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24 ‘Rise up, set out on your journey and (A)go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of (B)Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and (C)contend with him in battle.

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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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27 Therefore the (A)ballad singers say,

“Come to (B)Heshbon, let it be built;
    let the city of Sihon be established.
28 For (C)fire came out from (D)Heshbon,
    flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured (E)Ar of Moab,
    and swallowed[a] the heights of the Arnon.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:28 Septuagint; Hebrew the lords of

27 That is why the poets say:

“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt;
    let Sihon’s city be restored.

28 “Fire went out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the city of Sihon.(A)
It consumed(B) Ar(C) of Moab,
    the citizens of Arnon’s heights.(D)

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30 So we overthrew them;
    Heshbon, as far as (A)Dibon, perished;
    and we laid waste as far as Nophah;
    fire spread as far as (B)Medeba.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:30 Compare Samaritan and Septuagint; Hebrew and we laid waste as far as Nophah, which is as far as Medeba

30 “But we have overthrown them;
    Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.(A)
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
    which extends to Medeba.(B)

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