Deuteronomy 2:13-25 and Acts 8:14-25 (New Living Translation)

DEUTERONOMY 2:13-25
THE YEARS IN THE DESERT (continued)
13  Moses continued, “Then the Lord said to us, ‘Get moving. Cross the Zered Brook.’ So we crossed the brook.
14  “Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Zered Brook! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the Lord had vowed would happen.
15  The Lord struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.
16  “When all the men of fighting age had died,
17  the Lord said to me,
18  ‘Today you will cross the border of Moab at Ar
19  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.’”
20  (That area was once considered the land of the Rephaites, who had lived there, though the Ammonites call them Zamzummites.
21  They were also as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed them so the Ammonites could occupy their land.
22  He had done the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, for he destroyed the Horites so they could settle there in their place. The descendants of Esau live there to this day.
23  A similar thing happened when the Caphtorites from Crete invaded and destroyed the Avvites, who had lived in villages in the area of Gaza.)
24  Moses continued, “Then the Lord said, ‘Now get moving! Cross the Arnon Gorge. Look, I will hand over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I will give you his land. Attack him and begin to occupy the land.
25  Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.’”

ACTS 8:14-25
THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED IN SAMARIA
14  When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God’s message, they sent Peter and John there.
15  As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new believers to receive the Holy Spirit.
16  The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
17  Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18  When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power.
19  “Let me have this power, too,” he exclaimed, “so that when I lay my hands on people, they will receive the Holy Spirit!”
20  But Peter replied, “May your money be destroyed with you for thinking God’s gift can be bought!
21  You can have no part in this, for your heart is not right with God.
22  Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts,
23  for I can see that you are full of bitter jealousy and are held captive by sin.”
24  “Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon exclaimed, “that these terrible things you’ve said won’t happen to me!”
25  After testifying and preaching the word of the Lord in Samaria, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem. And they stopped in many Samaritan villages along the way to preach the Good News.