12 The Horites also lived in Edom before. But the people of Esau forced them out. They destroyed the Horites and took their place. That is also what Israel did in the land the Lord gave them as their own.)
13 And the Lord said to me, “Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.” So we crossed the valley.
14 It had been 38 years since we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, all the fighting men from that time had died. This is what the Lord had promised would happen.
15 The Lord had continued to destroy them until they were all gone from the camp.
16 Now the last of those fighting men had died.
17 Then the Lord said to me,
18 “Today you must go by Ar, on the border of Moab.