Numbers 21:21

Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites saying,

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And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

In Context

20and from Bamoth to a valley in the land of Moab. That is where the top of Mount Pisgah looks down on the wilderness.

22“Let us pass through your land. We will not turn into any field or vineyard. We will not drink the water from your wells. We will travel by the king's highway until we have crossed your border.”

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Cross References

Numbers 20:14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: Your brother Israel says this: “You know all the difficulties that have happened to us.

Deuteronomy 2:27'Let me pass through your land; I will go along the highway; I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.

Joshua 24:8I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand. You took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.

1 Chronicles 1:14He also became the ancestor of the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

Matthew Henry on Numbers 21:11-21

The Removal of the Camp. ( b. c. 1452.) 10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is… Read the whole commentary →

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