Deuteronomy 2:26

Easy-to-Read Version

"While we were in the desert of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to King Sihon of Heshbon. The messengers offered peace to Sihon. They said,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemot to Sichon king of Heshbon with words of shalom, saying,

King James Version
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Lexham English Bible
"So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon; I sent terms of peace, saying,

English Standard Version
"So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,

New Century Version
I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon. They offered him peace, saying,

New English Translation
Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth Desert to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:

Amplified Bible
"So I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

New American Standard Bible
"So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I sent messengers out of the wildernes of Kedemoth vnto Sihon King of Heshbon, with wordes of peace, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
"So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Moses said to Israel: After we had crossed the Arnon and had set up camp in the Kedemoth Desert, I sent messengers to King Sihon of Heshbon, telling him that his nation and ours could be at peace. I said:

Complete Jewish Bible
"I sent envoys from the K'demot Desert to Sichon king of Heshbon with a peaceable message,

Darby Translation
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon the king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kermoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Good News Translation
"Then I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to King Sihon of Heshbon with the following offer of peace:

Christian Standard Bible®
“So I sent messengers with an offer of peace to King Sihon of Heshbon from the Wilderness of Kedemoth, saying,

Literal Translation
And I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sent I messaungers from ye wyldernesse of the East vnto Sihon the kynge at Heßbon wt peaceble wordes, and caused to saye vnto him:

American Standard Version
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then from the waste land of Kedemoth I sent representatives to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so I sent messengers out of ye wildernes of Kedemoth, vnto Sehon king of Hesbo, with wordes of peace, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And I sent messengers out of the wildernesse of Kedemoth, vnto Sihon king of Heshbon, with wordes of peace, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I sent ambassadors from the wilderness of Kedamoth to Seon king of Esebon with peaceable words, saying,

English Revised Version
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Y sente messangeris fro the wildirnesse of Cademoch to Seon, kyng of Esebon; and Y seide with pesible wordis,

Young's Literal Translation
`And I send messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, -- words of peace -- saying,

Update Bible Version
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

World English Bible
I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

New King James Version
Numbers 21:21-32">[xr] "And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,

New Living Translation
Moses continued, "From the wilderness of Kedemoth I sent ambassadors to King Sihon of Heshbon with this proposal of peace:

New Life Bible
"So I sent men carrying news from the desert of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace. They said,

New Revised Standard
So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to King Sihon of Heshbon with the following terms of peace:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I sent messengers out of the desert of Kademoth, unto Sihon, king of Heshbon, - with words of peace saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Cademoth to Sehon the king of Hesebon with peaceable words, saying:

Revised Standard Version
"So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Ked'emoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,

THE MESSAGE
From the Wilderness of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to Sihon, king of Heshbon. They carried a friendly message: "Let me cross through your land on the highway. I'll stay right on the highway; I won't trespass right or left. I'll pay you for any food or water we might need. Let me walk through.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Contextual Overview

²⁴ "The Lord told me, ‘Get ready to go across Arnon Valley. I will let you defeat Sihon the Amorite, the king of Heshbon. I will let you take his country. So fight against him and take his land. ²⁵ Today I will make all people everywhere afraid of you. They will hear the news about you, and they will be afraid and shake with fear.' ²⁶ "While we were in the desert of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to King Sihon of Heshbon. The messengers offered peace to Sihon. They said, ²⁷ ‘Let us go through your land. We will stay on the road. We will not turn off the road to the right or to the left. ²⁸ We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or any water we drink. We only want to march through your country. ²⁹ Let us go through your land until we go across the Jordan River into the land that the Lord our God is giving us. Other people have let us go through their land—the people of Esau living in Seir and the Moabites living in Ar.' ³⁰ "But King Sihon of Heshbon would not let us pass through his country. The Lord your God had made him very stubborn and ready to fight. The Lord did this so that he could help you defeat King Sihon. And today we know that is what happened. ³¹ "The Lord said to me, ‘I am giving King Sihon and his country to you. Now, go take his land!' ³² "Then King Sihon and all his people came out to fight against us at Jahaz. ³³ But the Lord our God gave him to us. We defeated King Sihon, his sons, and all his people.

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.