12 The Horites had previously lived in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out, destroying them completely and settling in their place, just as Israel did in the land of its possession the Lord gave them.
13 “The Lord said, ‘Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.’ So we crossed the Zered Valley.
14 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was 38 years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.
15 Indeed, the Lord’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp until they had all perished.
16 “When all the fighting men had died among the people,
17 the Lord spoke to me,
18 ‘Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.