This chapter gives details of Moses' recollections about the Israelites 40 year wanderings in the desert, their passing through Edom and Moab, and their crossing of the Zered Valley which marked the end of their meanderings in the desert.
Moses remembered how God told him not to clash with the Edomites in the country of Seir because he had given that land to the descendants of Esau. God similarly told Moses not to provoke the Moabites and Ammonites to war as he had given their land to them as they were the descendants of Lot.
However Moses recalled how God gave them victory over King Sihon of Heshbon and the Amorites. The Israelites massacred the entire army of the king, and they went on to kill every woman and child too, leaving no survivors. They kept all their livestock and goods as plunder.
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