25. This day I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.”
26. I sent messengers out of the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
27. “Let me pass through your land. I will only go on the main road. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.
28. You shall sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, only allow me to pass through on foot,
29. just as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I pass over the Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving us.”
30. But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him, for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, so that He might deliver him into your hand as he is to this day.
31. The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land to you. Begin to possess it, so that you may inherit his land.”