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"But the Lord told me to tell you, ‘Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.'

"This is what I told you, but you would not listen. Instead, you again rebelled against the Lord 's command and arrogantly went into the hill country to fight.

But the Amorites who lived there came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased and battered you all the way from Seir to Hormah.

Then you returned and wept before the Lord , but he refused to listen.

In earlier times the Horites had lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the descendants of Esau, just as Israel drove out the people of Canaan when the Lord gave Israel their land.)

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.'"

They were also as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed them so the Ammonites could occupy their land.

"But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to allow us to pass through, because the Lord your God made Sihon stubborn and defiant so he could help you defeat him, as he has now done.

But the Lord our God handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his people.

But the Lord told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.'

But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns.

But I also gave part of Gilead to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The area I gave them extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge in the south to the Jabbok River on the Ammonite frontier.

"But the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That's enough!' he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.

But go up to Pisgah Peak, and look over the land in every direction. Take a good look, but you may not cross the Jordan River.

But all of you who were faithful to the Lord your God are still alive today—every one of you.

"But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.

And the Lord spoke to you from the heart of the fire. You heard the sound of his words but didn't see his form; there was only a voice.

"But be very careful! You did not see the Lord 's form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai.

"But the Lord was angry with me because of you. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan River into the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession.

You will cross the Jordan to occupy the land, but I will not. Instead, I will die here on the east side of the river.