16. “Now when all the men of war had finished dying from among the people,
17. Adonai spoke to me saying,
18. ‘Today you are about to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
19. When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass or provoke them—for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.
20. (That also is considered a land of Rephaim. Rephaim used to live there, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim—
21. a great and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim. But Adonai destroyed them from before them, and the Ammonites dispossessed them and settled in their place.
22. It was just as Adonai did for the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites before them. They drove them out and settled in their place even to this day.
23. As for the Avvim who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim who came from Crete destroyed them and settled in their place.)
24. “‘Rise up, journey on, and cross over the Wadi Arnon. See, I have handed over Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land—begin to possess it! Engage him in battle!
25. This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples everywhere under heaven. When they hear the report about you, they will tremble and twist in anguish because of you.’
26. “So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of shalom saying,
27. ‘Let me pass through your land—I will go only by way of the road. I will not turn to the right or to the left.
28. You will sell me food for money so that I may eat and give me water for money so that I may drink. Just let me pass through on foot—