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"^(C1)So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

'Let me pass through your land; I will ^(F1)travel only on the road. I will not turn aside to the right or to the left.

'You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, ^(C1)only let me pass through on ^(F1)foot,

just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in ^(C1)Ar did for me, until I cross over the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.'

"But ^(C1)Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass ^(F1)through his land; for the ^(C2)LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to hand him over to you, as he is today.

"And the LORD said to me, 'See, I have begun to turn Sihon and his land over ^(F1)to you. Begin taking possession, so that you may possess his land.'

"Then Sihon came out ^(F1)with all his people to meet us in battle at Jahaz.

"And ^(C1)the LORD our God turned him over ^(F1)to us, and we ^(F2)(C2)defeated him with his sons and all his people.

"So we captured all his cities at that time and ^(F1)(C1)utterly destroyed ^(F2)the men, women, and children of every city. We left no survivor.

"We took ^(C1)only the animals as our plunder, and the spoils of the cities which we had captured.

"From ^(C1)Aroer which is on the edge of the ^(F1)Valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the ^(F1)valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too ^(F2)high for us; the LORD our God turned it all over ^(F3)to us.