19. When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don't bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession."

20. (That also is considered a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived there before; but the AMMONITES call them Zamzummim,

21. a great people, many, and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;

22. as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:

23. and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their place.)

24. "Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

25. Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, 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 go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.

28. You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet,

29. as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives 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, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.

31. The LORD said to me, "Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land."

32. Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.

33. The LORD our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, his sons, and all his people.

34. We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining.

35. Only the livestock we took for plunder for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities which we had taken.

36. From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. the LORD our God delivered up all before us.

37. Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn't come near; all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the LORD our God forbade us.