גִּבָּרַיָּא מִתְחַשְׁבָא אַף הִיא גִּבָּרִין יְתִיבוּ בַהּ מִלְּקַדְמִין וְעַמּוֹנָאֵי קָרַן לְהוֹן חֶשְׁבָּנֵי׃
It, too, is considered a land of giants; giants having lived in it originally—the Ammonites called them Zamzumim [Chushbani].
- Deuteronomy 2:21
עַם גָּדוֹל וְרַב וָרָם כָּעֲנָקִים וַיַּשְׁמִידֵם יְהֹוָה מִפְּנֵיהֶם וַיִּירָשֻׁם וַיֵּשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּם׃
a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakites. GOD wiped them out, so that [the Ammonites] dispossessed them and settled in their place,
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עַם רַב וְסַגִּי וְתַקִּיף כְּגִבָּרַיָּא וְשֵׁיצִינוּן יְיָ מִן קֳדָמֵיהוֹן וְתָרִיכוּנוּן וִיתִיבוּ בַּאֲתַרְהוֹן׃
A people great and numerous and powerful like the Anokim [giants]. Adonoy destroyed them from before them, and they drove them out and settled in their stead [place].
- Deuteronomy 2:22
כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לִבְנֵי עֵשָׂו הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּשֵׂעִיר אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁמִיד אֶת־הַחֹרִי מִפְּנֵיהֶם וַיִּירָשֻׁם וַיֵּשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה׃
as [GOD] did for the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, by wiping out the Horites before them, so that they dispossessed them and settled in their place, as is still the case.
Targum Onkelos
כְּמָא דַּעֲבַד לִבְנֵי עֵשָׂו דְּיָתְבִין בְּשֵׂעִיר דְּשֵׁיצִי יָת חוֹרָאֵי מִן קֳדָמֵיהוֹן וְתָרִיכוּנוּן וִיתִיבוּ בַאֲתַרְהוֹן עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין׃
As He had done to the descendants of Eisov living in Seir, from before whom He destroyed the Chori, and they drove them out and settled in their stead [places] until today.
- Deuteronomy 2:23
וְהָעַוִּים הַיֹּשְׁבִים בַּחֲצֵרִים עַד־עַזָּה כַּפְתֹּרִים הַיֹּצְאִים מִכַּפְתֹּר הִשְׁמִידֻם וַיֵּשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּם׃
So, too, with the Avvim who dwelt in villages in the vicinity of Gaza: the Caphtorim, who came from Crete, wiped them out and settled in their place.—
Targum Onkelos
וְעַוָּאֵי דְּיָתְבִין בִּרְפִיחַ עַד עַזָּה קְפוּטְקָאֵי דִּנְפַקוּ מִקְּפוּטְקְיָא שֵׁיצִיאוּנוּן וִיתִיבוּ בַּאֲתַרְהוֹן׃
And the Avim who had been living in Chatzeirim [Defiach] till Azah—Caftorim [Kaputka’ites] who had left Caftor [Kaputkayah] destroyed them and settled in their stead [place].
- Deuteronomy 2:24
קוּמוּ סְּעוּ וְעִבְרוּ אֶת־נַחַל אַרְנֹן רְאֵה נָתַתִּי בְיָדְךָ אֶת־סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ־חֶשְׁבּוֹן הָאֱמֹרִי וְאֶת־אַרְצוֹ הָחֵל רָשׁ וְהִתְגָּר בּוֹ מִלְחָמָה׃
Up! Set out across the wadi Arnon! See, I give into your power Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin the occupation: engage him in battle.
Targum Onkelos
קוּמוּ טוּלוּ וַעֲבַרוּ יָת נַחְלָא דְּאַרְנוֹן חֲזִי דִּמְסַרִית בִּידָךְ יָת סִיחוֹן מַלְכָּא דְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן אֱמוֹרָאָה וְיָת אַרְעֵיהּ שָׁרִי לְתָרָכוּתֵיהּ וְאִתְגָּרִי לְמֶעֱבַד עִמֵּיהּ קְרָב׃
Arise to travel, and cross Wadi Arnon. See, I have put into your hand Sichon, King of Cheshbon, the Emorite and his land—begin inheriting [it] by intimidating him with [waging] war [with him].
- Deuteronomy 2:25
הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה אָחֵל תֵּת פַּחְדְּךָ וְיִרְאָתְךָ עַל־פְּנֵי הָעַמִּים תַּחַת כׇּל־הַשָּׁמָיִם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְעוּן שִׁמְעֲךָ וְרָגְזוּ וְחָלוּ מִפָּנֶיךָ׃
This day I begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples everywhere under heaven, so that they shall tremble and quake because of you whenever they hear you mentioned.
