Deuteronomy 2:1

Deuteronomy 2:1 says, Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.  The people of Israel eventually went again into the wilderness as the LORD had commanded.   We can only be successful spiritually by doing what God tells us to do, even if it is not what we want to do.  Verse two adds, And the LORD spake unto me, saying,  Verse three continues,  Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.  Moses said God told Him that they had stayed where they were long enough, and it was time to move, turning northward.  If we have been disobedient to God,  we cannot just stay where we are, but must go to Him asking forgiveness and then go where He is sending us.  Verse four states, And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:  God said they were to pass through the land of their brother Esau and that the people there would be afraid of them because of their numbers.  Verse five adds, Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.  God told them to not attempt to take the land there, because God had given it to Esau.  We as followers of Christ should never attempt to take what God has given to someone else.  Verse six continues, 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.  God said that the people of Israel were to pay for what they needed, food and drink, while there.  We need to be ready to pay for the material things we need under God's guidance and not attempt to take what belongs to someone else, unless they freely offer it to help meet our needs.  Verse seven says, For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.  Moses reminded the people that God had provided for them in the wilderness and He would continue to do so.  As long as we are faithful to God, He will always meet our needs, but He won't always satisfy our desires.  Verse eight adds, And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.  Moses said they passed through the land belonging to the descendants of Esau and went through the wilderness to the land of the Moabites.