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Deuteronomy 2:6

4 and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.

5 Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”

7 Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

8 So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

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BSB
You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
KJV
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
WEB
You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.’”
ASV
Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
DARBY
Ye shall buy of them food for money, that ye may eat; and water shall ye also buy of them for money, that ye may drink;
BLB
You⁺ shall buy food from them with silver, and you⁺ will eat; and you⁺ shall buy water from them with silver, and you⁺ will drink.’”
ÅB
Mat skal dere kjøpe av dem for penger, så dere kan spise, og vann skal dere også kjøpe av dem for penger, så dere kan drikke;
OTB
Dere skal kjøpe mat fra dem med penger så dere kan spise, og også kjøpe vann fra dem med penger så dere kan drikke.'"
B1930
Mat skal I kjøpe av dem for penger, så I kan ete, og vann skal I også kjøpe av dem for penger, så I kan drikke;

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