Joshua 13:21

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²¹all the towns on the plateau^(A) and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs,^(B) Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba^(C)—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country.

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Joshua 13:21 in all English translations

Numbers 31:8

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⁸Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba^(A)—the five kings of Midian.^(B) They also killed Balaam son of Beor^(C) with the sword.^(D)

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Numbers 31:8 in all English translations

Deuteronomy 3:10

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¹⁰We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah^(A) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

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Deuteronomy 3:10 in all English translations

Deuteronomy 2:30-36

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³⁰But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the Lord^(A) your God had made his spirit stubborn^(B) and his heart obstinate^(C) in order to give him into your hands,^(D) as he has now done.

³¹The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”^(E)

³²When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle^(F) at Jahaz, ³³the Lord our God delivered^(G) him over to us and we struck him down,^(H) together with his sons and his whole army. ³⁴At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed^[a]^(I) them—men, women and children. We left no survivors. ³⁵But the livestock^(J) and the plunder^(K) from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. ³⁶From Aroer^(L) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead,^(M) not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave^(N) us all of them.

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 2:34 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

Numbers 21:24-35

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²⁴Israel, however, put him to the sword^(A) and took over his land^(B) from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^(C) but only as far as the Ammonites,^(D) because their border was fortified. ²⁵Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites^(E) and occupied them,^(F) including Heshbon^(G) and all its surrounding settlements. ²⁶Heshbon was the city of Sihon^(H) king of the Amorites,^(I) who had fought against the former king of Moab^(J) and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.^(K)

²⁷That is why the poets say:

“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt;
let Sihon’s city be restored.

²⁸“Fire went out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the city of Sihon.^(L)
It consumed^(M) Ar^(N) of Moab,
    the citizens of Arnon’s heights.^(O)
²⁹Woe to you, Moab!^(P)
    You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!^(Q)
He has given up his sons as fugitives^(R)
    and his daughters as captives^(S)
    to Sihon king of the Amorites.

³⁰“But we have overthrown them;
Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.^(T)
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
which extends to Medeba.^(U)”

³¹So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.^(V)

³²After Moses had sent spies^(W) to Jazer,^(X) the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. ³³Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan^(Y),^(Z) and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.^(AA)

³⁴The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.^(AB)”

³⁵So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors.^(AC) And they took possession of his land.^(AD)

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