24 “ ‘Rise, take your journey, and (A)cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand (B)Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin [a]to possess it, and engage him in battle.

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  1. Deuteronomy 2:24 to take possession

Defeat of Sihon King of Heshbon

24 “Set out now and cross the Arnon Gorge.(A) See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite,(B) king of Heshbon, and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage(C) him in battle.

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34 We took all his cities at that time, and we (A)utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.

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34 At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed[a](A) them—men, women and children. We left no survivors.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 2:34 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

35 We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took.

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35 But the livestock(A) and the plunder(B) from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves.

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