申命记 2:26

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

擊敗希實本王西宏（民21:21~30）“我從基底莫的曠野，派使者到希實本王西宏那裡去，用和平的話說：

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 从 基 底 莫 的 旷 野 差 遣 使 者 去 见 希 实 本 王 西 宏 ， 用 和 睦 的 话 说 ：

Contextual Overview

²⁴ The Lord said, "Get up and cross the Arnon Ravine. See, I am giving you the power to defeat Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I am giving you his land. So fight against him and begin taking his land. ²⁵ Today I will begin to make all the people in the world afraid of you. When they hear reports about you, they will shake with fear, and they will be terrified of you." ²⁶ I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon. They offered him peace, saying, ²⁷ "If you let us pass through your country, we will stay on the road and not turn right or left. ²⁸ We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or water we drink. We only want to walk through your country. ²⁹ The descendants of Esau in Edom let us go through their land, and so did the Moabites in Ar. We want to cross the Jordan River into the land the Lord our God has given us." ³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass, because the Lord your God had made him stubborn. The Lord wanted you to defeat Sihon, and now this has happened. ³¹ The Lord said to me, "See, I have begun to give Sihon and his country to you. Begin taking the land as your own." ³² Then Sihon and all his army came out and fought us at Jahaz, ³³ but the Lord our God gave Sihon to us. We defeated him, his sons, and all his army.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Kedemoth: Joshua 13:18, Joshua 21:37

with words: Deuteronomy 20:10, Deuteronomy 20:11, Esther 9:30, Matthew 10:12-15, Luke 10:5, Luke 10:6, Luke 10:10-12

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:21 - General Deuteronomy 1:4 - General Judges 11:12 - sent messengers Judges 11:19 - General 1 Kings 4:19 - the country of Sihon Nehemiah 9:22 - Sihon

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth,.... A city in the tribe of Reuben, and given by them to the Levites in later times, having been taken from the Amorites with others; near this lay a wilderness, which took its name from it, and seems to be the same with Jeshimon, Numbers 21:20. Aben Ezra takes it to be the wilderness of Matthanah, which according to Jerom g was situated on Arnon, twelve miles to the east of Medeba; see

Numbers 21:18 from hence messengers were sent by Moses,

unto Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace; in a peaceable and respectful manner, desiring to be at peace and in friendship with him, and a continuance of it, which was done to leave him inexcusable; as afterwards a like method was ordered to be taken, when they came to any city, to proclaim peace, and if an answer of peace was given, no hostilities were to be committed, Deuteronomy 20:10,

saying; as follows.

g De loc. Heb. fol. 93. C.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Kedemoth - literally, “Easternmost parts;” the name of a town afterward assigned to the Reubenites, and given out of that tribe to the Levites. Compare Joshua 13:18; 1 Chronicles 6:79.