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Confrontation With the Amorites

24 Then the Lord told us:[a] “Get ready to travel and cross over the Arnon Canyon. See, I have given into your hands Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Start to take possession of it and wage war against him. 25 This very day I will begin to put dread and fear of you on the faces of the people everywhere under heaven, so that they will hear reports about you and they will tremble, and they will be shaking because of you.”

26 So I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedmoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with an offer of peace. I said,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 2:24 The words then the Lord told us are not in the Hebrew text but are added to mark the transition.