Command to Conquer Sihon the Amorite

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Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

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This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

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And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

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Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.

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Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet;

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as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.

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But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.

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And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

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Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz.

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And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

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And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:

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only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

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From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:

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only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever Jehovah our God forbade us.

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