12 And the Ḥorites formerly dwelt in Sĕ‛ir, but the descendants of Ěsaw dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their place, as Yisra’ĕl did to the land of their possession which יהוה gave them).
13 “ ‘Now rise up, and pass over the wadi Zereḏ.’ So we passed over the wadi Zereḏ.
14 “And the time we took to come from Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa until we passed over the wadi Zereḏ was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of battle was consumed from the midst of the camp, as יהוה had sworn to them.
15 “And also, the hand of יהוה was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.
16 “And it came to be, when all the men of battle had finally perished from among the people,
17 that יהוה spoke to me, saying,
18 ‘This day you are to pass over at Ar, the boundary of Mo’aḇ.