²³ But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory.^(A) He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz,^(B) he fought with Israel.^(C)

⁷ When you reached this place, Sihon^(A) king of Heshbon^(B) and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them.^{(C) 8} We took their land and gave it as an inheritance^(D) to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.^(E)

³⁰ But 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.

³¹ The 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)

³² When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle^(F) at Jahaz,

²¹ Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory,^(A) Israel turned away from them.^(B)