Sihon and Og Defeated

21 Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites,o saying, 22 “Let us go through your land; we will not turn aside into a field or vineyard; we will not drink well water along the way of the king until we have gone through your territory.” 23 But Sihon did not allow Israel to go through his territory. Sihon gathered all his people and went out to meet Israel; he came to the desert, to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel. 24 But Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and they took possession of his land from Arnon to Jabbok, until the ⌊Ammonites⌋,p because the boundary of the ⌊Ammonites⌋q was strong. 25 Israel took all these cities, and Israel inhabited all the cities of the Amorites,r in Heshbon, and in all its environs.s 26 Because Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites,t who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land from his hand until Arnon. 27 Thus the ones who quote proverbs say,

“Come to Heshbon! Let it be built!

And let the city of Sihon be established.

28 Because fire went out from Heshbon,

a flame from the city of Sihon;

it consumed Ar of Moab,

the lords of theu high places of Arnon.

29 Woe to you, Moab!

You have perished, people of Chemosh.

He has given his sons as fugitives,

and his daughters into captivity,

to the king of the Amorites,v Sihon.

30 We destroyed them;

Heshbon has perished up to Dibon;

we laid waste up to Nophah,

which ⌊reaches⌋w Medeba.”

31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.x 32 Moses sent to explore Jaazer; they captured ⌊its environs⌋y and dispossessed the Amoritesz who were there.