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Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites ,
saying ,
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Let me pass through your land ;
we will not turn aside into field or vineyard ;
we will not drink the water of a well ;
we will go by the King '
s Highway ,
until we have passed through your territory ."
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But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory .
He gathered all his men together ,
and went out against Israel to the wilderness ,
and came to Jahaz ,
and fought against Israel .
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And Israel slew him with the edge of the sword ,
and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok ,
as far as to the Ammonites ;
for Jazer was the boundary of the Ammonites .
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And Israel took all these cities ,
and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites ,
in Heshbon ,
and in all its villages .
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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 ,
as far as the Arnon .
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Therefore the ballad singers say , "
Come to Heshbon ,
let it be built ,
let the city of Sihon be established .
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For fire went forth from Heshbon ,
flame from the city of Sihon .
It devoured Ar of Moab ,
the lords of the heights of the Arnon .
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Woe to you ,
O Moab !
You are undone ,
O people of Chemosh !
He has made his sons fugitives ,
and his daughters captives ,
to an Amorite king ,
Sihon .
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So their posterity perished from Heshbon ,
as far as Dibon ,
and we laid waste until fire spread to Med '
eba ."
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Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites .
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And Moses sent to spy out Jazer ;
and they took its villages ,
and dispossessed the Amorites that were there .
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Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan ;
and Og the king of Bashan came out against them ,
he and all his people ,
to battle at Ed '
re-i .
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But the LORD said to Moses , "
Do not fear him ;
for I have given him into your hand ,
and all his people ,
and his land ;
and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites ,
who dwelt at Heshbon ."
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So they slew him ,
and his sons ,
and all his people ,
until there was not one survivor left to him ;
and they possessed his land .