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Complete Jewish Bible

Numbers 21:21

(RY: iv, LY: vii) Isra'el sent messengers to Sichon, king of the Emori, with this message:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ambassadors;   Amorites;   Canaan;   Israel;   Sihon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ambassadors;   Nation, the;   Sihon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amorites, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Amorites;   Serpents;   Sihon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amorites;   Canaan;   Edom;   Jabbok;   Moab;   Palestine;   Reuben;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - City;   Sihon;   Wars of the Lord, the Book of the;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ambassador;   Ar;   Jephthah;   Sihon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amorites;   Conquest of Canaan;   Dibon;   Heshbon;   Reba;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ambassador, Ambassage;   Israel;   Jephthah;   Moab, Moabites;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Sihon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amorites ;   Arnon ;   Moab, Moabites ;   Sihon ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sihon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ambassador,;   Si'hon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Division of the Earth;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ammon;   Amorites;   Moab;   Moses;   Sihon;   Wanderings of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Moab;   Sihon;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yisra'el sent messengers to Sichon king of the Amori, saying,
King James Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, saying,
English Standard Version
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
New Century Version
The Israelites sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
New English Translation
Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,
Amplified Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Israelites sent this message to King Sihon of the Amorites:
Darby Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites sent some men to King Sihon of the Amorites. The men said to the king,
George Lamsa Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
Good News Translation
Then the people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say:
Christian Standard Bible®
Israel sent messengers to say to King Sihon of the Amorites:
Literal Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Israel sent messaungers vnto Siho the kynge of the Amorrites, & caused to saye vnto him:
American Standard Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Israel sent messengers vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
We will pass through thy land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.
English Revised Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Israel sente messangeris to Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, and seide,
Young's Literal Translation
And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
World English Bible
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
New King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:26-37">[xr] Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
New Living Translation
The Israelites sent ambassadors to King Sihon of the Amorites with this message:
New Life Bible
Then Israel sent men to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
New Revised Standard
Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then sent Israel messengers, unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
THE MESSAGE
Israel sent emissaries to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, "Let us cross your land. We won't trespass into your fields or drink water in your vineyards. We'll keep to the main road, the King's Road, until we're through your land."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

Contextual Overview

21 (RY: iv, LY: vii) Isra'el sent messengers to Sichon, king of the Emori, with this message: 22 "Let me pass through your land. We won't turn aside into fields or vineyards, and we won't drink any water from the wells. We will go along the King's Highway until we have left your territory." 23 But Sichon would not allow Isra'el to pass through his territory. Instead, Sichon mustered all his people and went out into the desert to fight Isra'el. On reaching Yachatz, he fought Isra'el. 24 Isra'el defeated him by force of arms and took control of his land from the Arnon to the Yabok River, but only as far as the people of ‘Amon, because the territory of the people of ‘Amon was well defended. 25 Isra'el took all these cities — Isra'el lived in all the cities of the Emori, in Heshbon and all its surrounding towns. 26 Heshbon was the city of Sichon, the king of the Emori, who had fought against the former king of Mo'av and conquered all his land up to the Arnon. 27 This is why the storytellers say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be rebuilt! Let Sichon's city be restored! 28 "For fire burst out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sichon. It consumed ‘Ar of Mo'av, the lords of Arnon's high places. 29 "Woe to you, Mo'av! You are destroyed, people of K'mosh! He let his sons be fugitives and his daughters captives of Sichon, king of the Emori. 30 "We shot them down; Heshbon is destroyed, all the way to Divon. We even laid waste to Nofach, which extends as far as Meidva."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 20:14-19, Deuteronomy 2:26-28, Judges 11:19-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:13 - Amorite Deuteronomy 1:4 - General Deuteronomy 2:12 - as Israel did Deuteronomy 2:27 - General Deuteronomy 4:46 - Moses Deuteronomy 29:7 - General Joshua 2:10 - what ye did Joshua 24:8 - General Judges 10:11 - Amorites Judges 11:12 - sent messengers 1 Kings 4:19 - the country of Sihon 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Amorite Nehemiah 9:22 - Sihon Psalms 68:14 - When Psalms 135:11 - Sihon Psalms 136:19 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 21:3
Avraham called his son, born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Yitz'chak.
Genesis 21:4
Avraham circumcised his son Yitz'chak when he was eight days old, as God had ordered him to do.
Genesis 21:34
Avraham lived for a long time as a foreigner in the land of the P'lishtim.
Numbers 10:12
and the people of Isra'el moved out in stages from the Sinai Desert. The cloud stopped in the Pa'ran Desert.
Numbers 12:16
Afterwards, the people went on from Hatzerot and camped in the Pa'ran Desert. Haftarah B'ha‘alotkha: Z'kharyah (Zechariah) 2:14 – 4:7 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'ha‘alotkha: Yochanan (John) 19:31–37; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 3:1–6
Numbers 13:3
Moshe dispatched them from the Pa'ran Desert as Adonai had ordered; all of them were leading men among the people of Isra'el.
Numbers 13:26
and went to Moshe, Aharon and the entire community of the people of Isra'el at Kadesh in the Pa'ran Desert, where they brought back word to them and to the entire community and showed them the fruit of the land.
Judges 14:2
He came up and told his father and mother, "I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the P'lishtim. Now get her for me to be my wife."
1 Samuel 25:1
Sh'mu'el died. All of Isra'el assembled to mourn him and bury him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Pa'ran Desert.
1 Corinthians 7:38
So the man who marries his fiancée will do well, and the man who doesn't marry will do better.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,.... Who were one of the nations of the Canaanites, and a principal and powerful one, and who were devoted to destruction, and their land designed for the people of Israel; see Genesis 15:16, at this time Sihon was their king, to whom Moses, in the name of Israel, sent a very peaceable message from the wilderness of Kedemoth, which lay near his country, Deuteronomy 2:26:

saying; as follows.


 
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