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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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SihonAmoritesWars of the Lord, The Book of theAmbassadorJephthahAmmon; AmmonitesAmbassadorsCityAmorites, TheCanaan
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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)