21 And bIsrael sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 cLet me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 dAnd Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to eJahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And fIsrael smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto gJabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the †villages thereof. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in hproverbs say,

Come into Heshbon,

Let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

28  For there is ia fire gone out of Heshbon,

A flame from the city of Sihon:

It hath consumed Ar of Moab,

And the lords of the high places of Arnon.

29  iWoe to thee, Moab!

Thou art undone, O people of jChemosh:

He hath given his sons that escaped,

And his daughters, into captivity

Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

30  We have shot at them;

Heshbon is perished even unto kDibon,

And we have laid them waste even unto Nophah,

Which reacheth unto lMedeba.

31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out mJaazer, and they took the nvillages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle oat Edrei. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, pFear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and qthou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until rthere was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.