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19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; 20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wastelands.[a]

The Victory over Sihon and Og

21 [b] Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:20 tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon.”
  2. Numbers 21:21 sn For this section, see further J. R. Bartlett, “Sihon and Og of the Amorites,” VT 20 (1970): 257-77, and “The Moabites and the Edomites,” Peoples of Old Testament Times, 229-58; S. H. Horn, “The Excavations at Tell Hesban, 1973,” ADAJ 18 (1973): 87-88.
  3. Numbers 21:21 tc Smr and the LXX have “words of peace.”

19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah(A) overlooks the wasteland.

Defeat of Sihon and Og

21 Israel sent messengers(B) to say to Sihon(C) king of the Amorites:(D)

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