Numbers 21:21-32

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Defeat of Sihon and Og

²¹Israel sent messengers^(A) to say to Sihon^(B) king of the Amorites:^(C)

²²“Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.^(D)”

²³But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory.^(E) He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz,^(F) he fought with Israel.^(G) ²⁴Israel, however, put him to the sword^(H) and took over his land^(I) from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^(J) but only as far as the Ammonites,^(K) because their border was fortified. ²⁵Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites^(L) and occupied them,^(M) including Heshbon^(N) and all its surrounding settlements. ²⁶Heshbon was the city of Sihon^(O) king of the Amorites,^(P) who had fought against the former king of Moab^(Q) and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.^(R)

²⁷That 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.^(S)
It consumed^(T) Ar^(U) of Moab,
    the citizens of Arnon’s heights.^(V)
²⁹Woe to you, Moab!^(W)
    You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!^(X)
He has given up his sons as fugitives^(Y)
    and his daughters as captives^(Z)
    to Sihon king of the Amorites.

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

³¹So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.^(AC)

³²After Moses had sent spies^(AD) to Jazer,^(AE) the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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Deuteronomy 1:4

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⁴This was after he had defeated Sihon^(A) king of the Amorites,^(B) who reigned in Heshbon,^(C) and at Edrei had defeated Og^(D) king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.^(E)

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Deuteronomy 1:4 in all English translations

Judges 11:19-21

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¹⁹“Then Israel sent messengers^(A) to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,^(B) and said to him, ‘Let us pass through your country to our own place.’^(C) ²⁰Sihon, however, did not trust Israel^[a] to pass through his territory. He mustered all his troops and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.^(D)

²¹“Then the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and his whole army into Israel’s hands, and they defeated them. Israel took over all the land of the Amorites who lived in that country,

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