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Revised Standard Version

Numbers 21:21

Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

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:
Complete Jewish Bible
(RY: iv, LY: vii) Isra'el sent messengers to Sichon, king of the Emori, with this message:
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:
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 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 "Let me pass through your land; we will not turn aside into field or vineyard; we will not drink the water of a well; we will go by the King's Highway, until we have passed through your territory." 23 But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his men together, and went out against Israel to the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And Israel slew him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites; for Jazer was the boundary of the Ammonites. 25 And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon. 27 Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built, let the city of Sihon be established. 28 For fire went forth from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, the lords of the heights of the Arnon. 29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon. 30 So their posterity perished from Heshbon, as far as Dibon, and we laid waste until fire spread to Med'eba."

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
Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:34
And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.
Numbers 10:12
and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:16
After that the people set out from Haze'roth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 13:3
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
Numbers 13:26
And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Judges 14:2
Then he came up, and told his father and mother, "I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife."
1 Samuel 25:1
Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
1 Corinthians 7:38
So that he who marries his betrothed does well; and he who refrains from marriage 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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