Deuteronomy 2:26-37
Lexham English Bible
26 “So I sent messengers from the wilderness[a] of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon; I sent terms of peace, saying,[b] 27 ‘Let me cross through your land and only along the road[c] I will go; I will not turn aside to the right or to the left. 28 Food for money you shall sell me, so that I may eat, and water for money you will give to me, so that I may drink; just let me cross on foot. 29 Just as the descendants[d] of Esau did for me, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, until I cross the Jordan into the land that Yahweh our God is giving to us.’ 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing to let us cross through his territory because Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made him obstinate[e] in order to give him[f] into your hand, just as he has now done.[g] 31 Yahweh said to me, ‘Look! I have begun to give over to you[h] Sihon and his land; begin to take possession of his land.’[i] 32 Then Sihon and all his people came out to meet us for battle at Jahaz. 33 And so Yahweh our God gave him over to us,[j] and we struck him down, and his sons[k] and all of his people. 34 So we captured all of his cities at that time, and we destroyed each town of males and the women and the children; we did not leave behind a survivor. 35 We took only the livestock as spoil for ourselves,[l] and also the booty of the cities that we had captured. 36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadi[m] of Arnon and the city that was in the wadi[n] on up to Gilead, there was not a city that was inaccessible to us; Yahweh our God gave everything[o] to us.[p] 37 Only the land of the Ammonites[q] you did not approach, all along the whole upper region of the Jabbok River[r] and the towns of the hill country, according to all that Yahweh our God had instructed.
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- Deuteronomy 2:26 Or “desert”
- Deuteronomy 2:26 Literally “to say”
- Deuteronomy 2:27 Literally “in the road, in the road”
- Deuteronomy 2:29 Or “the children/sons of”
- Deuteronomy 2:30 Literally “made firm his heart”
- Deuteronomy 2:30 Literally “to give him,” indicating purpose
- Deuteronomy 2:30 Literally “as it is this day”
- Deuteronomy 2:31 Literally “to the face of you”
- Deuteronomy 2:31 Literally, “take possession in order to possess his land”
- Deuteronomy 2:33 Literally “before us”
- Deuteronomy 2:33 Or “descendants”
- Deuteronomy 2:35 Hebrew “us”
- Deuteronomy 2:36 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Deuteronomy 2:36 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Deuteronomy 2:36 Literally “the whole”
- Deuteronomy 2:36 Literally “before us”
- Deuteronomy 2:37 Literally “children/sons of Ammon”
- Deuteronomy 2:37 Literally “wadi,” which here refers to a flowing river
Deuteronomy 2:26-37
World English Bible
26 I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 “Let me pass through your land. I will go along by the highway. I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left. 28 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet, 29 as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.” 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.
31 Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.” 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. 33 Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, his sons, and all his people. 34 We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining. 35 Only the livestock we took for plunder for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities which we had taken. 36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us. 37 Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
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