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The Defeat of Sihon

Numbers 21:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
KJV
¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
WEB
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
ASV
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
LSV
And Israel sends messengers to Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,
YLT
And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,
DBY
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
DRC
And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying:
GNV
Then Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, saying,
JPS
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:
LXXE21:20
And Moses sent ambassadors to Seon king of the Amorites, with peaceable words, saying,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־סִיחֹ֥ן מֶֽלֶךְ־הָאֱמֹרִ֖י לֵאמֹֽר׃
LXX-Br21:20
Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Μωυσῆς πρέαβεις πρὸς Σηὼν βασιλέα Ἀμοῤῥαίων, λόγοις εἰρηνικοῖς, λέγων,

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  • Deuteronomy 2:26–28So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, “Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.…
  • Numbers 20:14–19From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The…
  • Judges 11:19–21And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’ But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • Content check: text matches KJV Num.21.21 (word overlap 0.50), not Num.21.20 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Num.21.20 (TVTMS action was 'identity').
  • Content check: text matches KJV Num.21.21 (word overlap 0.50), not Num.21.20 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Num.21.20 (TVTMS action was 'identity'). (transferred from brenton)

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