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

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

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

Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor 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, only let me pass through on foot,

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

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

(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.

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

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

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

And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

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

Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

"And the LORD our God turned him over to us, and we defeated him with his sons and all his people.

And the Lord our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

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

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

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

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

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

From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:

"Only you did not go near the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the LORD our God had commanded us to avoid.

Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us.