King Sihon Defeated

21 ⁿThen Israel ^osent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 ^p“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We will go by the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”

19 ^hIsrael then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land to our country,’