Targum Onkelos
יוֹמָא הָדֵין אֲשָׁרֵי לְמִתַּן זֵיעֲתָךְ וְדַחְלְתָךְ עַל אַפֵּי עַמְמַיָּא דִּתְחוֹת כָּל שְׁמַיָּא דְּיִשְׁמְעוּן שִׁמְעָךְ וִיזוּעוּן וְיִתַּבְרוּן מִן קֳדָמָךְ׃
Today I begin to place fear of you and awe of you upon the peoples under the whole heaven, so that they will hear your reputation and will shiver and tremble before you.’’
- Deuteronomy 2:26
וָאֶשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים מִמִּדְבַּר קְדֵמוֹת אֶל־סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן דִּבְרֵי שָׁלוֹם לֵאמֹר׃
Then I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace, as follows,
Targum Onkelos
וּשְׁלַחִית אִזְגַּדִּין מִמִּדְבַּר קְדֵימוֹת לְוָת סִיחוֹן מַלְכָּא דְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן פִּתְגָמֵי שְׁלָמָא לְמֵימַר׃
I sent emissaries from the wilderness of Kedeimos to Sichon, King of Cheshbon, with the following peaceful statement:
- Deuteronomy 2:27
אֶעְבְּרָה בְאַרְצֶךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֵלֵךְ לֹא אָסוּר יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול׃
“Let me pass through your country. I will keep strictly to the highway, turning off neither to the right nor to the left.
Targum Onkelos
אֶעְבַּר בְּאַרְעָךְ בְּאוֹרְחָא בְּאוֹרְחָא אֵיזֵיל לָא אֶסְטֵי לְיַמִּינָא וְלִשְׂמָאלָא׃
‘‘Let me pass through your land. I will travel only on the highway, I will not deviate right or left.
- Deuteronomy 2:28
אֹכֶל בַּכֶּסֶף תַּשְׁבִּרֵנִי וְאָכַלְתִּי וּמַיִם בַּכֶּסֶף תִּתֶּן־לִי וְשָׁתִיתִי רַק אֶעְבְּרָה בְרַגְלָי׃
What food I eat you will supply for money, and what water I drink you will furnish for money; just let me pass through—
Targum Onkelos
עֲבוּרָא בְּכַסְפָּא תְּזַבֵּין לִי וְאֵיכוֹל וּמַיָּא בְּכַסְפָּא תִּתֵּין לִי וְאֶשְׁתֵּי לְחוֹד אֶעְבַּר בְּרַגְלָי׃
Food for money sell me so I can eat, and water for money sell me so I can drink—just let me cross on foot.
- Deuteronomy 2:29
כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ־לִי בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּשֵׂעִיר וְהַמּוֹאָבִים הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּעָר עַד אֲשֶׁר־אֶעֱבֹר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נֹתֵן לָנוּ׃
as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir did for me, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar—that I may cross the Jordan into the land that the ETERNAL our God is giving us.”
Targum Onkelos
כְּמָא דַּעֲבַדוּ לִי בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו דְּיָתְבִין בְּשֵׂעִיר וּמוֹאֲבָאֵי דְּיָתְבִין בִּלְחָיַת עַד דְּאֶעְבַּר יָת יַרְדְּנָא לְאַרְעָא דַּייָ אֱלָהַנָא יָהֵיב לַנָא׃
As the descendants of Eisov did for me who live in Seir and the Moavites who live in Or [Lechoyas]; until I will have crossed the Yardein into the land that Adonoy, our God, is giving us.’’
- Deuteronomy 2:30
וְלֹא אָבָה סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן הַעֲבִרֵנוּ בּוֹ כִּי־הִקְשָׁה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־רוּחוֹ וְאִמֵּץ אֶת־לְבָבוֹ לְמַעַן תִּתּוֹ בְיָדְךָ כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה׃
But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to let us pass through, because GOD had stiffened his will and hardened his heart in order to deliver him into your power—as is now the case.
Targum Onkelos
וְלָא אֲבָא סִיחוֹן מַלְכָּא דְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן לְמִשְׁבְּקַנָא לְמִעְבַּר בִּתְחוּמֵיהּ אֲרֵי אַקְשִׁי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָת רוּחֵיהּ וְתַקֵּיף יָת לִבֵּיהּ בְּדִיל לְמִמְסְרֵיהּ בִּידָךְ כְּיוֹמָא הָדֵין׃
But Sichon, King of Cheshbon, was not willing to let us traverse it [would not permit us to pass through his borders], because Adonoy, your God, had hardened his spirit and emboldened his mind in order to put him in your hand this day.