25 From this day I will begin to spread fear and terror before thee to the nations under all the heavens; Those who hear of you will tremble and be terrified at you.

26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Cedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, speaking words of peace, saying,

27 Suffer me to pass through thy land; I will go by the way, I will not go down to the right or to the left;

28 Sell me food for money, and I will eat, and give me water to drink for money, and I will drink, only with my feet I will pass through,

29 as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Are, have done unto me, until I pass over the Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not allow us to pass through his land, because the LORD your God has hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, to deliver him into your hand, as is seen now.

31 And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I am beginning to deliver unto thee Sihon and his land; begin to take possession of his land.

32 And Sihon [king of Heshbon] with all his people went out against us to fight against Yahah;

33 And the LORD our God delivered him into our hands, and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people,

34 And they took all his cities at that time, and cursed all the cities, men, and women, and children, and left not one alive.

35 Only we have taken for our booty their cattle, and what we have captured in the cities which we have taken.

36 From Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, to Gilead, there was no city that was impregnable to us: the LORD our God has delivered all things.

37 Only thou hast not approached the land of the Ammonites, nor the places near the brook of Jabbok, nor the cities that are on the mountain, nor all things which the LORD our God has not commanded.

Chapter 3