27 “Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the road. We will not turn right or left.
28 We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or water we drink. We only want to walk through your country.
29 The descendants of Esau in Edom let us go through their land. So did the Moabites in Ar. We want to cross the Jordan River into the land the Lord our God has given us.”
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass. The Lord your God had made him stubborn. The Lord wanted you to defeat Sihon. And now this has happened.
31 The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to give Sihon and his country to you. Begin taking the land as your own.”
32 Then Sihon and all his army came out. And they fought us at Jahaz.
33 But the Lord our God gave Sihon to us. We defeated him, his sons and all his army.