Numbers 21:21-24

Good News Translation

Victory over King Sihon and King Og^(A)

²¹ Then the people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say: ²² “Let us pass through your land. We and our cattle will not leave the road and go into your fields or vineyards, and we will not drink water from your wells; we will stay on the main road^[a] until we are out of your territory.” ²³ But Sihon would not permit the people of Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered his army and went out to Jahaz in the wilderness and attacked the Israelites. ²⁴ But the Israelites killed many of the enemy in battle and occupied their land from the Arnon River north to the Jabbok, that is, to the Ammonites, because the Ammonite border was strongly defended.^[b]