16 “When all the men of fighting age had died,
17 the lord said to me,
18 ‘Today you will cross the border of Moab at Ar
19 and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”
20 (That area was once considered the land of the Rephaites, who had lived there, though the Ammonites call them Zamzummites.
21 They were also as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites. But the lord destroyed them so the Ammonites could occupy their land.
22 He had done the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, for he destroyed the Horites so they could settle there in their place. The descendants of Esau live there to this day.