24. Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass the river Arnon; behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon, the Amorite king of Heshbon, and his land; begin, take possession and contend with him in battle.
25. This day I will begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of thee.
26. And I sent ambassadors out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
27. Let me pass through thy land; I will go along by the high way; I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
28. Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; I will only pass through on my feet
29. (as the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites, who dwell in Ar, did unto me) until I shall pass the Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives us.
30. But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him, for the Lord thy God had hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate that he might deliver him into thy hand as until this day.