World English Bible
Numbers 21:21
“Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,”
Numbers 21:21 in the King James Version
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,Read Numbers 21:21 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Numbers 21
and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border.
Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.
Cross references for Numbers 21:21
- Judges 11:19-21
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, 'Please let us pass through your land to my place.' But Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his peop...
- Numbers 20:14-19
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us: how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians deal...
- Deuteronomy 2:26-28
I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, "Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left. You shall sell ...
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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