10 (The Emim had lived their previously—there were many of them, and they were tall and strong like the Anakim. 11 People also call both the Emim and the Anakim, Refaim but the people of Moav (Moab) call them Emim. 12 The Horim had previously lived in Se’ir, but Esav’s (Esau) descendants had killed them and taken over their land, just like the Israelis did later in the land that Yahweh had given them to possess.)

13 “Then we crossed the Zered brook as Yahweh had told us to do. 14 It had been thirty-eight years since we first left Kadesh-Barnea until we cross the Zered brook, once that generation of warriors had died off, just as Yahweh had told them.[ref] 15 What’s more, Yahweh had opposed them, so he’d caused them to die.

16 “After all the enlistment-aged men had died, 17 Yahweh told me, 18 ‘Today you must travel through the Moav region, near Ar, 19 and when you approach the Amoni region, don’t irritate or fight them because I won’t give you any of their land because I’ve given it to Lot’s descendants as a possession.’ ”[ref]

20 (Also, it’s regarded as the land of the Refaim, who the Amonim call the Zamzumim, who lived there in the past. 21 They were as numerous, and as tall and strong as the Anakim, but Yahweh destroyed them in advance of the Anakim who then dispossessed them and lived in their place. 22 He had done the same thing for Esav’s (Esau) descendants who live in Se’ir, when he destroyed the Horim ahead of them, and they took over their land and still live there to this day. 23 Also the Avim who lived in villages as far south as Azah (Gaza) were destroyed by the Kaftorim who came from Kraitai (Crete), and then lived in their place.)

24 “Yahweh had told us, ‘Get ready now and go through the Arnon river valley. I’ll help you defeat the Amori King Sihon from Heshbon. Attack him and begin to take over his land. 25 Beginning today, I’ll make everyone, everywhere afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will be terrified and keep their distance from you.’