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We killed all the men, women, and children in each one of them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. We kept only the cattle and the loot from the cities as our plunder.

This is how at that time we conquered the whole land east of the Jordan River. We captured it all from those two ruling Amorite kings, everything from the Arnon Valley all the way up to Mount Hermon:[a]

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  1. Verses 9-12 have been rearranged to assist in the comprehension of the passage.

We completely destroyed[a] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying[b](A) every city—men, women and children. But all the livestock(B) and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites(C) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.(D)

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.