Numbers 21
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Numbers 21:21-25

21Then IsraelH3478 sentH7971 messengersH4397 toH413 SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567, sayingH559, 22“Let us passH5674 through your landH776. We will notH3808 turn aside intoH5186 any fieldH7704 or vineyardH3754, or drinkH8354 waterH4325 from any wellH875. We will stay onH1980 the King’sH4428 HighwayH1870 untilH5704 we have passed throughH5674 your territoryH1366.”

23But SihonH5511 would notH3808 letH5414 IsraelH3478 passH5674 through his territoryH1366. Instead, heH5511 gatheredH622 his wholeH3605 armyH5971 and went outH3318 to confrontH7122 IsraelH3478 in the wildernessH4057. When he cameH935 to JahazH3096,1 he foughtH3898 against IsraelH3478. 24And IsraelH3478 put himH5221 to the swordH6310H2719 and took possession ofH3423 his landH776, from the ArnonH769 toH5704 the JabbokH2999—but only up toH5704 the borderH1366 of the AmmonitesH1121H5983, becauseH3588 it was fortifiedH5794.2

25IsraelH3478 capturedH3947 allH3605 the citiesH5892H428 of the AmoritesH567 and occupiedH3427 them, including HeshbonH2809 and allH3605 its villagesH1323.

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 21:23 Jahaz is a variant of Jahzah; see 1 Chronicles 6:78. ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 21:24 Or because the territory was rugged; literally because it was strong ↩

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